House savours important King of the Mountains triumph Bearing the pressure of a famous name, his father being former top pro Jean Paul van Poppel, Boy van Poppel showed he has plenty of speed in his own right with victory […]
Using Omloop van het Houtland-Lichtervelde as final tune-up BMC Racing will have all of 12 riders racing with BMC machines in the individual portion of the World Championships in the Netherlands this week. As final preparation for Sunday’s road race, […]
Climbing talent tipped for Team Sky contract It’s taken nine editions but Jon Tiernan Locke became the first home winner of the modern Tour of Britain today, succeeding where his countrymen missed out before and in doing so, registering the […]
Traditional Belgian Classics team strengthened by powerful time triallists proves that teamwork counts The six victorious riders of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team have all expressed their delight with a victory in the new World team time trial championships, which […]
American squad takes three-second loss after coming apart on final climb Any three-second defeat in a 53-kilometer team time trial would be painful, but BMC Racing was left wondering what might have been after being bested by Omega Pharma-Quick Step […]
Double British success on final day of racing, Tiernan Locke makes history Mark Cavendish celebrated his last day in the rainbow jersey in the perfect fashion, powering home up the cobbled finishing straight in Guildford to land his third stage […]
Belgian team of individual champion beats BMC Racing Team by three seconds over 53.2km course The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team of Tom Boonen, Sylvain Chavanel, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra, Kristof Vandewalle and Peter Velits, won the inaugural team time trial […]
Political row having an effect on sporting events Escalating diplomatic tension between China and Japan over the controversial purchase of islands in the South China Sea – called the Senkaku by Tokyo and the Diaoyo by Beijing – has spilled […]
Favourite lives up to pre-race billing on hilly Limburg coursePre-race favourite Specialized-lululemon got the 2012 World road championships under way with a convincing victory in the Women’s Team Time Trial between Sittard and Valkenberg. The German-registered team of Charlotte Becker, […]
German rider believes Armstrong should lose titles if proof is there He’s had a very frustrating few months but Tony Martin believes he can turn things around completely by taking gold in the world time trial championships next week. Runner-up […]
Vuelta top ten finisher Talansky takes vacated place Tyler Farrar’s bad crash during the Tour of Britain and subsequent concussion has led to the Washington rider being forced to withdraw from the USA team for the world road race championships. […]
Two Euskaltel-Euskadi riders in the break proves decisive on hilly Dartmouth finale Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the seventh, and penultimate, stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, as it crossed the county of Devon between Barnstaple and Dartmouth. The Basque […]
Major battle brewing in close-fought race Holding a slender 13 second lead over Leigh Howard (Orica GreenEdge) and 18 on Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp), Tour of Britain race leader Jonathan Tiernan Locke is clear on what he needs to do today: […]
Leopold König wins Welsh stage as two break clear on two ascents of final climb Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) attacked into the 2012 Tour of Britain gold jersey over the two climbs of Caerphilly Mountain on the sixth stage, between […]
German sprinter aiming to return to his top form with African team Former world under 23 champion and past Vuelta a España stage winner Gerald Ciolek is the latest signing to a flourishing MTN-Qhubeka line-up, with the Geman joining recently-confirmed […]
Sky rider’s worlds participation not thought to be threatened One day after his overall chances in the race evaporated after he decided to wait for the struggling gold jersey Mark Cavendish rather than push ahead with the race contenders, Bradley […]
Astana’s Alexandr Dyachenko set to become race winner Bulgarian rider Ivailo Gabrovski will lose his Presidential Tour of Turkey title and is set to be handed a lengthy ban after it was confirmed that a B sample analysis has verified […]
Tour of Britain stars to feature in Mark Cavendish’s rainbow jersey defence After releasing the long lists last week, British Cycling has announced the final line ups for the Great Britain team at the road World championships, to be contested […]
