World champion critical of rivals’ team tactics as the break stays away Mark Cavendish has paid tribute to his Great Britain teammates, after missing out on Olympic Gold in the London 2012 road race. The World champion started the race […]
Uran and Kristoff take silver and bronze, Cavendish misses out to break Riding what is expected to be the final season of his long career, Alexandre Vinokourov has turned back the clock and won the Olympic road race in London. […]
Men and women slug it out for Gold The first cycling events in the Olympic Games are this weekend’s road races for men and women, taking place on courses of 250 kilometres and 140 kilometres respectively. They will travel out […]
Dutch team riding without a true sprinter, likely to be on the attack On the eve of the Olympic road race, popular opinion still sways back and forth, unable to determine whether the gold medal will be claimed out of […]
Paolo Bettini bringing the young Italian along for learning and advising Though Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is the active reserve for the Italian squad at the Olympic road race, team coach Paolo Bettini will keep the 22-year-old close to […]
Irishman says road race will be harder than many expect Influenced by the dominant Tour de France showing by the Sky team, Mark Cavendish’s sprint victory on the Champs Elysees last Sunday and the obvious motivation the British team will […]
Belgians will count on alliances with other big nations to foil the World champion sprinter Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) has been training on the Olympic road race route, on the roads of Surrey to the south of London. The Belgian […]
USA team hungry for success in London As the hours tick past until Saturday’s men’s Olympic road race, the USA team has emphasised that it will have a multi-pronged approach rather than staking everything on a bunch sprint like the […]
Belgian feels he’s turned a corner in disappointing season Despite a very quiet Tour de France where the closest he got to a win were two fourth places, plus a season which is in no way comparable to his dominance […]
Canadian Giro d’Italia champion wins Roeselare critérium ahead of travel to London Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) has declared himself fit for the Olympic Games road race in London on Saturday, following his ‘victory’ in the post-Tour critérium in Roeselare, Belgium. The […]
World time trial champion seeking to add Olympic title to rainbow bands Forced to withdraw from the Tour de France after the stage nine time trial due to the lingering consequences of a bad crash on stage one, world TT […]
Australian fully committed after tough Tour Following some uncertainty about whether a fatigued Cadel Evans will compete in the Olympic road race, the Australian has said that he is in no doubts about taking part in the event this Saturday. […]
Belgian Classic specialist set for top summer target Following a recent injury scare, Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders winner Tom Boonen has today confirmed that he will indeed be able to take part in the Olympic Games road race in […]
Dutchman ramping up training as body heals Having been forced to withdraw from the Tour de France due to the injuries that he suffered in the big crash on July 6th, Robert Gesink has said that his condition is improving […]
Final decision to come today or tomorrow Unsuccessful in his Tour defence and finishing back in seventh place after becoming ill during the race, Cadel Evans is yet to decide if he will definitely take place in the Olympic Games. […]
World champion’s former manager feels move to British team a mistake Team Sky’s Mark Cavendish took his 22nd career victory in the Tour de France yesterday, equalling the record for a sprinter set by Frenchman André Darrigade in the 1960s, […]
No title defence for Beijing champion as fractured metacarpal prevents proper braking Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Samuel Sánchez will not defend his Olympic road race title on July 28th, the Spanish rider has confirmed. The 34-year-old, who won the gold medal in Beijing, […]
Jason Kenny selected over 2008 gold medallist for individual sprint Chris Hoy’s ambition of trying to repeat the historic three gold medals he won in Beijing 2008 has been dashed following confirmation that British selectors have opted for the younger […]
