Big shakeup upends general classification Although yesterday’s time trial winner Luke Durbridge said that he was relatively confident that he and his Orica GreenEdge team would be able to defend the race lead, the Australian lost his grip at the […]
Italian sprinter motivated to fight on Having held the lead through today’s second stage, day one winner Matteo Pelucchi was finally deposed in the afternoon time trial when he could only finish 75th, 40 seconds behind the winner Luke Durbridge. […]
Jungels misses out by fractions of a second One year after he won the time trial in the Circuit de la Sarthe, Orica GreenEdge’s Luke Durbridge went on to repeat that victory in the same race against the clock, albeit […]
French road race champion blasts home in front After claiming yesterday that the stage winner Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) had ruined his chances by passing too closely, hooking his handlebars and almost causing him to crash, Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) got […]
Italian sprinter gets his first win for IAM Cycling and takes the yellow jersey Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) took his first victory for the new Swiss team as he won the bunch sprint on the first stage of the Circuit […]
Durbridge, Teklehaimanot and Weening succeed despite depleted squad Hit by misfortune which saw the team three men down in the race, the GreenEdge team nevertheless triumphed in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe yesterday, continuing its strong first season. World under 23 […]
Comeback win for Dutchman while young Australian shows his talent There was triumph for both the Garmin Barracuda and the GreenEdge teams on the final day of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, with the former clocking up the stage win via […]
Luke Durbridge holds his lead after the peloton shatters on a hilly finishing circuit Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) took his first victory of the season in stage four of the Circuit de la Sarth-Pays de la Loire, between Angers and Pré-en-Pail. […]
Three riders down, believes team will have to perfect its tactics to keep jersey GreenEdge rider Luke Durbridge has said that he will try to hold on to his race lead in the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe in the remaining two […]
Bad luck for yesterday’s Circuit de la Sarthe stage winner Having taken his first win of the season yesterday and starting today’s second stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe as the race leader, Russian rider Denis Galimzyanov experienced a low […]
Russian comes through after team-mate is caught close to line The Katusha team played things perfectly on today’s opening stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe in France, with sprinter Denis Galimzyanov swooping to take the victory after another of its […]
Scottish rider pleased with form after difficult early spring Second in yesterday’s time trial, six seconds behind the race leader and surprise winner Daniele Bennati, David Millar has pledged to ride aggressively in today’s 181.1 kilometre stage from Angers to […]
First ever pro TT win for Italian Leopard Trek rider When David Millar took over as fastest finisher in the stage 3 time trial at the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe on Wednesday afternoon, there was a sense that the winner had […]
Dutchman beats stage one winner Bennati into Angers Garmin-Cervélo’s Michael Kreder boosted team morale after a frustrating Tour of Flanders campaign when he grabbed a stage win on today’s second leg of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe in France. The 23 […]
