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National Championships

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins French TT champs, Longo only fifth

Headache avoided for French selectors for Olympic Games? Concerns that Jeannie Longo might be sent to the Olympic Games for France despite the serious doping charges her husband and coach faces appear now to be irrelevant after she was comprehensively […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Cancellara clocks up first victory since March by taking Swiss time trial title

Seventh TT championship win for RadioShack Nissan rider Although he’s still feeling the effects of the Tour de Suisse in his legs, particularly the two mountainous concluding stages on Saturday and Sunday, Fabian Cancellara today grabbed the seventh national time […]

Author: taking Swiss time trial title by VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Giorgia Bronzini interview: “The Olympic course is not so hard”

Two-time World champion aiming for Olympic gold after a strange day in the Italian championships Giorgia Bronzini (Diadora-Pasta Zara) spent a somewhat strange day in the peloton during the Italian elite women’s road race championships. The World champion, racing for […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Interviews, National Championships, Olympics, Pro Cycling,

Giada Borgato solos to a surprise Italian road race title

23-year-old Diadora-Pasta Zara rider escapes Silvia Valsecchi in final lap to win tricolore alone Giada Borgato (Diadora-Pasta Zara) took the Italian road race title alone after escaping breakaway companion Silvia Valsecchi (Be Pink) in the final lap of a hot, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Omega Pharma-Quick Step riders chasing national championship titles all over Europe

Grabsch, Brammeier and Chavanel defending; Chavanel going for fourth TT jersey; Boonen aiming for a second road one Omega Pharma-Quick Step will be sending a number of riders to the various national championship races in Europe this week. Some riders […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Euskaltel-Euskadi built around Samuel Sanchez for the Tour de France

Returning King of the Mountains will skip Spanish nationals, recovering from Dauphiné crash Though it won’t officially announce its roster for the Tour de France until after the Spanish national championships, multiple sources are listing the nine men set to […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Tom Boonen confident ahead of Belgian championships despite Suisse abandon

Classics king climbed off early to catch his flight home Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has declared himself ready for Sunday’s Belgian championships, despite climbing off his bike 80km from the finish of yesterday’s final Tour de Suisse stage. The […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Team Sky announces nationals team, Cavendish, Wiggins and Froome won’t compete

Swift, Dowsett and Hunt part of five man squad Team Sky’s aim of fighting for the yellow and green jerseys in the Tour de France plus then riding as well as possible in the Olympic Games mean that a smaller […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Dauphiné injuries cause Martin to withdraw from Irish national championships

No road race, but Garmin Barracuda rider hopeful of riding Tour Twelve months after he finished an extremely close second in the Irish road race championships, losing out to Matt Brammeier by millimetres, Dan Martin made the difficult choice to […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Injury, National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Hushovd to miss Norwegian championships and Tour de France

BMC Racing Team says virus is the reason for rider’s poor form this spring Winner of two stages last year and member of the best overall team, Thor Hushovd will have no such success at this year’s Tour de France […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Injury, National Championships, Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Timmy Duggan solos to USA professional road race title

Holds off chase group containing Van Garderen, Danielson on hot South Carolina afternoon Timmy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale) used a well-timed solo move to take the win by himself in the USA professional road race championship. Duggan won the race of attrition […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Dave Zabriskie nets seventh career US time trial championship

‘Captain America’ flanked by BMC’s van Garderen and Bookwalter on the podium It wasn’t easy, but Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Barracuda) captured his second USA professional time trial championship in a row, and seventh in his career, today in Greenville, South Carolina. […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Durbridge and Gillow power to Australian time trial titles

Dennis and Noonan take second under 23 wins of championships Battling strong, gusting winds which were strong enough to cause 2011 Australian road race champion Jack Bobridge to crash out of the event, his GreenEdge team-mate Luke Durbridge powered to […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Sven Nys: “That Belgian championship race will stay with me forever”

Kannibaal speaks of emotional outpouring after reclaiming his driekleur; expresses concern over health of old rival Bart Wellens The post-race party thrown for Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) in his hometown of Baal reportedly kept the newly restored Belgian champion up past […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, National Championships, Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Jeremy Powers gets long awaited USA Cyclo-cross national title, Katie Compton powers to number eight

Trebon, Page round out podium; Compton nets eighth straight women’s title Jeremy Powers (Rapha Focus) powered away from Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) and the rest of a five-man group with two laps to race, and stayed away to take his first […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Cyclocross, National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Men’s Cyclocross Nationals: Nys wrests his title back; Stybar and Boom defend

Kannibaal back to his old self in the mud as some champions lose their thrones Sven Nys takes back the jersey that belongs to him After his domination of his own GP on New Year’s Day, it was no surprise […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Women’s Cyclocross Nationals: Vos, Wyman and Cant defend

National championships decided all over Europe with most going to the biggest names Marianne Vos cruises to Netherlands title number two It was all too easy for Marianne Vos (Rabobank) once again, as the World champion cruised to what is […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Gerrans grabs Australian title ahead of Lloyd and Porte

First victory for men’s GreenEdge team Delivering on the victory he said he was hoping for in a long pre-race interview, Simon Gerrans blasted home in a three-man sprint to take the Australian road race championship in Buninyong earlier today. […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Recent Interviews

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  • Matt Keenan Interview: The race through the eyes of a commentator
  • Bertine: New La Course race is ‘stepping stone towards a women’s Tour de France’
  • Court order in class action case compels Aaron Brown to provide full details of Kimmage defence fund
  • Sam Bennett Interview: I’d love to ride the Tour de France this year with NetApp Endura
  • Michele Acquarone interview part III: We were looking into a women’s Milan-Sanremo for 2015, Giro for 2017
  • Michele Acquarone Interview Part II: “The judge will decide who is right or wrong, but I am sure that I am right”
  • Michele Acquarone interview part I: Overlooking MTN Qhubeka was a major missed opportunity for the Giro d’Italia
  • Peter Stetina Interview: New BMC Racing Team signing shining in Tour de San Luis
  • Feature: Linus Gerdemann feeling good about his comeback to cycling – “I am optimistic…I think I can perform well”