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Pro Cycling

Wild seals fourth overall Tour of Qatar finish with victory on final stage

Giant Shimano team take all four stages in race Winner of stages one and three, Kirsten Wild took her third sprint victory on the concluding stage of the women’s Tour of Qatar on Friday. The Giant Shimano rider underlined her […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Qatar,

Clarke seizes lead from Haas in Jayco Herald Sun Tour

Race reshuffled on stage to Bendigo One day after he seized the race lead when he won stage one of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, Nathan Haas’ grip on the yellow jersey was shaken off on Friday when rival Orica […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Kittel grabs another stage win in Dubai Tour, Phinney resists attacks on final climbs

American rider poised for overall victory tomorrow Shrugging off the hills on the run in to the line, Marcel Kittel followed up his victory yesterday with another success in the Dubai Tour. The German Giant Shimano rider rode hard to […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Cookson declares intention of UCI to push for addition of cyclo cross to Winter Olympic Games programme

“It is a sport that reaches out to an incredibly wide cross-section of the population” With the 2014 Winter Olympics currently playing out in Sochi, UCI president Brian Cookson has raised the possibility that cyclo cross could become part of […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Cyclocross, Pro Cycling,

Wild looking good for fourth women’s Tour of Qatar title

Dutchwoman takes second stage win of this year’s race, deposes team-mate Pieters to retake lead Winner on stage one and first home of the main bunch on Wednesday behind the break led in by team-mate Amy Pieters, Kirsten Wild was […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Qatar,

Dubai Tour: Kittel outpaces Sagan and Phinney as Cavendish misses out

Phinney retains race lead on day two of new race Taking what is his second victory of the year after his earlier success in the People’s Choice Classic, Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) scored a psychological point against his sprinting rivals […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Jayco Herald Sun Tour: 2011 race winner Haas grabs race lead after stage one win

“We’re here to win this race and it really suits us to the ground.” Garmin Sharp rider Nathan Haas made good on his vow to ride strongly in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, with the former race winner taking a […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Phinney grabs season win number one in Dubai Tour, Martin and Cancellara fourth and fifth

Individual time trial gets new race underway, American rider times departure right Opting to start earlier than many of the other big guns due to the likelihood of winds cropping up later on, Taylor Phinney showed good tactics, fine bike […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Bauer blasts home first in Jayco Herald Sun Tour prologue

Kiwi rider believes Garmin-Sharp team-mates better bets for overall, is wary of Gerrans Garmin-Sharp rider Jack Bauer raced into the early lead in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour today, winning the 2.5 kilometre prologue held in Melbourne. The Kiwi beat […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Irvine and Ryan hail Cuchulainn plans to build Ireland’s first indoor velodrome

Structure in JJB building in Dundalk could be operational later this year One hundred and eighteen years after Harry Reynolds won the world amateur sprint title in Copenhagen and a little under twelve months since Martyn Irvine became the next […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Track,

Wild grabs early lead in women’s Tour of Qatar

Olds and Hosking net second and third Giant Shimano rider Kirsten Wild picked up where she left off last year, ending up back on top of the podium and in the leader’s jersey at the end of stage one of […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Qatar,

ASO shakes up Paris-Nice format, unveils nervous route lacking time trial or summit finishes

Revised course designed to promote attacking riding and tactical intelligence Featuring some steep climbs but lacking either a summit finish or a time trial, the route unveiled today of the 2014 Paris-Nice will place a clear emphasis on tactics and […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Paris-Nice, Pro Cycling,

Kittel: The clean generation has to speak out against doping

German sprinter says sport has become cleaner but that some will always try to cut corners The most successful sprinter in last year’s Tour de France, Marcel Kittel, has said on the eve of the Dubai Tour that clean riders […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Nibali, Costa say Dubai Tour is more for sprinters but they will search for opportunities for success

Cavendish part of ‘strong and motivated’ Omega Pharma Quick Step team With the Dubai Tour starting tomorrow, both 2013 Giro d’Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and the current world champion Rui Costa (Lampre Merida) have conceded that the race is […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Hushovd on Dubai Tour: “If I can win a race at the beginning of the year, it takes the pressure off”

BMC Racing Team rider ambitious heading towards new RCS Sport event, Phinney a favourite for opening TT Past world road race champion Thor Hushovd has a simple goal starting his 2014 season: hitting the top step of the podium as […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Elite cyclo cross and road race titles to be added to European championship programme

“This marks a great victory that will enable us to cover all the titles at stake in the Olympic and World disciplines” After years of junior and under 23 European titles, a new European road championship for elite riders will […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Holm: Cavendish and Martin want wins in Dubai Tour

Cavendish to line out with Petacchi and Renshaw as sprint support Omega Pharma Quick Step directeur sportif Brian Holm has made clear that his team means business in the Dubai Tour, saying that both Mark Cavendish and Tony Martin are […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Costa: ‘I spent the winter with a lot of concentration, working to be in good shape’

Portuguese rider keen to impress in rainbow jersey World road race champion Rui Costa is set to make his debut with his new Lampre Merida team in three days time, lining out in the first edition of the Dubai Tour. […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

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