Italian rider’s troubled season with Katusha continues Following a disappointing Classics campaign plus recent tension with his Katusha team, Filippo Pozzato’s difficult 2011 has continued with a bad crash during yesterday’s final stage of the Tour of Belgium. The 29 […]
Successful operation for former Italian champion Having crashed during yesterday’s final stage of the Tour of Belgium, suffering fractures to his left clavicle and the radius of his left wrist, Italian rider Filippo Pozzato has been successfully operated on in […]
Will miss Tour de France participation AG2r La Modiale rider David Le Lay has fractured his left clavicle and will be out of competition for more than a month. The Frenchman hit the pavement hard while racing in the Grand […]
Craig Lewis and Marco Pinotti both hospitalised after crash After enjoying an excellent Giro d’Italia to date, the luck finally turned bad for the HTC-Highroad team on the rainy stage between Bergamo and Macugnaga. Having won the opening time trial […]
Team Sky sprinter suffers bad crash on Macagnuga stage For Team Sky sprinter Russell Downing, there is very little left to aim at in this year’s Giro d’Italia, except, that is, for the prospect of completing the first ever Grand […]
Will be fondly remembered by the cycling community Earlier today crowds gathered at the Pabellón Municipal de los Deportes de Olot in Girona, Spain to pay their respects to Movistar rider Xavier Tondo, just two days after his tragic death. […]
Will be fondly remembered by the cycling community Earlier today crowds gathered at the Pabellón Municipal de los Deportes de Olot in Girona, Spain to pay their respects to Movistar rider Xavier Tondo, just two days after his tragic death. […]
Family will hold a private ceremony for their loved one The day following the tragic death of Movistar rider Xavier Tondo, his team has announced that a service will be held at the Pabellón Municipal de los Deportes de Olot […]
Team devastated by news of his death Following the announcement of the death of Xavier Tondo this morning, his Movistar team has confirmed they will continue to race in the Giro d’Italia. The team’s general manager Eusebio Unzué felt racing […]
Cycling loses another friend The cycling world suffered another tough blow this morning with the news that Movistar rider Xavier Tondo was tragically killed in a freak accident where he was crushed between his car and a garage door as […]
Will require an operation before returning to the peloton Leopard Trek rider Jens Voigt won’t be starting stage six of the Amgen Tour of California today due to a broken wrist. The injury was likely caused when the likeable German […]
Will be remembered as one of the nice guys Thousands gathered at St. Peter’s Square in Gent, Belgium today to attend the funeral service for Wouter Weylandt. Weylandt’s tragic death was the result of a horrific crash on the descent […]
Will be remembered as one of the nice guys Thousands gathered at St. Peter’s Square in Gent, Belgium today to attend the funeral service for Wouter Weylandt. Weylandt’s tragic death was the result of a horrific crash on the descent […]
Giro champion training on volcano ahead of Tour de France bid Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) needed fifteen stitches to facial wounds yesterday, after he crashed while descending Mount Etna in Sicily. The 2010 Giro d’Italia winner has skipped his national tour […]
Giro champion training on volcano ahead of Tour de France bid Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) needed fifteen stitches to facial wounds yesterday, after he crashed while descending Mount Etna in Sicily. The 2010 Giro d’Italia winner has skipped his national tour […]
Hopes to recover in time for his home Tour Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) is out of commission for at least 3 days following a crash in stage two of the Tour de Picardie. The Belgian was on the receiving end […]
US National TT Champ looking forward to testing himself against the best Taylor Phinney is relishing the opportunity to race the Amgen Tour of California, especially the time trail stage, as the young American is the national champion in the […]
Hopes to return in time for the Vuelta Ruben Plaza’s (Movistar) recovery from a crash sustained in March has been on track. The Spaniard, who is in his 11th year as a professional cyclist, broke his right tibia and fibula […]
