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Pro Cycling

Taylor Phinney to lead BMC Racing Team to the Eneco Tour

American on top form after two Olympic Games fourth places Taylor Phinney hopes to capitalise on his top form – and bounce back from the disappointment of just missing out on an Olympic medal, with fourth place in both the […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Eneco Tour, Pro Cycling,

Vuelta a Burgos: Breschel nets stage three, first win in two years

Dane gets first victory with Rabobank, Moreno continues in leader’s jersey Matti Breschel (Rabobank) sprinted to his first win since joining the Dutch squad at the beginning of 2011, earning his first victory since a win in the Tour of […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

London 2012: Yet more World records on day two as Great Britain runs riot

Gold for the men’s Pursuit Team, with the women by far the fastest; Victoria Pendleton takes inaugural women’s Keirin The men’s Pursuit Team of Great Britain successfully defended the Olympic title that it took four years ago in Beijing, China, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Olympics, Pro Cycling, Track,

USADA denies UCI request to take control of Armstrong/USPS doping proceedings

[UPDATED WITH USADA LETTER] The US Anti Doping Agency has rejected a call by the UCI to allow it to assume responsibility for the doping investigation into Lance Armstrong and others in relation to the US Postal Service team, and […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Omega Pharma-Quick Step sending its ‘A’ team to the Eneco Tour

Belgian squad aiming for success in the biggest stage race in Benelux Omega Pharma-Quick Step is sending a mixed squad of its top riders to the Eneco Tour, which starts on Monday, August 6th. The seven day race features a […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Eneco Tour, Pro Cycling,

Vinokourov hails Nibali’s move to Astana team; Vanotti also confirmed

“This is an exciting time for Pro Team Astana” Officially acknowledging earlier indications that Vincenzo Nibali will race for the team from 2013, the team’s current top rider Alexandr Vinokourov has said that the signing will be of major importance […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Samuel Sanchez aiming to bounce back in world championships

New target for former Olympic champ Forced to pull out of the Tour de France due to injury and then to withdraw from the Spanish Olympic team, Samuel Sanchez has set himself a new target for the season which, if […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Transfer News: Jérôme Coppel to Cofidis in 2013

French hope joins Professional Continental squad as Yvon Sanquer aims for glory French Professional Continental team Codifis, le credit en ligne has announced the signing of Jérôme Coppel from 2013. The almost-26-year-old from Annemasse, in the Rhône-Alpes region is one […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

London 2012: Records tumble in the Velodrome as Great Britain dominates day one

Fifth Gold for Hoy in Team Sprint but Pendelton and Varnish disqualified The records tumbled in the first day of competition in the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome as the medals were decided in both the men’s and women’s Team Sprint, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Olympics, Pro Cycling, Track,

Dekker to miss Eneco Tour and Vuelta a España

Five year gap continues for Dutchman The last Grand Tour Thomas Dekker rode was the 2007 Tour de France; his wait to return to the top stage races in cycling will take a while longer, with the news that he […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Eneco Tour, Pro Cycling, Vuelta a España,

Vuelta a Burgos: Dani Moreno unchallenged in going two out of two

Spaniard takes stage two, Henao second again on punchy uphill finish Dani Moreno (Katusha) made it two for two in the Vuelta a Burgos on Thursday, taking control inside the final 400 metres on another category-three uphill finish. Moreno grabbed […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Marco Pinotti Interview: Strong Olympic ride and next targets

Italian speaks about his London 2012 experiences Just over a minute off a bronze medal and eleven seconds away from Taylor Phinney’s fourth place, Marco Pinotti posted a very strong Olympic performance for Italy yesterday. Riding his first Games at […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Interviews, Olympics, Pro Cycling,

Kazakh federation official confirms Nibali will become Astana rider

Tour podium finisher transferring with Agnoli and Vanotti The team is yet to formally announce the move but confirmation that Italy’s best Grand Tour prospect will move to Astana appears to have come from the vice president of the Kazakh […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Roche puts Tour personal ambitions on hold to ride under Contador at Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank

Irishman confirms move to team after spending entire pro career with French squads Following on from recent reports that the Irishman was likely to ride with the Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank team in 2013, Nicolas Roche has today confirmed his move […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Armstrong repeats with Olympic time trial gold

15 seconds quicker than Judith Arndt in second, Zabelinskaya takes another bronze Kristin Armstrong (United States) duplicated her feat from 2008, repeating as the gold medal champion in the Olympic time trial on Wednesday in London. Armstrong completed her comeback […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Olympics, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

British women reflect on disappointing time trial after road race euphoria

Sixth place for Beijing silver Pooley; painful top ten for Sunday heroine Armitstead Great Britain’s women were unable to match the success of their male teammates in today’s Olympic time trials, and unable to follow up from their success in […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Olympics, Pro Cycling,

Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Iglinskiy extends for two years with Astana

Kazakh remains until 2014 Having ridden for six seasons thus far with the Astana team, Maxim Iglinskiy’s best year to date has resulted in a new deal with the squad. The 31 year old Kazakh has renewed for two seasons […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Two silvers for Germany as World champions denied in Olympic time trial

Third medal for Judith Arndt as Martin rides through the pain of his fractured hand Germany’s World time trial champions were both denied Olympic glory in today’s time trials at Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace, in south west London. Both […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Olympics, Pro Cycling,

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