Young Brit shines on day two Ben Swift of the Sky team topped an English-speaking podium by winning the bunch gallop in the second stage of the Tour of Picardie. The Briton beat Australian Allan Davis (Astana) and  Russell Downing, […]

German looks forward to third start Grischa Niermann is a valuable domestique for the Dutch Rabobank team. He is getting ready to start his third Tour of California, where he has a little more leeway than in other races. The […]

More success for Germany’s ProTour team Markus Eichler gave his Milram another win and a strong argument in its sponsor search for next year. The German, usually riding as a domestique for others, managed to outsprint Bram Schmitz in the […]

Will make move in the mountains Carlos Sastre likes the mountains, so the first week in the Giro, with Dutch flat and windy terrain and a team time trial, was never going to be his favorite. He is already down […]

Another power struggle? Vincenzo Nibali donned the pink leader’s jersey in the Giro d’Italia today after his Liquigas-Doimo team won the the team time trial over 33km. Nibali was excited to take the race lead in his home country, after […]

Benoit Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) escaped inside the final five kilometers from a 14-man front group to take the final stage of the Four Days of Dunkerque. Second and third were  Nicolay Trussov (Team Katusha) and Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil), respectively. […]

HTC-Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the Chongming Island World Cup, prevailing in the bunch sprint. It was Teutenberg’s fourth win in five days, besting Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild and Australian Rochelle Gilmore. Teutenberg continued her good run in China, after taking two […]

Rabobank rider Jos van Emden finished ninth in the Giro d’Italia prologue, a surprise even to himself. He was only nine seconds off the pace and enjoyed the day in Amsterdam tremendously. He also explained why Monday is a special […]

André Greipel started the Giro d’Italia sick, but fought hard to keep his option for a pink jersey alive. He finished 18 seconds behind Briton Bradley Wiggins and there is a 20-second time bonus on the finish line in the […]

The Giro d’Italia is a very important race for HTC-Columbia’s André Greipel. It is his big chance to qualify for the Tour de France and get an opportunity to sprint alongside Mark Cavendish, the team’s designated Tour de France sprinter, […]