Big shakeup upends general classification Although yesterday’s time trial winner Luke Durbridge said that he was relatively confident that he and his Orica GreenEdge team would be able to defend the race lead, the Australian lost his grip at the […]
2009 Paris-Roubaix runner up ready for Sunday after Sanremo and Flanders disappointment Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) is taking aim at the third and final big target of his spring campaign, as he hopes to go one better than his 2009 second […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step riders both out for weeks after spring crashes Tom Boonen sustained a fractured a rib in his Ronde van Vlaanderen crash, his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team has confirmed. The Belgian champion crashed just 20km into Sunday’s race, […]
Long distance break reeled in on final climb Nairo Quintana took the second Colombian success in as many days in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, following up yesterday’s stage win by Sergio Henao (Sky) with a victory of his own. […]
Former Belgian champion says the clock is ticking on his career At 42 years of age, Niko Eeckhout is one of the oldest riders competing in the peloton, yet he continues to race well and to be one of the […]
Lars Boom and Sep Vanmarcke to lead but Dutch team has other options Blanco Pro Cycling will head into Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix with confidence, it says, with its team leaders buoyed by strong performances in last week’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Although […]
Lars Boom and Sep Vanmarcke to lead but Dutch team has other options Blanco Pro Cycling will head into Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix with confidence, it says, with its team leaders buoyed by strong performances in last week’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Although […]
Team Sky rider takes over race lead in tough finale Sergio Henao clocked up his second win of the year today, following up his earlier Volta ao Algarve stage victory with success on stage two of the Vuelta al Pais […]
German holds off late surge from Mark Cavendish to take sprinters’ Classic Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) successfully defended his Scheldeprijs title as he sprinted to victory at the end of the 204km Belgian semi-Classic. The German’s victory was almost as close […]
Catalan to focus fully on Tour de France Having said earlier this year that he would consider riding the Giro d’Italia, last year’s WorldTour champion Joaquim Rodriguez now looks set to abandon such thoughts, and will focus completely on riding […]
French road race champion blasts home in front After claiming yesterday that the stage winner Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) had ruined his chances by passing too closely, hooking his handlebars and almost causing him to crash, Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) got […]
Luxembourg rider will miss Tour due to Xipamide positive but could target Vuelta Fränk Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) will be able to return to racing on July 14th of this year, with the sanction he was handed by the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency […]
Steep finale likely to shake up overall classification After two days of group finishes, today’s third stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco will be a more decisive one, with the tough finale to the stage certain to shake things […]
Manx sprinter disappointed not to win for his daughter’s first birthday Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was visibly disappointed at the end of today’s Scheldeprijs, as he just failed to overcome the sprint of Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) and take a […]
Italian sprinter motivated to fight on Having held the lead through today’s second stage, day one winner Matteo Pelucchi was finally deposed in the afternoon time trial when he could only finish 75th, 40 seconds behind the winner Luke Durbridge. […]
Jungels misses out by fractions of a second One year after he won the time trial in the Circuit de la Sarthe, Orica GreenEdge’s Luke Durbridge went on to repeat that victory in the same race against the clock, albeit […]
