Filippo Pozzato sees Philippe Gilbert as his biggest threat at Worlds
Italian star impressed with Belgian’s performance thus far In an uncharacteristic display of humility, Filippo Pozzato, has conceded that Philippe Gilbert will be a strong barrier to his success at the World Championships. The 2009 Italian champion lauded the Walloon […]
Vuelta: Lampre for Hondo, Liquigas for Bennati in bunch sprints
Things more open than in the Tour As the kilometres tick down towards the end of today’s twelfth stage of the Vuelta a España, several key teams are fighting to ensure that their sprinters are in with a chance of […]
Contador comments on his season and Schleck's ejection
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador visited the Vuelta a España to offer his opinion Tour de France winner Alberto Contador visited the Vuelta a España yesterday in Andorra, to offer his opinion about the race favourites, Andy Schleck and […]
Garmin satisfied with Danielson’s showing on mountain stage to Andorra
American rider moves towards place in the top ten Yesterday saw Tom Danielson show further signs that he can be a top-ten finisher in this year’s Vuelta a España, with the American rider performing well on the final climb to […]
Vuelta: Nibali loses time, but gains second place overall
Liquigas’ Sicilian manages Andorran climb well to maintain favourite status Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) sits second overall at the Vuelta a España stage race in Spain with half the race remaining. Nibali, though, wanted better than sixth on yesterday’s finish […]
World champion Cadel Evans returns to racing on Saturday in Paris-Brussels
Australian completely over his injuries from the Tour Physically recovered from his elbow fracture sustained at the Tour de France, and condition building after a period of time training at altitude, world road race champion Cadel Evans will return to […]
Injury and sickness prevent Lang and Burghardt from start at World Championships in Australia
Youngsters finally get chance in German team Sebastian Lang and Marcus Burghardt had to withdraw from the German team headed to the World Championships in Australia later this month. Lang suffers from problems with his Achilles tendon, Burghardt has an […]
Tour de l’Ardeche: Second successive victory for Lizzie Armitstead on stage 4
Young British Cervélo rider wins another Lizzie Armitstead (Cervélo TestTeam) won the fourth stage of the Tour de l’Ardeche between Saint Sauveur de Montagut and Cruas. The 21-year-old outsprited an elite breakaway group to take her second victory in succession; […]
Xacobeo-Galicia's future secured for at least one more year
Galician team safe, waiting to secure signatures of Mosquera and director sportif The Xacobeo-Galicia team’s Vuelta a Espana just keeps getting better. The squad’s superstar climber, Ezequiel Mosquera, currently sits in 5th overall, 89 seconds behind race leader Igor Anton, […]
Tour de l'Avenir: Hardy scores from the break, Eijssen still strong on top
Wild day through the hills of central France sees a break threaten Eijssen’s overall leadFrenchman Romain Hardy, riding the Tour de l’Avenir with the France A team, scored the Stage 4 victory out of a three-up break that took a […]