Manx Missile beats former teammates Greipel and Goss despite doing without a lead out Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) proved that he is still the fastest man in the World, with or without a dedicated lead out train, as he took […]
bests Astana’s Francesco Gavazzi to net first leader’s jersey Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1-Sanofi) has opened his account for the season after taking stage one of the Österreich-Rundfahrt – the Tour of Austria – in Innsbruck today. The 27-year-old outdueled […]
Fabian Cancellara attack pulls Slovakian champion clear on the final climb After almost coming down in the previous day’s prologue Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) cruised to a simple sprint victory at the end of stage one of the 2012 Tour de […]
Stage victory in the mountains gives American all-rounder the race lead Evie Stevens (Specialized-lululemon) rode herself into the race lead of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile, between Vernio and Castiglione dei Pepoli, with a late solo attack. The American jumped […]
Swiss champion matches 2004 result over near-identical course; Wiggins second ahead of the other favourites History repeated itself in the 2012 Tour de France prologue around the Belgian city of Liège, as Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) repeated his 2004 victory over […]
World number one increases overall lead over short, flat test Marianne Vos (Rabobank) continued her domination of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile, with victory in the 6.6km stage two time trial in the Italian capital, Rome. On a steaming hot […]
Defending champion takes first Maglia Rosa of 2012 Defending champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank) began the 2012 Giro d’Italia Femminile as she did the previous year, with a sprint victory in the first stage between Napoli and Terracina. The World number […]
Roche and Lavery net silver and bronze Timing his final attack perfectly and kicking clear with less than three kilometres to go, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Matt Brammeier soloed to victory today in the Irish road race championship in […]
Démare takes second as FDJ-BigMat puts youthful sprinting on display Surviving an early crash, along with wind and rain blanketing much of Europe, Nacer Bouhanni took an eye-opening win in the French national road race championship, outdueling trade team-mate Arnaud […]
Outsprints Goddaert and Vandousselaere; D’Hoore takes women’s victory Showing that his preparation for the Olympics is perfectly on schedule, Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won his second Belgian national road race title in Geel, outsprinting Kristof Goddaert (AG2R-La Mondiale) on […]
Former mountainbike specialist beats more experienced road rivals Taking the victory with a well timed kick and a powerful sprint, Mel Spath grabbed gold at the end of the women’s road race championship yesterday in Clonmel. The Cycleways rider kicked […]
Seventh TT championship win for RadioShack Nissan rider Although he’s still feeling the effects of the Tour de Suisse in his legs, particularly the two mountainous concluding stages on Saturday and Sunday, Fabian Cancellara today grabbed the seventh national time […]
All-out attack by Schleck brought back before final climb Battling hard to come back from a big attack by closest rival Frank Schleck, Portuguese rider Rui Costa scooped the biggest win of his career today when he took the overall […]
Climbing specialist poised to become first American ever to win Baby Giro Emulating Andy Hampsten after the American seized pink on the Passo di Gavia stage in the 1988 Giro d’Italia, Joe Dombrowski did the same on yesterday’s stage of […]
Slovenian crowd goes home happy with double victory on the final day Slovenian Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Cannondale) confirmed his form for the Tour de France with a win in the final 17km time trial in the Tour de Slovenie on Sunday, […]
World champ gets first Ster Elektrotoer title, Boom and Roelandts round out podium Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his second stage of the race, locking up the points jersey in the process, but it was Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) who took […]
Italian breaks away with Brajkovic and nips him on the line Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) took a hard-fought win in stage three of the Tour de Slovenie, beating Janez Brajkovic (Astana) to the line in Skofja Loka. Pozzovivo also zips […]
British Sky rider retains overall lead Lars Boom (Rabobank) got his first win of the season in impressive fashion, roaring to the uphill sprint victory in stage three of the Ster ZLM Toer. Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) was second yet […]
