Fränk Schleck withdraws from Giro d’Italia with shoulder injury
Pain too much for Luxembourg champion despite strong finish on Cervinia mountaintop Fränk Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) has withdrawn form the Giro d’Italia, suffering from a shoulder injury, just 28km into the 15th stage between Busto Arsizio and the Pian dei Resinelli. […]
Clara Hughes emphasises Olympic credentials with Chrono Gatineau victory
Specialized-lululemon dominates Canadian time trial with four in the top five Clara Hughes (Specialized-lululemon) emphasised her credentials as one of the riders to beat in this summer’s Olympic Games time trial with a successful defence of her Chrono Gatineau title. […]
Tour of California: Robert Gesink grabs yellow jersey on Mt. Baldy
American race likely to have second non-American winner after Gesink takes stage and overall lead Robert Gesink (Rabobank) marked his return to good form with a sparkling performance on the steep summit finish on Mount Baldy. The Dutchman took stage […]
Rodriguez, Scarponi pledge to fight back tomorrow
Riders lose time to new leader Hesjedal Joaquim Rodriguez may have lost his Maglia Rosa to an impressive Ryder Hesjedal today, but the Katusha rider insists that there is plenty of racing left and that he believes he can return […]
Giro d’Italia: Ryder Hesjedal attacks into pink on the Cervinia mountaintop
Andray Amadar holds on to take the stage as Canadian wins the overall battle behind him An attack in the final three kilometres of stage 14, on the climb to Cervinia, saw Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) seize back the Maglia Rosa […]
Georges celebrates biggest career win while Velits looks forward
D-day today in Tour of California Ag2r La Mondiale rider Sylvain Georges has described his stage win on yesterday’s sixth stage of the Amgen Tour of California as his most important achievement thus far in the sport, and sees it […]
Giro d’Italia: Pozzovivo ready to seize his chance on today’s mountain stage
Italian climber warns that tomorrow’s finish will be even better for him He’s already won a stage and is being spoken of as a potential winner of the race; climbing specialist Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) has one week to […]
Renshaw, Goss and Haedo exit Giro d’Italia prior to toughest mountains
Rivals emphasise importance of recovery prior to Tour, but Cavendish will keep going Already dominating the sprints in the Giro d’Italia and clocking up his third win yesterday, Mark Cavendish’s competition has diminished by three today as his former HTC […]
Tour of California: Sylvain Georges escapes to grueling win in stage six
With no wins yet in 2012, Ag2R-La Mondiale breaks through to get two in a day No one in the western United States knew his name when stage six of the Tour of California got underway, but no one is […]
Van Garderen gunning for Amgen Tour of California victory
BMC Racing Team rider set for all out battle on Mt. Baldy stage Having jumped up to second overall in the race after his strong third place in yesterday’s time trial, Tejay Van Garderen has identified the main obstacles to […]