Alex Rasmussen: Relationship with Farrar is key to Tour de France selection
Danish rider hoping to develop rhythm with Garmin-Barracuda sprinter Garmin-Barracuda signed Alex Rasmussen to help eat up long, flat kilometers, to ride a solid time trial, and eventually to help lead out its sprint star Tyler Farrar. Rasmussen knows his […]
Europcar looking at extra training sessions after Tour du Haut Var
Mixed emotions for confident French team after Voeckler fails to repeat At the conclusion of the Tour du Haut Var, with Sunday’s stage two being the most difficult day of racing to date in 2012, French team Europcar commented on […]
Javier Ramirez wins first Andalucía stage as the peloton mistimes it
Stage-long breakaway makes it to the finish with the sprinters teams breathing down its neck; Gretsch holds onto overall lead Javier Ramirez (Andalucía) took a surprise breakaway victory for the local team, in the first stage of the Vuelta a […]
Jurgen Van Den Broeck hails best time trial performance in years
Belgian climber credits Lance Armstrong’s former mechanic as well as a winter of hard work Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) has hailed his sixth place finish in Sunday’s Volta ao Algarve time trial as his best performance against the clock […]
Debate continues over new Flanders route, organiser explains change
Doesn’t rule out charging to see race in the future Next to ASO and RCS Sport, Flanders Classics is considered the third largest race organisation, at least where importance is concerned. Among the races it organises are Omloop het Nieuwsblad, […]
Simon Clarke nets fifth place for GreenEdge in Tour du Haut Var
Aussie suffered gearing trouble in stage two finale Simon Clarke (GreenEdge) pedaled to two fifth place finishes in the Tour du Haut Var over the weekend, netting the Australian fifth place overall in the two-day race. But it was the […]
Porte seals Volta ao Algarve win as Wiggins takes time trial
Sky Procycling team dominates Portuguese stage race After a 2011 spent riding largely in the service of Alberto Contador, Richie Porte underlined his ability to lead teams when he triumphed today in the Volta ao Algarve. The Sky Procycling rider […]
Red-hot Tiernan-Locke climbs to Haut Var stage two, overall victory
Brit gets third and fourth victory for Endura Racing In his first big races for British team Endura Racing, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke is showing the poise and patience of a veteran. The 27-year-old today climbed to a brilliant statement win in […]
Australia lays down the Olympic challenge on final night of London Track World Cup
Third fastest ever Team Pursuit to put pressure on Great Britain; second gold for Hoy; close-as-possible Omnium glory for Hammer There was more excitement in the new London Velodrome in the final night of of racing the World Cup event, […]
Niels Albert finally gets his rainbow victory in Sluitingsprijs Overijse
Kevin Pauwels loses out to Zdenek Stybar but confirms overall GvA TRofee; Daphny van den Brand bows out of the sport in style World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) closed the cyclocross season in style, with a solo victory in the […]