Tour of Bavaria: Sapa wins final stage, Monfort takes overall honors
Break succeeds on rainy day in Germany Marcin Sapa edged out his breakaway companion Trevis Meyer on the final stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt. The duo saved 16 seconds over the bunch that was led home by Alex Rasmussen. Maxime […]
Giro d'Italia: Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk makes a name for himself
Late addition to roster shines in first Grand Tour Richie Porte will justifiably be the breakthrough name most people will take from this year’s Giro, but there’s another rider, only 22-years-old, who deserves special mention: Rabobank’s Steven Kruijswijk. Kruijswijk was […]
Giro d'Italia: Basso in control following penultimate stage
Basso passes the final mountain test The final day in the mountains of this year’s Giro d’Italia saw the riders at the top of the general classification take their last big shot at securing a place on the final podium […]
Roman Kreuziger in talks with Omega Pharma-Lotto again
Negotiations start early in the season Just two days after Liquigas announced a two-year extension for their sponsorship of the cycling team and contract renewals for both Ivan Basso and Vincenzo Nibali, their Czech teammate Roman Kreuziger has again been […]
Giro d'Italia: Richie Porte hangs tough on Mortirolo
One more hard day remains for Best Young Rider Richie Porte’s dream Giro d’Italia continued on through the penultimate day in the mountains over the Mortirolo to the stage finish in Aprica. Things looked bleak early on for the current […]
Giro d'Italia: Evans attacks his way to red, keeps podium chances alive
World champion stays aggressive to the end BMC Racing’s Cadel Evans continued with his aggressive riding during stage twenty of the Giro d’Italia. With 3 kilometers left to race the World champion put in an attack on the the Passo […]
Giro d'Italia: Sastre takes his chances in the final mountain stage
Spaniard tries to seize final opportunity Cervelo TestTeam’s Carlos Sastre made one last effort for success in stage twenty of the Giro d’Italia today, but despite a big effort, he was unable to come away with the stage win or […]
De Waele injured in massive Tour of Belgium crash
Will miss national championships Landbouwkrediet’s Bert De Waele has had an excellent season so far punctuated by a near miss of the podium in April’s Amstel Gold Race. The almost 35-year-old rider saw his season derailed, however, in a massive […]
Giro d’Italia: Tschopp takes solo win in Ponte di Legno as Evans refuses to lay down
Swiss rider takes lone victory ahead of defiant World champion Johann Tschopp (Bbox Bouyges Telecom) won the final mountain stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia as the sole survivor of a stage-long breakaway. The Swiss rider crossed the finish line […]
Sulzberger takes precious solo win in GP Plumelec-Morbihan
Australian’s attack rewarded with first season victory Wesley Sulzberger took a solo win for his Française des Jeux team in today’s GP Plumelec-Morbihan. The 23-year-old had over 40 seconds against his closest rivals, Renaud Dion and Stéphane Augé. Sulzberger was […]