The 2010 Tour de France route has been announced by organizer ASO and it’s a fitting one for the 100th anniversary of Pyrenees’ inclusion. Starting in Rotterdam and ending in Paris on the Champs-Elysées, the race takes place from July […]

Sven Nys has put the lackluster start of his cyclocross season behind and won the first round of the Superprestige in Ruddervoorde with more than half a minute over strongman Niels Albert. It was Albert first loss of the season […]

Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) repeated his victory in Paris-Tours in a tactical three-up sprint on the famous Avenue de Grammont, used for the last time in history. Gilbert timed his jump perfectly to leave his two breakaway companions, Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) […]

Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) took the overall victory in the Vuelta a Chihuahua on Sunday. He kept his six-second lead on the final flat stage into Chihuahua over Gregorio Ladino (Tecos Trek) and Rui Costa (Caisse d’Epargne). Javier Benítez (Contentpolis-Ampo) […]

Craig Alexander won the Ironman Hawaii for the second year running in the men’s category, while Chrissie Wellington stormed to victory the third consecutive year in the women’s race. 3.8km of ocean swimming, 180km of bike racing and a marathon […]

Rabobank’s Robert Gesink proved to be the fastest of a small breakaway in the Giro dell’Emilia, Italy. He beat Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank) and Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia-HTC) in the three-up sprint on the climb of San Luca. The fourth rider […]

Niels Albert continues his cyclocross domination in Belgium, taking the GvA Trophy opener in a solo victory. Second-placed Sven Nys showed improved form and celebrated along the finish line near the citadel of Namur. Zdenek Stybar completed the podium, fighting […]

Sunday’s Paris-Tours will be the final races for Aart Vierhouten (Vacansoleil) and Marcus Ljungqvist (Saxo Bank). Vierhouten stops after 14 years as a pro, while Ljungqvist rejected offers from his team manager Bjarne Riis as well as from the Radio […]

It may be back to his roots for former triathlete Lance Armstrong. His coach Chris Carmichael indicated that the seven-time Tour de France winner would race the Ironman Hawaii in 2011, thereby hinting at an end of Armstrong’s road career […]

A day after losing his overall lead to Oscar Sevilla, Michael Rasmussen fought back with a second place finish in the Vuelta a Chihuahua. The Danish rider was only beaten by Spaniard Daniel Moreno (Caisse d’Epargne) but Sevilla remained in […]