Alessandro Bazzana of Team Type 1-Sanofi takes stage one in Tour of Austria
bests Astana’s Francesco Gavazzi to net first leader’s jersey Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1-Sanofi) has opened his account for the season after taking stage one of the Österreich-Rundfahrt – the Tour of Austria – in Innsbruck today. The 27-year-old outdueled […]
Morkov accomplishes goal with Tour de France podium appearance
Dane will try to hold onto polka dot jersey in the coming flatter days Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) set off on stage one with a goal in mind and crossed the finish line in Seraing having accomplished that goal, […]
Near miss for Gilbert on first road stage of Tour de France
Evans prominent in finale, content with how team is functioning Six months into the new season, Philippe Gilbert went within a few bike lengths of clocking up his first victory of 2012, but fell just short of that target. Last […]
Tour de France: Cancellara accepts he lost the game of poker, but says his confidence is growing
“Next time I’ll do it better – I won’t put the joker on too early” Peter Sagan may have been first to the line, but Fabian Cancellara was arguably the most impressive on today’s first road stage of the Tour […]
Tour de France: Peter Sagan makes stage one victory look easy on the Côte de Seraing
Fabian Cancellara attack pulls Slovakian champion clear on the final climb After almost coming down in the previous day’s prologue Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) cruised to a simple sprint victory at the end of stage one of the 2012 Tour de […]
Giro Donne: Double day on stage three puts Evie Stevens in the pink
Stage victory in the mountains gives American all-rounder the race lead Evie Stevens (Specialized-lululemon) rode herself into the race lead of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile, between Vernio and Castiglione dei Pepoli, with a late solo attack. The American jumped […]
Van Garderen impresses with prologue performance and wears white jersey today
Young American highlights talent again, says he’ll sacrifice his chances for Evans It’s very early days yet and he’s primarily in the Tour de France as backup for defending champion Cadel Evans, but yesterday’s strong display in the prologue time […]
Tour de France: Yellow helmets for Sky Procycling riders, who lead best team standings
Wiggins and Froome upbeat about prologue ride Thanks mainly to a puncture which denied world TT champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quick Step) victory in yesterday’s prologue, the Sky Procycling team will today wear yellow helmets on today’s first road […]
Tour de France: Menchov makes big improvement on previous prologue performances
Russian rider back on track after disappointing Romandie and quiet Dauphiné Like defending champion Cadel Evans, Denis Menchov had his best-ever prologue finish in the Tour de France today. His margin of improvement was rather more dramatic than Evans’, though; […]
Tour de France: Defending champion Evans thirteenth, but nets best-ever prologue performance
Australian not concerned with dropping ten seconds to rival Wiggins Defending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans may have finished outside of the top ten in today’s prologue of the Tour de France, dropping ten seconds to his chief rival […]