Former World and Belgian champion transferred to Antwerp Hospital and now reportedly out of danger Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has been taken to the intensive care unit of the University Hospital of Antwerp after suffering from problems with his heart, Het […]
Punchy GreenEdge rider ready to step up from 2011 bronze medal position Third in last year’s Australian championships behind Jack Bobridge and Matt Goss, today’s running of the 2012 elite road race is a strong opportunity for Simon Gerrans to […]
Favourite Sven Nys unimpressed as easier lap “to my disadvantage” The course for the Belgian national cyclocross has been shortened due to excessive mud, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. The Hooglede-Gits circuit was to be identical to that used in […]
White, red and blue colours still important to Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider despite wearing the rainbow jersey for two years It’s hard to see it under the rainbow stripes of his World champion’s jersey, but Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Zdenek Stybar […]
Beats Sheppard and Watson to take first nationals jersey Jayco AIS rider Rohan Dennis grabbed the Australian champion’s jersey in the under 23 road race in Buninyong today, beating Jayco Victoria Institute of Sport rider Eric Sheppard to the line […]
Noonan picks up Under 23 victory On the back of a strong performance which saw them take two stages plus the overall classification in this week’s Jayco Bay Cycling Classic plus the elite and under 23 women’s criterium jerseys, the […]
Well-timed sprint earns second success in three days Having already clocked up victory on Tuesday’s third stage of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Genesys Wealth Advisers rider Anthony Giacoppo topped the podium once again in today’s Australian criterium championships. The […]
Is considering finishing her career after London Olympics Clocking up victory in what could be her last season as a pro bike rider, Alexis Rhodes powered to her fourth Australian criterium championship title today. The 27 year old Alice Springs […]
New signing determined to fight for the win Having impressed greatly at the end of last season with his Japan Cup victory plus his overall win in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, 22 year old Nathan Haas has pledged to […]
Not enough rest over Christmas period for BKCP-Powerplus rider has made infection worse; Sven Nys favourite to take back driekleur jersey Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has suffered yet another setback to his 2011/12 season, with the discovery that the cold he […]
New Australian ProTeam will feature five former winners on Sunday Two years after he won the Australian road race championship, Travis Meyer will return to the event at the weekend determined that either he or another GreenEdge rider will come […]
Wendy Houvenaghel takes women’s race as neither champion defends Alex Dowsett (Team Sky) took over the vacant British time trial champion’s jersey of teammate Bradley Wiggins, who was unable to defend his title due to the event’s clash with the […]
Road champion takes second driekleur in incredible season; Liesbet De Vocht takes women’s title from teammate Grace Verbeke Evidently coming out of the Eneco Tour with very hot form, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has added the time trial driekleur to […]
Says team wants to take him there when he’s capable of challenging for overall Although he still describes himself as disappointed to miss the Tour de France, Dan Martin has accepted that there may be advantages to not riding the […]
HTC Highroad rider pulls off remarkable double success Irish champion Matt Brammeier has a solid programme of upcoming races, with some WorldTour races on his schedule between now and the end of September. The motivated HTC Highroad rider is in […]
Outgoing British champion philosophical over losing his title, while sprinter Ben Swift looks back on a battling seventh place Sunday’s Great Britain championship road race was, as expected, just like the 2010 edition, totally dominated by the Sky Procycling team. […]
Former champion should have attacked before Gilbert did Tom Boonen (Quick Step) made a mistake in Sunday’s Belgian championships race, he has admitted to Het Nieuwsblad, by not attacking before Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto). The hesitation cost the 2009 champion […]
Following two runner-up slots in French Cup races, Tour du Limousin is next After having a limited international race programme during the spring, Irish road race champion Siobhan Horgan (The Edge) is looking forward to a better run of races […]
