Turgot blasted over whereabouts violations, awaiting possible suspension
Paris-Roubaix runner-up in hot water Just over five weeks after his career soared with a second place finish in Paris-Roubaix, French rider Sebastien Turgot is looking at a possible lengthy ban plus dismissal from his Europcar team over whereabouts violations. […]
Boonen insists Sagan is beatable at Tour of California
Belgian confirms that he’ll miss Tour de France in order to prepare for Olympics Tom Boonen showed that he could be the one to end Peter Sagan’s winning streak at the Amgen Tour of California, the Belgian displaying a very […]
Sagan not getting carried away with hype about his potential
Liquigas Cannondale rider doesn’t rule out trying for overall classification in California He’s dominated the Amgen Tour of California thus far with three stage wins plus a grip on the leader’s jersey for the general classification, the points standings and […]
Tour of California: Peter Sagan powers to another win in stage three
Slovak leaves just enough room to come around Haussler and hold off Boonen Peter Sagan’s sprint wins have become almost as much of a tradition in the Tour of California as Levi Leipheimer’s standing on the winner’s podium in previous […]
Giro d’Italia: Tom-Jelte Slagter “a whole lot wiser” after coming close in Assisi
Three attacks on the final climb surprise Rabobank second-year pro as he finishes with the best The most aggressive rider by far on the final climb to Assisi’s Piazza del Comune was Rabobank’s Tom-Jelte Slagter. The 22-year-old second-year pro from […]
Tour of California: Streak of ill luck continues for Steve Cummings
Briton and Swiss team-mate Morabito out of American race Having broken his pelvis in mid-February and then fractured his wrist five and a half weeks ago, Steve Cummings has been forced to take a premature exit from another race. The […]
Bartosz Huzarski comes within metres of Team NetApp’s biggest ever victory
Polish veteran takes second in Giro’s Assisi stage for surprise wildcard team Team NetApp’s Bartosz Huzarski was a surprise second place, behind Katusha’s stage winner Joaquim Rodríguez, at the hilltop finish of the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia in […]
Giro d’Italia: Schleck suffers on final climb, loses time
RadioShack Nissan rider slips out of top ten More a fan of longer climbs, Frank Schleck’s strong third place finish on the ramp to Rocca di Cambio on stage seven of the Giro d’Italia wasn’t reproduced on today’s sharp, steep […]
Giro d’Italia: Joaquim Rodríguez takes Tappa e Maglia Rosa on the cobbles of Assisi
Purito outsprints the other attackers on the steep climb to the finish; time bonuses see him in pink In the most widely predicted stage finish in the race so far, Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) outsprinted the rest of the peloton at […]
Christina Watches Onfone wants wildcard invite for 2013 Giro d’Italia
Interview with team chairman Claus Hembo about squad’s philosophy Having already had preliminary talks on the subject, the Christina Watches – Onfone team has identified gaining a wildcard invitation to the 2013 Giro d’Italia as one of its top priorities. […]