Boasson Hagen defends Sutton storm in Britain
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia HTC) won the overall of the Tour of Britain against Garmin’s Chris Sutton, who moved up to second place, thanks to his time bonuses in the final stage, a circuit race in London. Michele Merlo (Barloworld) […]
Millar takes Vuelta TT, Valverde seals overall
Evans moves onto podium David Millar won the time trial in Toledo on the penultimate day of the Vuelta a España by the slim margin of five seconds over Samuel Sánchez. Millar clocked 35’53 on the 27.8km course for an […]
Xacobeo-Galicia releases team doc
Spanish team Xacobeo-Galicia released its team doctor, Alberto Beltrán. The team indicated that the drastic measure was preventative, following the doping scandal around the Portuguese Liberty Seguros team. Beltrán used to work for Liberty Seguros but replaced Xacobeo’s team doctor, […]
Bruyneel blames Vino on Astana exit
In his column to Dutch paper De Telegraaf Johan Bruyneel explained why he is leaving Astana after two years with the Kazakh team. The return of Alexander Vinokourov after a two-year doping suspension was too much for the Belgian. “When […]
Cobo wins last mountain stage in Vuelta
Gesink loses time Juan José Cobo (Fuji-Servetto) won the final mountain stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España out of an eight-man front group containing the top six in the overall, minus Robert Gesink. Alejandro Valverde ended the sprint in […]
Deignan takes amazing win inside Ávila's walls
Philip Deignan beat Roman Kreuziger in the town of Ávila, flanked by its famous walls. Deignan and Kreuziger escaped the 16-man break of the day on the final descent of the 18th stage of the Vuelta a España. The two […]
Roux takes heart stopper in Vuelta
Escapee Anthony Roux (Française des Jeux) held off the charging peloton to win the 17th stage of the Vuelta a España into Talavera de la Reina, ahead of William Bonnet and points leader André Greipel. There were no changes in […]
Greipel sprints back to green
Columbia’s André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) stormed back into the green jersey with his win in Puertollano, during the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España. There were no changes in the overall as the peloton slowly inched towards Madrid with an […]
Boom Boom in Vuelta
Lars Boom of Rabobank dismantled the break of the day on the final climb in the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España to win solo, ahead of David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia) and Dominik Roels (Milram). The peloton was taking […]
Cunego doubles up in Spain
Brilliant comeback defense by Valverde Damiano Cunego soloed to his second stage victory in one of toughest days in this year’s Vuelta a España up to La Pandera. He left his six break companions behind at the beginning of the […]
