Niels Albert takes hard fought victory in Hoogerheide World Cup
Race win confirms overall World Cup for Belgian champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) overcame an early lead from World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) to win the final round of the World Cup in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. The Belgian champion, who clearly enjoys […]
Katie Compton dominates in Hoogerheide World Cup
US champion takes last big race before the World Championships as Sanne Van Paassen secures overall series Katie Compton (Planet Bike) recovered from a less than perfect start on the muddy course of Hoogerheide, Netherlands to power away from the […]
Xavier Tondo loses Tour de San Luis in spectacular fashion
Catalonian bonks and crashes with 15 downhill kilometers remaining: “I was completely empty.” Things couldn’t have been going much better for Movistar’s Xavier Tondo in Saturday’s penultimate stage of the Tour de San Luis. The race leader had dropped his […]
Peeters beats Stybar and Nys in Zonnebeke cross
Fifth-placed Jonathan Page shows good form ahead of World Championships Rob Peeters was surprised himself that he beat power houses Zdenek Stybar and Sven Nys in the Kasteelcross in Zonnebeke on Saturday. Klaas Vantornout was fourth, followed by American Jonathan […]
Dekker says he was living outside reality when taking doping products
Dutchman wants to start from scratch in sport of cycling Thomas Dekker is currently serving a two-year suspension for doping, eligible to race again in July of 2011. He fell foul to retroactive testing and was subsequently fired from his […]
Ventoso wins Willunga stage, Meyer inches closer to Santos Tour Down Under victory
Goss takes four seconds out of Meyer’s lead with finishing time bonus Digging deep on the climbs of Willunga Hill and then unleashing a strong sprint at the end of the stage, Spanish rider Fran Ventoso raced to victory on […]
Young French hope Jerome Coppel ready for his first Tour de France
24 year old showing signs that he could be a Grand Tour overall contender for the future 24 year old Jerome Coppel is one of France’s biggest young talents heading into the second decade of the 21st century. The young […]
Lefevere ready to buy Telenet-Fidea if Stybar is prevented from switching teams
Belgian team manager wants Stybar at all costs Patrick Lefevere wants to have reigning cyclocross world champion Zdenek Stybar on his Quick Step team at all costs. Lefevere is even considering buying the Telenet-Fidea team for which Stybar is currently […]
Geox-TMC's Denis Menchov targeting Giro and Vuelta for 2011
Three-time Grand Tour winner planning his season around hopefully forthcoming invitations Geox-TMC was passed over for a Wild Card at this year’s Tour de France, but the team isn’t panicking just yet. There are still two other Grand Tours on […]
It’s there for the taking for French sprinter Jimmy Casper
Saur-Sojasun comfortable at smaller team and could be making his return to the Tour de France Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) is looking at the prospect of his first Tour de France since 2008. Despite spending the last two years at the […]