Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) won the Critérium International overall title by placing 13th in the final time trial. David Millar won the 7.7km race against the clock, ahead of Alberto Contador and Michael Rogers. Fédrigo had a 17-second margin […]

Juan José Haedo won the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya when he took the bunch sprint ahead of Robert Förster and Nicolas Roche. Joaquím Rodríguez defended his overall lead, ahead of Xavier Tondo and Rein Taaramae. Saxo Bank’s […]

Russel Downing took the sprint in the short, 75km stage two of the Critérium International. Overall leader Pierrick Fédrigo finished third to take two more bonus seconds. He now leads Tiago Machado by 17 seconds and  Samuel Sánchez by 23 […]

Two days after a third place in the stage to La Seu d’Urgell, Luis León Sánchez finished on the last step of the podium again in stage five of the Volta a Catalunya, which took place between Ascó and Cabacés […]

Cadel Evans has started the year on top form, finishing sixth in the Tour Down Under and third in Tirreno-Adriatico. The Critérium International this week should suit him well, but the Australian does not want the burden of top favorite. […]

On the eve of the Critérium International, Alberto Contador hosted a press conference, where he answered all the nagging questions ahead of his first clash of the season with Lance Armstrong. But Contador said there was no message that he […]

Globetrotter Tilmann Waldthaler will soon embark on the final journey of his long and interesting cycle touring life, which has spanned 32 years and 430,000 kilometers so far. In May, the German will start a bike tour that is scheduled […]

Mark Cavendish showed everyone that he is back on track for a successful 2010 season, when he outsprinted his competitors in the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya, from Salt to Banyoles (182km). Cavendish beat Juan José Haedo (Team […]

Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) kept the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali leader’s jersey that he won in the morning stage through  a sprint win. The Liquigas-Doimo team won the 15.6km team time trial in the afternoon, ahead of De Rosa […]

Paul Martens was a crucial link in the Rabobank chain that gave the win to the team’s captain, Oscar Freire, in yesterday’s Milano-Sanremo. Martens was at the side of his leader until the end and rolled over the line in […]