Australian back in Europe after six seasons in North America Australian Rory Sutherland has inked a two-year deal with Bjarne Riis’ Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank squad after serving as leader of the UnitedHealthcare team since the 2010 season. The 30 year […]
Worlds silver medallist and sixth place to Norwegian team in place of Emma Johansson Rachel Neylan and Rossella Ratto will both be riding for Hitec Products in 2013, the Norwegian team has announced. Both riders were part of the race […]
Spaniard says he’s very pleased with recent performances; set for a break now Although his last attempt to target the Giro-Tour double left him fatigued for the latter race, Alberto Contador today indicated that he could yet return to the […]
Young Frenchman signed through 2014, attacks in Il Lombardia The future seems bright at French team AG2R La Mondiale, with a host of new riders coming in for next season, and with several young names that are making waves in […]
Rabobank rider up front all day and nets top ten finish Peering out from over his glasses, Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) was visible throughout the latter portions of the day in the Giro di Lombardia, eventually finishing in seventh position. With […]
French champion finally prevails as stage one winning Belgian does “la course en tête” in four-day race Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-BigMat) finally took his victory in the final stage of the Eurométropole Tour/Circuit Franco-Belge between Mons and Tournai. The French champion […]
Belgian champion outsprints Niels Albert again; Sanne Cant gets the better of Nikki Harris this time Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) took his second victory in as many days as he won the Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin in Kalmthout, near Antwerp, Belgium. The […]
Dept. of Justice official acted to verify witness testimony remained constant between Federal and USADA investigations Both former US Postal Service rider George Hincapie and Lance Armstrong’s ex wife Kristin have been connected to performance enhancing products by the Sunday […]
Seven mountaintop finishes but 92.4km of mixed time trialling for next edition of the Corsa Rosa The route of the 2013 Giro d’Italia was presented by RCS Sport in Milan today, with the three-week race designed to leave the winner […]
Belgian glad about rain, says ‘the legs will decide’ the winner There may be several big contenders in the running as the peloton speeds towards this afternoon’s conclusion of Il Lombardia, but all eyes are on one rider in particular: […]
Says 2012 Tour champ can become a ‘legend’ by winning all three Grand Tours during career It’s common for Tour de France champions to seek to defend their title but if Bradley Wiggins follows the advice of British Cycling coach […]
“Lucky I crashed now and not one week ago,” says new world champion Philippe Gilbert ended Il Lombardi today in a completely different manner to how he envisaged things, limping into a team car rather than thundering up the finishing […]
Belgian champion takes first win of the season as Nikki Harris takes first of career in women’s race Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) opened his account for the 2012/13 cyclocross season as he outsprinted World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) at the finish […]
Il Lombardia success proves decisive in season-long battle Needing to finish ninth or better in today’s Il Lombardia to overcome his nine points deficit to Bradley Wiggins, Joaquim Rodriguez swooped to a commanding lead in the WorldTour series and looks […]
Catalan escapes in a downpour on the final to win alone in Lecco and secure season-long prize Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) escaped the peloton on the final climb of the Giro di Lombardia, as a torrential downpour fell on the latter […]
Olympic silver medallist joined by teammate Jessie Daams and Adrie Visser as Danny Stam joins as directeur Lizzie Armitstead will join Dolmans-Boels team in 2013, the Dutch team has announced. The Olympic silver medallist’s current team, AA Drink-Leontien.nl, is folding […]
Evergreen Frenchman rides at 23 km/h for over four hours Seeking to lay down a record for his age group over 100 kilometres, the highly impressive 100 year old cyclist Robert Marchand surpassed his targets during the effort today. The […]
German sprinter fastest yet again after a day of attacks on hilly Poperinge circuit Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) was the fastest of the sprinters yet again as he took victory in the second stage of the Eurométropole Tour/Circuit Franco-Belge between Antoing […]
