Team waiting to hear if it will get Tour de France wildcard Having decided to apply for an invite to the Tour de France this year rather than the Giro d’Italia, the NetApp Endura team have thanked Giro organisers RCS […]
Spanish Katusha rider speaks after superb Classic win Joaquim Rodriguez has sought to play down his defeat to Rui Costa at the world road race championship, saying that while nothing would beat taking a world title, that his victory yesterday […]
Hard luck finish to season for Nibali after duplicate crash Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) used a late charge to net fifth place in Sunday’s Il Lombardia, as the Italian one-day specialist came back to a group that had gotten away on […]
Solo move had looked promising until peloton got to business It is rarely a surprise to see the grimace of Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) attacking a bike race, and the aggressive Frenchman was at it again Sunday in Il Lombardia, attacking […]
Purito puts Worlds disappointment behind him on another rainy day in northern Italy Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) managed to put some of his World championship disappointment behind him as he escaped on the final climb of the 2013 edition of il […]
Italian rider speaks of warm reception from fans and team strategy for today’s Classic When Marco Pinotti rolled back in the direction of the BMC Racing Team bus after signing on this morning, he rode through a corridor of Italian […]
Rodriguez will snatch series lead if he wins tomorrow Current WorldTour leader Chris Froome could end up losing a contest he has headed for several months as a result of an injury which has forced him out of tomorrow’s Il […]
Dutchman hoping to capitalise on Canada form to go better than 2009 ninth place Robert Gesink is hoping for a continuation of the form he showed in Canada, in September, as he starts this weekend’s il Lombardia at the head […]
Milano-Sanremo winning team steps into spot vacated after Giro positives MTN-Qhubeka has been awarded the wildcard invitation to September’s il Lombardia that was recently handed back by Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, race organiser RCS Sport has announced. This will be the […]
Team acting out of “respect” for RCS Sport after “embarrassment” of Di Luca and Santambrogio In light of the team’s second positive test for EPO in the Giro d’Italia, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia has decided to hand back its wildcard invitation […]
Katusha “judged as” ProConti team and misses Giro; consolation offered with other races RCS Sport has confirmed the identities of the teams to be allocated wildcard invitations to this year’s Giro d’Italia, and its other WorldTour races, with Katusha missing […]
Safety, traffic disruption and TV coverage the main motivators, and fans events to follow The International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed yesterday that it had consented to the moving of Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia to Sundays in 2013. The two Classic […]
Colombia, MTN-Qhubeka and Team Type 1 confirmed as ProConti; WorldTour registration to wait until December 10th The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that it has accepted the request from race organiser RCS Sport to break with more than a […]
Young Frenchman signed through 2014, attacks in Il Lombardia The future seems bright at French team AG2R La Mondiale, with a host of new riders coming in for next season, and with several young names that are making waves in […]
Rabobank rider up front all day and nets top ten finish Peering out from over his glasses, Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) was visible throughout the latter portions of the day in the Giro di Lombardia, eventually finishing in seventh position. With […]
“Lucky I crashed now and not one week ago,” says new world champion Philippe Gilbert ended Il Lombardi today in a completely different manner to how he envisaged things, limping into a team car rather than thundering up the finishing […]
Catalan escapes in a downpour on the final to win alone in Lecco and secure season-long prize Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) escaped the peloton on the final climb of the Giro di Lombardia, as a torrential downpour fell on the latter […]
Belgian glad about rain, says ‘the legs will decide’ the winner There may be several big contenders in the running as the peloton speeds towards this afternoon’s conclusion of Il Lombardia, but all eyes are on one rider in particular: […]
