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German going well on return from racing break Lotto Belisol sprinter Andre Greipel showed his sprinting power today, beginning the second part of his season by scooping up a stage win in the Presidential Tour of Turkey. The win was […]

Astana leader ‘can retire quietly’ due to rise of Iglinskiy and others A muted presence in many of the races he has competed in thus far this year, Alexandre Vinokourov sparked into action on the second stage of the Presidential […]

Getting things right after being held up by a crash in the bunch yesterday, Andre Greipel blasted home at the head of a large bunch to win stage two of the Presidential Tour of Turkey. The Lotto Belisol rider finished […]

Race of the falling leaves to pay tribute to two-time winner with its earlier date The moving of the Giro di Lombardia – or ‘il Lombardia’ as it is now officially called – forward two weeks was not popular with […]

Tom Boonen still leads after his storming cobbles campaign as the season moves into next phase Vincenzo Nibali (Cannondale) has moved up to second place in the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour ranking, following his heartbreaking second place in yesterday’s […]

Dutch sprinter wants to look forward, not back Given the events which occurred in Alanya three years ago and their after-effects, it’s perhaps surprising that Theo Bos didn’t remember the name of the seaside town where yesterday’s opening stage of […]

Argos-Shimano and Cofidis join two Spanish Wildcards in the year’s third Grand Tour Unipublic, the organiser of the Vuelta a España, has announced the teams that will be invited to this year’s race, which will start with a team time […]

Former world track sprint champion grabs first leader’s jersey with sprint win Avoiding a nasty crash inside the final two kilometres which brought some riders down and delayed others, Theo Bos (Rabobank) came from behind to pip GreenEdge’s Matt Goss […]

Chases down Nibali in final 10 kilometers, then rides away, Gasparotto puts two Astana on the podium Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) pulled off a shocking victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, adding another triumph in the Ardennes for Astana in 2012, after Enrico Gasparotto […]

Russian says he’s geared his entire early season around repeat victory One year after he scooped the biggest victory to date for the American Team Type 1, Russian rider Alexander Efimkin began today’s Presidential Tour of Turkey with ambitions of […]