Eneco Tour: Kittel sprints to stage four as Boonen sneaks into the lead
Bonus seconds see Belgian champion take over after long flat stage Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his second victory of the 2012 Eneco Tour, as he took stage four between Heers, Belgium and Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. The 24-year-old German […]
Stefan Wyman Interview Part two: “Why should women settle for five or ten percent"
Matrix Fitness-Prendas manager discusses the future of the women’s sport and his hopes for developing his team Since we published the first part of our long conversation with Horizon Fitness-Prendas manager Stefan Wyman, one of his former riders – Lizzie […]
Chris Froome leading Team Sky to la Vuelta a España
Kenyan-born British rider aiming for top step after two straight Grand Tour second places The Sky Procycling Team has announced its line up for the upcoming Vuelta a España, where Chris Froome will be aiming to take the overall victory. […]
Garmin-Sharp nails Tour of Utah team time trial, Vande Velde takes race lead
Leipheimer loses big time with shorthanded team Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) took the race leader’s jersey from stage one winner Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) as Garmin-Sharp grabbed another team time trial, this time in stage two of the Larry H. Miller […]
USADA permits Pepe Marti’s request for arbitration in US Postal Service case
Spaniard had previously been banned after not responding to charges Although former USPS team trainer Pepe Marti was handed a lifetime ban last month after he did not respond to doping charges put to him by USADA on June 29th, […]
Contract Roundup: Baby Giro runner-up Aru to Astana, Martens stays with Rabobank
Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela and Bianchi extend current deal One week after the limitation on contact news for 2013 expired, more details have emerged about team and technology news for next season. Promising 22 year old Fabio Aru has already got the […]
Eneco Tour: Theo Bos takes stage three sprint victory in Genk
Dutch sprinter just holds on after World championship style Limburg circuit Theo Bos (Rabobank) took his first ever victory in the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the third stage of the […]
Samuel Dumoulin to boost strength of the Ag2r La Mondiale Team from 2013
Two year deal sees return of past Tour de France stage winner After five seasons with the Cofidis squad, French puncheur and fast finisher Samuel Dumoulin has decided to head back to the Ag2r La Mondiale team. The 31 year […]
BMC Racing Team crash puts paid to Phinney’s classification ambitions in ENECO Tour
American may refocus sights on individual time trial Third overall after Monday’s opening stage, Taylor Phinney’s push for a strong overall result was foiled by a crash involving other BMC Racing Team riders in yesterday’s stage of the Eneco Tour. […]
Armstrong/US Postal case: UCI’s jurisdiction claims further undermined by Landis timing
International Tennis Federation backs USADA over Del Moral ban WADA’s rebuke today of the UCI’s claim of jurisdiction in the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service investigation has made clear that the agency has over-ruled the governing body’s claim that an April […]