German veteran could make noise on a course suited to him Since the emergence of world time trial champion Tony Martin, Bert Grabsch has taken a bit of a back seat in German time trialing. But both Martin and Grabsch […]
Giro d’Italia champion and multiple Olympic medalist with podium chances Neither of their names are likely to be mentioned at the very top of the list of favourites for the men’s and women’s Olympic time trial on Wednesday, but Canada’s […]
Armstrong looking to retain title; Neben determined to medal: Phinney spurred on by London’s crowds The United States has three riders in the Olympic Games time trial tomorrow, August 1st, and all three have the potential to take a medal. […]
Defending champions Cancellara and Armstrong off last in seeded order of departure London 2012 organisers have released details of the start numbers and times of the riders in tomorrow’s Olympic time trial. The Men’s and Women’s races will be both […]
Hoping to break into London top three, hoping to be recognized as Athens top three In 2012, Michael Rogers (Sky Procycling) could well be the only rider to earn two Olympic time trial medals in a single year. Currently in […]
Defending champions far from certain after injury hit seasons and road race crashes After the iconic road race finish in front of Buckingham Palace, the home of Britain’s current Monarch, the Olympic cycling circus moves south and west to the […]
Nothing broken for defending champion but final decision still not made after badly bruising shoulder Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara still intends to defend his Olympic time trial crown in the 44km race at Henry VII’s Hampton Court Palace on Wednesday, according […]
How flexibility saw Lizzie Armitstead take silver, while loyalty to Mark Cavendish saw the World champion miss out The fortunes of the two Great Britain teams at this weekend’s Olympic road races couldn’t have been more different. Lizzie Armitstead took […]
injured sprinter praises efforts of the Spanish squad Oscar Freire (Katusha) withdrew from the 2012 Tour de France after stage six with a broken rib, eventually ruling him out for a spot on the Spanish national team for the Olympic […]
Great Britain rider unable to outsprint Marianne Vos but over the moon with silver After race favourite Mark Cavendish was unable to get a result in the men’s road race the day before, Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead delivered the host […]
Rogers will be Australia’s only chance for a medal Last year’s Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has opted to take a pass on this week’s Olympic time trial, according to Cycling Australia. The announcement won’t come as a major […]
World number one dashes home nations hopes on the Mall as Lizzie Armitstead takes silver Marianne Vos (Netherlands) has gone some way to exorcising the spectre of five successive World championship silver medals, with victory in the Olympic road race, […]
Bronzini aiming to add Olympic title to rainbow jersey She’s undoubtedly been the dominant rider in women’s cycling, but Marianne Vos has had a frustrating run of near-misses in the world championships ever since she took her rainbow jersey in […]
Team lacked numbers up front Although the best French rider in yesterday’s men’s road race, Sylvain Chavanel, finished back in twentieth place, French selector Laurent Jalabert has said that he doesn’t fault his riders for how the race played out. […]
Shoulder injury threatens RadioShack Nissan competitor Fabian Cancellara’s chances of defending the Olympic title he took four years ago in Beijing are up in the air tonight, with the Swiss rider stating that he is 50-50 about being able to […]
Belgians proud of team tactics in Olympic road race despite missing out on the medals Tom Boonen finished today’s Olympic road race on London’s iconic Mall in a disappointed 28th place, some 40 seconds behind Kazakh race winner Alexandre Vinokourov, […]
22-year-old American just misses out on the medals, but goes one better than his father Taylor Phinney came within a whisker of taking the United States’ first medal in the men’s Olympic road race since Alexi Grewal took Gold on […]
Astana leader determined to go out on top Today’s Olympic road race winner Alexandre Vinokourov proved that he’s still got the legs and mind to win big races but rather than prolong his retirement, he’s said that he’s determined to […]
