Sven Nys won the Koppenbergcross for the seventh time today in Oudenaarde, and with his victory also taking the second round of the GvA-Trophy. The Belgian champion sealed the win with an attack on the final ascent of the famous […]
Chris Anker Sörensen has won the famous Japan Cup in Utsonomiya. The Saxo Bank rider was the strongest after 151 kilometers, finishing solo 24 seconds ahead of Spaniard Dani Moreno (Caisse d’Epargne) and Italian Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas). The race was […]
German duo Robert Bartko and Roger Kluge have rewritten history by being the first German couple to win the Amsterdam Six Day. For Bartko, 33, it was already his 13th victory having being crowned winner in Amsterdam two years ago […]
Team Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov won the 28th Chrono des Herbiers – Chrono des Nations in France. Vinokourov finished in Les Herbiers 1:07 ahead of French time trial champion Jean-Christophe Péraud (Creusot Cyclisme). Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2R) finished third and Belgian TT […]
Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) beat Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in a two-up sprint to win the final big race of the 2009 cycling season, the 242km Giro di Lombardia. Gilbert sprinted from the front and made the decision a little more exciting; he […]
Bradley Wiggins (Garmin Slipstream) defended the overall lead on the final stage of the Jayco Herad Sun Tour – the lead that he had taken over in yesterday’s time trial. Jonathan Cantwell finally took a stage victory by outsprinting Michael […]
The overall classification of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour may be settled as much in tonight’s team meeting as it will on tomorrow’s concluding criterium stage, with Garmin Slipstream team-mates Bradley Wiggins and Chris Sutton separated by just five seconds. […]
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) won today’s cyclocross race in Belgium’s Ardooie. The 23 year-old world champion left the Czech Zdenek Stybar and countryman Sven Vanthourenhout in his tracks. Albert made his move with three laps to go, distancing himself from his […]
Philippe Gilbert (Silence Lotto) continued his hot streak by winning today’s 184km Giro del Piemonte in Fossano, Italy. The Belgian has been unstoppable since placing sixth at the World Championships, taking three victories in a row, winning last Sunday’s Paris-Tours […]
Chris Sutton continued his domination of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour today when he snagged his third consecutive stage victory and further extended his overall lead. The Garmin Slipstream rider was quickest of 30 riders who sprinted it out for […]
Dominique Cornu was eager to participate in the Sluitingsprijs in Putte-Kapellen in Belgium, but went to the wrong town. Arriving in Putte near Mechelen, the place was suspiciously void of spectators and other racers, but the Belgian managed to get […]
Australian rider Chris Sutton moved a step closer to his goal of taking the overall victory in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour when he won today’s second stage of the race. The Garmin Slipstream rider was one of six who […]
Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) repeated his victory in Paris-Tours in a tactical three-up sprint on the famous Avenue de Grammont, used for the last time in history. Gilbert timed his jump perfectly to leave his two breakaway companions, Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) […]
Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) took the overall victory in the Vuelta a Chihuahua on Sunday. He kept his six-second lead on the final flat stage into Chihuahua over Gregorio Ladino (Tecos Trek) and Rui Costa (Caisse d’Epargne). Javier Benítez (Contentpolis-Ampo) […]
Rabobank’s Robert Gesink proved to be the fastest of a small breakaway in the Giro dell’Emilia, Italy. He beat Jakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank) and Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia-HTC) in the three-up sprint on the climb of San Luca. The fourth rider […]
André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) booked his 20th win of the season today, taking the 59th edition of Paris-Bourges. The German was the fastest in the sprint leaving Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Russian Alexandre Usov (Cofidis) behind in the […]
Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) has made up for his disappointing World Championships by winning today’s Coppa Sabatini in Tuscany. The 27-year-old Belgian was the strongest in the uphill sprint after 199 kilometers to Peccioli beating Italian Giovanni Visconti (ISD), winner in […]
During day two of the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester Natasha Elliot (Garneau Club Chaussure Ogilvy) took victory in the women’s race while Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) was able to take the honors by capitalizing on a strong team in front of […]
