Czeck Zdenek Štybar (Telenet-Fidea) continued his string of success today in the season’s fourth World Cup event in Koksijde, Belgium, beating Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) in a sprint with Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb Pro Job) rounding out the podium just behind. The […]
Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) has won this afternoon’s Superprestige in Hamme-Zogge, capping off a successful weekend that also included a win in yesterday’s GP Hasselt. The young Czech proved to be too strong in the final sprint against Belgian champion Sven […]
Zdenek Stybar finished on the podium no less than 12 times in 13 races this season, but today in Hasselt, Belgium, he finally came out on top. Stybar beat his Telenet-Fidea teammate Kevin Pauwels and dominator Niels Albert in the […]
Southern hemisphere riders dominated the first day of round two of the Track World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, although they didn’t have everything go their way. Australian World champion Cameron Meyer took the gold in the men’s points race ahead […]
Niels Albert won the Superprestige in Asper-Gavere on a very tough parcours. Albert profited from the bad luck of Sven Nys, who caught Albert with less than three laps to go, but almost immediately suffered from a flat tire. The […]
World Champion Niels Albert continued his successful season today by taking his 10th victory of the year in Dottignies. Frenchman Francis Mourey finished second and Italian Enrico Franzoi third. Today’s race is the warm-up for Albert’s much anticipated return to the […]
Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) beat World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in a rare sprint finish in the Jaarmarktcross in Niel, Belgium. Nys took the initiative early on but was joined by Albert and Sdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Albert’s teammate […]
Like Cadel Evans, he wasn’t previously known for his single-day race success. However yesterday Carlos Sastre beat known Classic riders to win the ACP championship, held each year by the Spanish Professional Cyclists’ Association. At the end of a day’s […]
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Katie Compton (Planet Bike) both consolidated their leads in the third round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Nommay, France today. In the men’s race it came down to the last lap where the World […]
Alberto Contador (Astana) has won the Amstel Curaçao Race for the second time. The two-time Tour de France champion escaped just before the finish line at the Lions Dive & Beach Resort. Tour de France sprint champion, Thor Hushovd (Cervélo […]
With just two sessions down – and seven medals awarded – in the World Para-Cycling Track World Championships, two World records have already been broken. The Manchester Velodrome, which recently played host to the first round of the UCI Track […]
Results in women’s cyclocross racing went as expected on both sides of the Atlantic this weekend. World champion Marianne Vos (DSB Bank-Nederland Bloeit) added a second European title to her already impressive palmares, while US champion Katie Compton (Planet Bike) […]
Sir Chris Hoy won his third gold at the Track World Cup here on Sunday as Great Britain ended the meeting with yet more medals. Four-time Olympic champion Hoy, who at this event was making his international return from injury, […]
World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has won the second Superprestige race in Hoogstraten. Albert proved succesful yet again, keeping the young Czech Zdenek Stybar (Fidea) at bay. Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) came across the line in third and therefore […]
The British team had a lot to celebrate in the Track World Cup on home soil in Manchester. Chris Hoy won the Keirin, while Geraint Thomas confirmed his pursuit form by catching Dominique Cornu in the final. Chris Newton took […]
Sir Chris Hoy won the men’s sprint in a race where Great Britain monopolised the podium at the Track World Cup here on Saturday. Four-time Olympic champion Hoy, who claimed one of Britain’s four victories on Friday’s opening day by […]
Geraint Thomas today stunned the crowd at the opening round of the track World Cup in Manchester, beating compatriot Bradley Wiggins’ Olympic gold medal time for the individual pursuit. The 23 year old Welshman clocked up a mark of 4 […]
Nery Felipe Velásquez stormed back to the top of the leader board in the Vuelta a Guatemala, with a solo win in the seventh stage. In the short 45km stage into Quetzaltenango, in the southwestern part of the country, Velásquez […]
