Thomas holds onto slender lead over Slagter as race heads towards Old Willunga Hill finish Once again smashing the sprint and finishing several bike lengths clear of his rivals, Andre Gripel raced to the thirteenth Santos Tour Down Under stage […]
Tuft wins 19.2 kilometre time trial while yesterday’s winner Diniz slips back Benefiting from a strong performance in today’s time trial, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Michal Kwiatkowski jumped from third overall to first in the general classification on the […]
Geraint Thomas holds onto ochre jersey as Dutch prodigy escapes for hilly stage win Tom-Jelter Slagter (Blanco Pro Cycling) took his first ever professional victory – and the first for jis new look Dutch team – on the third stage […]
Brazilian out-climbs the WorldTour horses with 19km time trial up next Alex Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest), a little-known Brazilian, broke away to victory on the first summit finish of the Tour de San Luis on Wednesday, taking stage three and the […]
Briton takes over from dropped Greipel Showing the benefits of weight loss in recent months plus a greater focus on road training, Olympic team pursuit gold medallist Geraint Thomas raced to victory on today’s second stage of the Santos Tour […]
The Gorilla equals Robbie McEwen’s stage-winning record André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) took his personal winning tally at the Santos Tour Down Under to 12 on the streets of Lobethal as he outsprinted the peloton to take the opening stage 135km of […]
“The guys really looked after me, so I had 100 percent energy at the finish” Getting his first-ever race with the Omega Pharma Quick Step team off to a perfect start, Mark Cavendish blasted to his first success of 2013 […]
Maiden World Cup for Czech rider; no Belgians on the podium; Niels Albert secures overall Martin Bina (CEZ Cyklo Team Tabor) shocked the big names of cyclocross as he escaped a group of favourites to take the GP Adrie van […]
World champ rides away from Van Paassen, Ferrier-Bruneau takes third On a snow-packed course in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands, Marianne Vos rode away from countrywoman and trade team-mate Sanne Van Paassen (Rabobank-Liv Giant) to take the GP Adrie van der Poel, […]
Sarah Hammer completes her domination of Women’s Omnium The final day’s racing in the third event in the 2012/13 UCI Track World Cup in the Aguascalientes Velodrome, central Mexico, saw the Men’s Madison and Sprint titles decided, along with the […]
German Gorilla powers to his third Down Under opener André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) sprinted to victory on the streets of downtown Adelaide to take his third victory in the People’s Choice Classic criterium, the traditional precursor to the Santos Tour Down […]
Another World-beating Chinese sprinter emerges in the rarified air The thin air of the Aguascalientes velodrome, in the altitude of central Mexico saw a new World Record set on the same track where the USA’s Sarah Hammer set her Individual […]
Team Pursuits, Team Sprints and Women’s Points decided; Men’s Omnium in progress The first day of the third and final round of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Aguascalientes, central Mexico, saw a number of big names […]
Page gets first title in eight years, Compton grabs ninth in a row Jonathan Page took his fourth career American national cyclocross title – his first in eight years – on a frozen and muddy course in Wisconsin on Sunday. […]
Predictable results are matched by the upsets Most nations in the northern hemisphere held their cyclocross championships this weekend, with a number of new names pushing the old guard off their perches. Several established names held on to their titles, […]
Orica GreenEdge one-two in men’s road race Pulling off a historic double in remarkable fashion, second year pro Luke Durbridge soled to victory in today’s elite road race at the Australian road nationals, reaching the finish one minute four seconds […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider equals the record of Radomír Šimunek senior Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won the Czech cyclocross championship in his home town of Stribro, to take the seventh national title of his career. The 27-year-old former two-time […]
Late charge tactic secures title After six nights of racing the final 18 laps decided the winner of the 31st Rotterdam Six, with a late surge securing the overall result for two riders who had lurked close to the top […]
