Two An Post Rás stage victories underline progression Winning two stages in the An Post Rás has given Sam Bennett a vital confidence boost after a long period of time without a victory and now, believing in himself a lot […]
Lauren Hall plays it cool to make it a one-two for Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies Jade Wilcoxson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) took her first ever United States championship, after attacking her breakaway companion in the final three kilometres […]
Wiggins’ mentor sees team success as being of prime importance Bradley Wiggins may have been unsuccessful in his bid to win the Giro d’Italia but according to the man who is one of his biggest guides in the sport, Shane […]
Polish rider takes overall as Bennett leads home An Post team one-two-three Having appeared reserved and quiet when speaking on the podium and to the media since he took over the yellow jersey in the An Post Rás last Tuesday, […]
A fast-paced finale to a long, slow ceremonial stage Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) successfully completed his topping and tailing of the 2013 Giro d’Italia as he took victory in the 21st and final stage, between Riese Pio X and […]
Spanish rider takes solo victory but can’t do enough to steal the final red jersey Luis León Sánchez (Blanco) put his recent troubles behind him as he soloed to victory in the final, Liège-Bastogne-Liège style fifth stage of the 2013 […]
Twenty nine year old Polish rider impressive in Irish race Having controlled the attacks of his top rivals on yesterday’s final big mountain stage of this year’s An Post Rás, Marcin Bialoblocki is upbeat about his chances of holding on […]
First time winners triumph in men’s and women’s events Prevailing in hard-fought battles against their closest rivals, Tom Zirbel and Carmen Small grabbed the stars and stripes national champions’ jerseys yesterday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Optum/Kelly Benefit Strategies rider Zirbel scorched […]
Despite strong form, no national championship plans Although he has been up against full time professional and international riders in this year’s An Post Rás, Irish amateur Roger Aiken has shown himself to be every bit as strong as them […]
Tappa e Giro for Astana captain with devastating final climb attack Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) once again underlined his overall superiority over the rest of the 2013 Giro d’Italia peloton with a stunning victory on the 20th and penultimate stage, between […]
World time trial champion set to defend his 2012 race title Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) put himself into pole position to defend his race title in the 2013 Tour of Belgium with an imperious victory in a wet stage […]
Talented young climber believes he has matured, chasing An Post Rás yellow jersey today Having taken the unusual step of voluntarily walking away from a contract with the top HTC Highroad team in October 2010, Rasmus Guldhammer has said that […]
Bialoblocki still in driving seat as race heads towards bigger climbs today Coping with a succession of steep climbs inside the final 50 kllometres of the race, Australian fastman Rico Rogers blasted home to victory on stage six of the […]
Bad luck for Australian on penultimate day of race Previously sitting in second place overall in the race, Cadel Evans’ likely chance of a runner-up slot in this year’s Giro d’Italia was lost in the final two kilometres of Saturday’s […]
Final big mountain stage less decisive than anticipated Ending the stage in a furious three-man sprint to the line, Tomas Okrouhlicky (Czech Republic AC Sparta Praha) just edged out Roger Aiken (Louth Prague Charter Team) into Naas, taking the win […]
Kazakh wins as last survivor of the breakaway; Tony Martin holds lead Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) managed to hold off the sprinters, as the last survivor of a seven-man breakaway group, to win the third stage of the 2013 Tour of […]
McCann talks about Irishman’s chances plus new Synergy Baku team Going close to nabbing the leader’s jersey in the An Post Rás with a late attack at the end of yesterday’s fifth stage, Connor McConvey has pledged that he will […]
Team says rider was imposed on them and they didn’t want him to come on board Following today’s news that Danilo Di Luca has provided a positive A sample for EPO, the chief sponsor of the Vini Fantini Selle Italia […]
