Tour of Austria: Nuyens victorious in stage five, Riccò stays in control
Rabobank rider prevails on the Classics style course Rabobank’s Nick Nuyens took victory in today’s 150.3 kilometer fifth stage of the Tour of Austria ahead of Giovanni Visconti (Tecnofilm-Betonexpressz 2000). The pair finished 4 seconds ahead of Katusha’s Egor Silin, […]
Tour de France: Mark Cavendish comes back and builds on his experiences
Manxman gets over his careers biggest hurdle thus far Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France and season in general, has been a difficult experience for 2009’s fastest man. He took his first stage win at this year’s Tour de France Thursday […]
Evelyn Stevens solos over Ghisallo to take Giro Donne stage seven
American rider escapes over historic climb to put herself in overall contentionEvelyn Stevens (HTC-Columbia) won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Como and Albese con Cassano, after escaping alone on the climb to the Madonna del Ghisallo. […]
Transfer news: is Greg Van Avemaet bound for BMC Racing?
Belgian rumoured to be heading to Switzerland to bolster classics squad Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet is bound for BMC Racing, according to the Gazet Van Antwerpen. The 25-year-old has signed a two-year contract with the American team, the newspaper […]
Thomas Damuseau to join Skil-Shimano as stagiaire
Young French talent heads to a Dutch team Frenchman Thomas Damuseau will be joining the Dutch Skil-Shimano squad as a stagiaire starting next month. The gifted climber who hails from Grenoble is considered to be one of the most promising […]
Tour de France: Mark Cavendish finally gets his victory in stage five
Manx Missile fires at last to leave sprint rivals in his wake and silence his critics Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the fifth stage of the Tour de France between Épernay and Montargis, as the HTC-Columbia team got its sprint to […]
Tour de France: Alberto Contador visits RadioShack bearing gifts for Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel
Tour champion delivers belated thank you gift to former teammate and director Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) paid a visit to the RadioShack team bus before the start of stage 5 in Épernay this morning. The Spaniard was […]
Amsterdam satisfied with investment to host Giro d'Italia
City says that it would do it again The eternal question as to whether it pays for cities to pony up the big cash necessary to bring a Grand Tour to its streets will continue forever, but for one city, […]
Tour de France: Robbie McEwen eyes the Green Jersey
38-year-old sprinter 18 points behind Hushovd 38-year-old former Green Jersey winner, Robbie McEwen, already has four fourth place finishes at the 2010 Tour de France. Following his most recent fourth place finish this afternoon in Reims, the winner of the […]
Tour de France: Petacchi confirms while Cavendish falters
The battle for sprint supremacy sees the former King emerge HTC-Columbia’s Mark Cavendish came into this Tour de France overtly confident as usual, and prepared to back up his statements made in the months leading up to the race. However, […]