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Race Reports and Results

Giro Rosa: Marianne Vos asserts her superiority with stage three solo victory

World champion extends overall lead on cobbled hilltop finish Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) asserted her superiority over the rest of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile peloton, with a dominant solo victory on stage three into Cerro al Volturno. The World champion, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Tour de France: Orica-GreenEdge team time trials Simon Gerrans into yellow

Two in two days for Australian team in 25km Nice test Orica-GreenEdge took the closest of victories in the fourth stage team time trial of the 2013 Tour de France in the Côte d’Azur city of Nice, to put stage […]

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

Giro Rosa: Giorgia Bronzini wins a spectacular sprint on a hilly stage two

Marianne Vos miraculously stays upright after losing a pedal in the sprint Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) put the disappointment of the first day behind her as she sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile, in […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Gerrans outfoxes Sagan to land Orica GreenEdge’s first-ever Tour de France stage win

Australian success on final day in Corsica, Bakelants holds onto yellow Simon Gerrans today clocked up the Orica GreenEdge team’s first-ever stage win in the Tour de France, timing his finishing move perfectly to usurp stage favourite Peter Sagan and […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de France,

Tour de France: Bakelants steals thrilling stage two just ahead of sprinters

Radioshack-Leopard rider breaks away with five others at 7km and just holds off pack Radioshack-Leopard got a thrilling victory from Jan Bakelants in stage two of the Tour de France, as the Belgian got away with a six-man group inside […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de France,

Giro Rosa: Kirsten Wild returns from injury to sprint to stage one

Intermediate bonuses give Marianne Vos the first Maglia Rosa Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) made a dream return from the shoulder fracture, sustained in April’s Omloop van Borsele, with a sprint victory in the opening stage of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Giro d'Italia, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Kittel grabs first Tour de France stage win, Greipel, Cavendish and Sagan held up

Chaos on opening stage of Tour de France with jammed team bus and big bunch pileup Staying out of trouble in a chaotic final ten kilometres and avoiding a crash which delayed Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Peter Sagan […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de France,

Brammeier defeats Lavery and Shaw to take record fourth Irish road race crown

Champion System rider prevails at end of tactical, testing race Defending champion Matt Brammeier made history Sunday when he won his fourth consecutive Irish road race championship title, becoming the first Irish elite rider to do so. The Champion System […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Vichot stuns Chavanel and Gallopin for French road race title

FDJ rider in day long break, then plays it right in final kilometre Arthur Vichot (FDJ) grabbed a surprising victory in the French national road race championship, surprising Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Tony Gallopin (Radioshack-Leopard) in a three-man […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

National Road Race Round-up: Greipel and Hoogerland amongst the winners

Results and comments from around the world, including Hushovd, Sagan, Kwiatkowski, and Jungels On a busy Sunday of racing, with men’s national road race championships happening all over the world, VeloNation grabs the results and the comments from many of […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Cavendish claims first national road race title in small group sprint

Devolder breaks away to his third Belgian championship Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) nailed his first British road racing championship in an untraditional fashion, as the Manx Missile was riding without much of a team to back him up. And […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Spath confirms with second Irish national road race title

McNamara and Costelloe net second and third in big sprint to the line Last year she won through a perfectly timed surge from a small breakaway group; this time round, she shrugged off the burden of being defending champion and […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Rowsell, Numainville and Ferrand-Prevot head the list of national time trial champions

Second day of women’s titles decided in northern hemisphere Joanna Rowsell (Wiggle Honda), Joëlle Numainville (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabobank-Liz/Giant) were among the winners on the second day of national time trial championships across the northern […]

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

Eighth national time trial success for Fabian Cancellara

“For me it’s an honour to wear the jersey, so I really went for it” Although he has done far less time trial training this year compared to other seasons, Fabian Cancellara was far ahead of his rivals in clocking […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Giro Trentino Donne: Shara Gillow soloes to stage two; Evie Stevens takes overall title

Australian escapes the breakaway to win on hilly circuit Shara Gillow (Orica-AIS) soloed away from a four-rider breakaway to win the second and final stage of the 2013 Giro del Trentino Donne, between Sanzeno and Sarnonico, to take her first […]

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

Tour de Luxembourg: Bob Jungels takes a home win as Paul Martens snatches overall

Neo-pro Luxembourger takes second pro win as time gap gives German victory Bob Jungels (RadioShack-Leopard) took a victory for the home nation in the final stage of Skoda Tour de Luxembourg, between Mersch and Luxembourg, as the peloton split on […]

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

Tour de Suisse: Rui Costa climbs to successful overall defence on the Flumserberg

Portuguese rider takes final victory in mountain time trial Rui Costa (Movistar) took a final overall victory in the 2013 Tour de Suisse with an emphatic win in the final stage nine time trial, between Bad Ragaz and the Flumserberg. […]

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

Ster ZLM Toer: Pim Ligthart takes final breakaway stage as Lars Boom wins overall

First win of 2013 for Vacansoleil-DCM rider as he just holds off the peloton Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) took his first victory of the 2013 season in the fifth and final stage of the Ster ZLM Toer, between Gerwen and Boxtel, […]

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

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