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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Video: Polish rider almost loses race lead on stage five of race, top three riders locked on same time Launching an attack in the final four kilometres of an otherwise tightly controlled stage, Irishman Connor McConvey (Synergy Baku) and the […]
German beats Danny van Poppel and Tom Boonen on former Ronde finish line André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) made it two victories out of two in the 2013 Tour of Belgium, as he took the rainy second stage, between Knokke-Heist and Ninove/Meerbeke, […]
Astana rider now four minutes clear after Cadel Evans suffers a bad day Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) tightened his grip on the Maglia Rosa of the 2013 Giro d’Italia with a dominant victory in the mountain time trial, between Mori and […]
British rider wins three years after final Tour de l’Aude despite continued problems After looking like it was to be cancelled for the second year in a row, on the day before the race, the inaugural edition of the women’s […]
Video highlights: mountain stage shakes things up in Irish race It’s been a long time since a Russian rider triumphed on a stage of the An Post Rás, but Kirill Pozdnyakov changed that statistic when he blasted home first into […]
German takes his tenth victory of the season as the Belgian champion returns to the front André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) sprinted to his tenth victory of the season in the opening stage of the 2013 Tour of Belgium, between Lochristi and […]
Italian takes his second stage into Vicenza after attacking on the final climb Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) presented his component sponsor Campagnolo an eightieth anniversary present as he soloed to his second victory of the 2013 Giro d’Italia in the 17th […]
Aggressive days’ stage concludes in large group gallop It’s been a long period of time without a win for Sam Bennett but the An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly rider ended the drought on Tuesday when he finished over a length […]
Short final climb proves decisive as the favourites attack one another Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) continued his and his team’s successful 2013 Giro d’Italia as he sprinted at the head of a three-man breakaway group to take the 16th stage between […]
Kiwi first to line, Belfast rider moves to the top of general classification Benefiting from work by his An Post Chainreaction Sean Kelly team-mate Sam Bennett, Shane Archbold was quickest of a ten man break which fought it out for […]
Sagan sprints to stage eight to secure points competition over Farrar; Van Garderen confirms overall Peter Sagan (Cannondale) unleashed a long sprint in Santa Rosa and won the concluding stage of the Amgen Tour of California by more than a […]
Movistar rider wins from early break as Vincenzo Nibali contains his rivals Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) won the 2013 Giro d’Italia’s Marco Pantani memorial stage between Cesena Torinese and the monument to the 1998 Giro and Tour winner at Les Granges […]
