20-year-old Belgian champion asserts herself in the sport that her countrymen dominate Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) has only recently turned 20 years old, but can already be seen at the front of most women’s cyclocross races. She took the first of […]
Rider used testosterone, EPO and growth hormone during his career Former US criterium champion Kirk O’Bee has been hit with a lifetime ban from the sport, incurring the ban after a positive test for EPO plus proof that he had […]
Bold move punctuates his U23 success Trek-Livestrong rider Ben King took the coveted stars and stripes jersey today in Greenville, South Carolina with an audacious 65 kilometer solo effort in front of a field stacked with talent. The 21 year […]
Follows up Tour de l’Avenir prologue win with national title Team RadioShack’s Taylor Phinney took out his elder teammate Levi Leipheimer in the USA Cycling Pro Championships time trial today, to take a national title as a professional on the […]
Continental based professionals dominate domestic riders Both Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) and Emma Pooley (Cervélo TestTeam) have retained their titles at the Great Britain time trial championships in Llandello, Wales. As both riders were defending champions they started last in […]
US champion hopes to be fit to defend stars and stripes jersey at home After his crash on stage 2 of the Tour of Utah last week, US champion George Hincapie (BMC Racing) is in the first phase of recovery; […]
Reigning national road champion fastest in race against the clock Stijn Devolder clocked a time of one hour and 45 seconds on the tough 46-kilometer course in Habey-la-Neuve to clinch the Belgian national champions time trial title. Devolder already won […]
Course fits confident HTC Columbia rider’s characteristics On Sunday, the Belgian time trial championships will be held in Habay-la-Neuve. Maxime Monfort of the HTC Columbia team is ready to defend his title that he obtained one year ago in Saint […]
Quick Step rider wants to be Belgian champion in both road race and time trial Quick Step’s Stijn Devolder will ride the Belgian time trial championships in Habey-la-Neuve this Sunday. He is aiming to add the black, yellow and red […]
Titles taken by in form riders causing some upsets Most countries held their national road race championships over the weekend, many of them also holding time trial championships too. Here is a selection of results. Great Britain: Pooley finally beats […]
Claims second road title six years on Cervélo TestTeam Thor Hushovd took the Norwegian road national championship title in Trondheim today, to take his first victory of the season leading into his defense of the green jersey at the Tour […]
Maintains form from Tour of Belgium to secure title Quick Step’s Stijn Devolder came out on top in the Belgian road national championships today, beating a defiant Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) into second place on the 234.6 kilometer route consisting […]
Late attack gives him solo win on hot day Christian Knees attacked his three-man break with a little less than one 10km lap to go to become German road Champion for the first time in his career. In the sprint […]
Frenchman takes his first win of the season ahead of the Tour de France Bbox Bouygues Telecom captain Thomas Voeckler rode to his second road national championship tile in Chantonnay, France today. Voeckler last held the title in 2004, the […]
First non-Rabobank Dutch National Road winner in four years Niki Terpstra left an army of 19 Rabobank riders behind to take his first ever Elite Dutch National Championship on Sunday. Terpstra will be the first non-Rabobank rider to wear the […]
National championships are overshadowed by soccer World Cup Tony Martin did what he wanted to do in Sangerhausen, Germany, and won the national time trial title. He de-throned teammate Bert Grabsch, a former World Championships winner in this discipline. The […]
Visconti takes second career Italian title Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) arrived solo to win the Italian national championships today in Conegliano, repeating his 2007 victory. “What can I say?” Visconti told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “All of my sacrifices have paid […]
Caisse d’Epargne teammate Costa wins in Portugual In the absence of Alberto Contador, Luis León Sánchez won the Spanish time trial championships in Villarrobledo, over a course of 36.8km. Sánchez’s time was 43’34. He was 41 seconds ahead of Jose […]
