Jayco Bay Cycling Classic: 17 year old Ewan stuns older rivals to win
Rowney takes women’s race, Hosking retains lead In an unexpected turnaround similar to the shock German national road race triumph in 2005 of a-then eighteen year old Gerald Ciolek, the young Australian Caleb Ewan (NSWIS) stunned his older competitors on […]
Rhodes upbeat about move to GreenEdge AIS team
2011 national champion to defend title next weekend Heading into 2012 in a very different team to the one she had anticipated, Alexis Rhodes has spoken about the switch from Garmin-Cervélo to the new GreenEdge team. The Australian road race […]
Henderson and Hosking grab wins in Jayco Bay Classic
GreenEdge riders second in both races With solo breakaway Patrick Lane (Mitchelton Wines-Lowe Farms) being overhauled on the final lap of the race, Greg Henderson sprinted to victory in the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic and thus clocked up his first […]
Sven Nys wins his own Grote Prijs in vintage fashion
Kannibaal van Baal is master of his hometown yet again; Daphny van den Brand takes women’s race in the absence of Marianne Vos Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) took his eleventh victory in the thirteen editions of the New Year’s Day race […]
Fourteen teams named as wildcard candidates for Giro d’Italia and other RCS Sport events
UnitedHealthcare amongst eight Pro Continental squads not in the running Giro d’Italia organisers RCS Sport have announced the identities of fourteen teams which it will consider for wildcard entries to its races in 2012, saying that they alone provided the […]
Monique Van der Vorst interview: Making good progress prior to first pro season
New Rabobank signing continues path from wheelchair to peloton Heading into what will be her first pro season, former Paralympic competitor turned cyclist Monique Van Der Vorst has been working hard and is encouraged by the progress she has made […]
Alejandro Valverde returns to racing in Santos Tour Down Under
Spaniard seeking to build form for Ardennes Classics Alejandro Valverde is determined to make up for lost time and will begin racing as soon as possible in 2012. The Team Movistar rider has come back from a long ban and […]
Goss and GreenEDGE ready for Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
Returning champ makes debut for Australian team in its first race Matt Goss is motivated and ready to make his debut for the Australian ProTour team GreenEdge Cycling, which races for the first time as a team on New Year’s […]
Lefevere believes Boonen can return to winning ways in 2012
Feels stronger team should take some pressure off Belgian While the past two seasons have been sparse ones, mostly due to injury, Tom Boonen can yet return to the top level in 2012. That’s the view of his Omega Pharma […]
Peter Sagan to make Tour debut in 2012, but not at full fitness
Slovakian to delay hitting form until London Olympics Although he’ll ride the first Tour de France of his career in 2012, Slovakian rider Peter Sagan has said that he will deliberately hold back in terms of his condition in order […]