Boom Boom in Vuelta
Lars Boom of Rabobank dismantled the break of the day on the final climb in the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España to win solo, ahead of David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia) and Dominik Roels (Milram). The peloton was taking […]
Lars Boom of Rabobank dismantled the break of the day on the final climb in the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España to win solo, ahead of David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia) and Dominik Roels (Milram). The peloton was taking […]
Sutton followed-up his first stage win with ninth place on day two from Darlington to Gateshead as Dutchman Kai Reus, a former junior world champion, won his first stage since a 2007 crash that left him in a coma. Reus’ […]
Brilliant comeback defense by Valverde Damiano Cunego soloed to his second stage victory in one of toughest days in this year’s Vuelta a España up to La Pandera. He left his six break companions behind at the beginning of the […]
Australia’s Chris Sutton sealed the biggest win of his career by claiming the first stage of the Tour of Britain with a sprint finish victory in York on Saturday. Sutton, the nephew of Great British track cycling coach Shane, held […]
Overall shakes up heavily David Moncoutié soloed to victory in the difficult stage 13 of the Vuelta a España, up to the Sierra Nevada. He whittled down the initial 30-man break and consolidated his lead in the mountains classification. The […]
Today Australian Matthew Goss (Saxo Bank) out-kicked compatriot Allan Davis (Quick-Step) for the win in the 89th running of Paris-Brussels. Finishing third was Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) who finished third in the Belgian national championships earlier this year. This was […]
Reigning American time trial champion David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) snatched the overall lead in the Tour of Missouri today by winning the race’s fifth stage individual time trial around the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Zabriskie finished with 30 seconds ahead of Sweden’s […]
Ryder Hesjedal became the first-ever Canadian to win a stage in the Vuelta a España, when he outfoxed David Garcia on the top of the Alto de Velefique. Hesjedal tricked Garcia into opening the sprint, then came around easily and […]
Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) could finally claim the top step of the podium in stage four of the Tour of Missouri as he out muscled Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Dario Cataldo (Quick-Step) atop “Capital Wall” after three near […]
Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) succeeded in winning stage three of the Tour of Missouri. After 187 kilometers of rolling terrain from Farmington to Rolla. Hushovd sprinted past Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Italian Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) in the […]
American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) continued his breakout season by winning the bunch sprint in stage 11 of the Vuelta a España into Caravaca. Farrar beat Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil). The GC battle was on hold, but the […]
Australian Simon Gerrans won the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain here on Tuesday, as controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde retained the leader’s golden jersey. The 29-year-old Cervelo rider outpaced three others cyclists, Ryder Hesjedal of Canada, Denmark’s Jakob […]
Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) continued his domination in the Tour of Missouri capturing his second stage win yesterday. Cavendish, 24, easily beat Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank), solidifying his lead in the overall classification. Hushovd’s Cervelo […]
Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) took out stage one in the Tour of Missouri, beating out Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo). Cavendish, 24, outkicked Haedo and Hushovd on the run in to St. Louis […]
In the exciting mountainous stage nine of the Vuelta a España, Alejandro Valverde took over the golden leader’s jersey from Australian Cadel Evans. Gustavo César Veloso won the race solo, with Valverde sprinting to third place and an eight-second time […]
Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) has won the sixth stage of the Vuelta A Espana, a 30km individual time trial in Valencia. He finished in a time of 36’41 leaving David Millar (Garmin) and Bert Grabsch (Columbia) 32 and 36 […]
German Andre Greipel (Columbia-HTC) has won the fifth stage of the Vuelta A Espana from Tarragona to Vinaros, booking his second win after yesterday’s stage that finished in Liege. In the sprint for the line he bested Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) and […]
Greg Henderson surprised all others, including his teammate André Greipel, to win the stage into Venlo. Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) already was celebrated as the winner by his teammates, but Henderson blasted by in the final metres to clearly take the […]