Irishman hoping to take the “opportunity” to meet a real panda after Liège final kilometre Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) is hoping to capitalise on the form he showed in Sunday’s il Lombardia, where he was almost able to follow the attack […]
South African outjumps late attacks to win late-season Belgian Semi-Classic Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (Argos-Shimano) took his first victory of the 2013 season, and his first ever in the professional ranks, as he sprinted ahead of the peloton on the […]
Italian climber believes podium finish could be on the cards Winner of a stage in last year’s Giro and overall winner of the Giro del Trentino in the same year, climbing specialist Domenico Pozzovivo has said that he is gunning […]
Australian rider wants to settle ‘unfinished business’ with race; Santos Tour Down Under may be on race programme Almost certainly missing next year’s Tour de France and thus focussing one hundred percent on winning the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has […]
Visa requirement would have prevented any last minute decision Although a strong ride in Beijing would likely earn him a WorldTour title, Alejandro Valverde’s Movistar team has confirmed that the Spaniard will not participate in the final race in that […]
German concerned by mountainous route: ‘Even if it this edition is difficult, I will try’ He won overall in 2011 on the back of a victorious time trial performance and last year pulled off another success after he broke clear […]
World time trial champion to build towards Rio 2016 with expanding Dutch squad World time trial champion Ellen van Dijk has signed a three-year contract with the Boels-Dolmans team, in a deal that will take her through to the Olympic […]
Marco Pantani remembered in the mountains after first ever Northern Ireland start The route of the 2014 Giro d’Italia, the 97th edition of the Corsa Rosa, was presented in Milan today, with a course designed to offer something to the […]
Tour of Beijing will be the final race for Classics nearly-man Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) will retire after the Tour of Beijing, the 36-year-old Spanish veteran confirmed to El Pais yesterday. The Argentine-born Spaniard has been a professional since joining […]
Back problems mean Sky rider won’t ride Tour of Beijing, Valverde only one who can stop J-Rod Having moved twenty points into the lead yesterday thanks to his victory in Il Lombardia, Joaquim Rodriguez has today learned that he looks […]
Spanish Katusha rider speaks after superb Classic win Joaquim Rodriguez has sought to play down his defeat to Rui Costa at the world road race championship, saying that while nothing would beat taking a world title, that his victory yesterday […]
Hard luck finish to season for Nibali after duplicate crash Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) used a late charge to net fifth place in Sunday’s Il Lombardia, as the Italian one-day specialist came back to a group that had gotten away on […]
Solo move had looked promising until peloton got to business It is rarely a surprise to see the grimace of Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) attacking a bike race, and the aggressive Frenchman was at it again Sunday in Il Lombardia, attacking […]
Purito puts Worlds disappointment behind him on another rainy day in northern Italy Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) managed to put some of his World championship disappointment behind him as he escaped on the final climb of the 2013 edition of il […]
Italian rider speaks of warm reception from fans and team strategy for today’s Classic When Marco Pinotti rolled back in the direction of the BMC Racing Team bus after signing on this morning, he rode through a corridor of Italian […]
American Garmin-Sharp TT specialist to retire: ‘It is time’ Speaking at Il Lombardia this morning, Dave Zabriskie has confirmed that he is retiring and that today’s Classic would be his final race as a professional rider. The multiple US time […]
American sprinter takes third stage of Franco-Belge to finally open season’s account Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) took his first European victory of the 2013 season at last, as he took the third stage of the Tour de l’Eurométropole – the Circuit […]
Bennett wants 2.1 ranked event to gain higher status Responding to the publication of the UCI’s calendar for 2014, the race director of the Tour of Britain has complained to the UCI over the maintaining of the current 2.1 status […]
