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Pro Cycling

Cavendish takes a second Tour of Britain stage victory on stage 7

Holds off Viviani and Ciolek into Guildford; Wiggins maintains overall lead Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) sprinted long and hung on for his second victory of the Tour of Britain, denying previous stage winners Elia Viviani (Cannondale) and Gerald Ciolek […]

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

Jurgen Van den Broeck making progress with bad knee injury, anticipates return to training in October

Belgian rider hopes to do either Paris-Nice or Tirrreno Adriatico in 2014 Despite recent rumours that his career was in danger and that there was a chance that he would not be able to race again, Tour de France GC […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Injury, Pro Cycling,

Agostini fired by Cannondale after sample positive

Rider claims his use of substance containing clostebol was a mistake Hours after the UCI announced that the former Italian under 23 champion Stefano Agostini’s had returned a positive A sample, his Cannondale team has confirmed that it has already […]

Author: Cannondale after sample positive by Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Froome gets strong support from British team for world road race championships

Armitstead to get full backing for women’s race Tour de France winner Chris Froome’s goal of winning the world road race championship will depend on what level of form he can reach by Sunday of next week, but in terms […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Yates trumps pro riders on Haytor Hill finish of Tour of Britain, Wiggins retains

Great Britain amateur shows ability with final kilometre surge while Wiggins contains rivals Biding his time as some of the other climbers fired off attacks on the final climb of Haytor Hill, Great Britain amateur Simon Yates put in a […]

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

Former Italian Under 23 champion Agostini tests positive for banned steroid

Cannodale team rider suspended pending B sample analysis Cannondale rider Stefano Agostini has been handed a suspension from competition and could incur a lengthy ban from the sport after he returned a positive A Sample. The 24 year old rider, […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Golas rues losing out on stage five win at Tour of Britain

“It was simply him being too fast” Having launched from a good position and sped towards the line at the end of stage five of the Tour of Britain, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Michal Golas looked for a moment […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of Britain,

Former Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Langeveld signs two year contract with Garmin Sharp

Vaughters has high expectations: “Sebastian is a huge talent” Looking to build its Classics team, the Garmin-Sharp squad has inked a deal with the Dutch professional rider Sebastian Langeveld, who won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad two years ago [pictured] and […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Tour of Britain: Sam Bennett takes stage five on an attacking day to Caerphilly

Irishman goes one better than Kendal at the head of an elite final group Sam Bennett (An Post-Chainreaction) celebrated his call up to Ireland’s World championship team with a victory on stage five, between Machynlleth and Caerphilly, to make up […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Britain,

Tour of Britain: Wiggins sees Caerphilly finale as important test of race leadership

Quintana, Martin and others certain to attack today Bradley Wiggins will face one of the most important tests to his leadership of the Tour of Britain today, with climbers such as Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) and Tour de France runner-up Nairo […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of Britain,

Wiggins on worlds TT chances: ‘Physically I feel I’m ready to go’

Briton fired up for Florence, and also to retain lead in Tour of Britain With just over a week to go until the elite world time trial championships, Bradley Wiggins has said that he considers he’s in perfect condition to […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour of Britain, World Championships,

Axel Merckx ‘still working hard’ to achieve million dollar budget for new Bissell development team

Trek changes involvement in Bontrager team, current Bissell Pro Team stops Axel Merckx has spoken about the future of the current Bontrager team, saying that riding the top US events are one of the strengths of the squad and that […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Megan Guarnier joins Boels-Dolmans as Adrie Visser retires

Rabobank renews with eight riders – looking for new signings Megan Guarnier will join the Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team in 2014, after one year at Rabobank-Liv/Giant, the Dutch team has announced. The former US champion, who won the Giro della Toscana […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

USA Cycling officially endorses Brian Cookson in UCI presidential election

British candidate “is best qualified to lead the UCI at this critical moment in time” USA Cycling (USAC) has officially endorsed Brian Cookson in the upcoming election for International Cycling Union (UCI) president, it has announced. The current president of […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

Jan Bakelants outsprints Thomas Voeckler to take the GP de Wallonie

Morale-boosting pre-Worlds victory for Tour de France stage winner Jan Bakelants, riding as part of the Belgian National Team, won a rain-soaked edition of the GP de Wallonie as he outmanoeuvred and outsprinted Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) on the Citadel of […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Ireland confirms team for elite world road race championships, Bennett and Brammeier to join Roche and Martin

Deignan confirmed as missing race due to injury Cycling Ireland has confirmed that Philip Deignan will indeed miss the world road race championships as a result of the fractured collarbone he suffered yesterday, and has named the complete squad for […]

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

Tour of Britain: Mark Cavendish sprints to a popular victory on stage four

Bradley Wiggins holds on to his lead as the break is caught in the final kilometre Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took a popular victory for the home nation in the fourth stage of the 2013 Tour of Britain, between […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Britain,

Malori and Izagirre ink two year contracts with Movistar team

Young riders bolster strength of Spanish WorldTour squad Continuing to build the strength of the team, Movistar has signed deals with two twenty five year old riders for 2014 and 2015. The Italian Adriano Malori is one of the two, […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

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