Young Australian fast man takes Rabobank’s long-awaited first win of 2012 Michael “Bling” Matthews (Rabobank) won the Clasica de Almeria at the head of a bunch sprint, to take his – and his team’s – first victory of the season. […]
Tuscan climber escapes the favourites to take hilly Swiss race Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the GP Lugano, in the Swiss lakeside city, after a final lap attack that escaped the rest of the leading group. The 25-year-old Umbrian jumped away […]
World champion powers to victory after Team Sky controls a race littered with breakaways Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) won Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the second race of the traditional Belgian Openingsweekend, in a manner that looked all too easy. The World champion was […]
Day of breakaways sees local former-Danish rider escape alone; time bonus for Shara Gillow makes overall as close as possible Linda Villumsen (GreenEDGE-AIS) took yet another victory for the new Australian team, as she soloed to a lone victory in […]
Former Dutch champion outsprints compatriot Ellen van Dijk in women’s European season opener Loes Gunnewijk (GreenEDGE-AIS) got the new Australian pro team’s first ever European season off to a perfect start with victory in the elite women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. […]
Yellow passes from one US rider to another as the peloton sits up The race lead in the Women’s Tour of New Zealand passed from one United States rider to another, as a breakaway took almost eight minutes out of […]
Juan Antonio Flecha third after Classic edition of Flemish opening race Sep Vanmarcke proved that Garmin-Barracuda’s Classics team has not suffered the departure of Thor Hushovd in the winter, with a three-up sprint victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The […]
Zabriskie retains race leader’s jersey Having gone close to victory on stages of the Tour de San Luis in January and then being one of several strong riders fighting for victories in the Tours of Qatar and Oman, Andrea Guardini […]
Danielson and Rujano both in top five of flat TT, Vinokourov loses time Having said yesterday that he had perhaps his best pre-season preparation ever, Dave Zabriskie showed his condition today with a dominant victory on stage one of the […]
World time trial champion now just eleven seconds behind Kristin Armstrong Judith Arndt (GreenEDGE-AIS) continued her outstanding start to the 2012 season with a sprint victory in the third stage of the Women’s Tour of New Zealand. The German World […]
First stage race victory since the 2009 Vuelta a España for former suspended rider Dani Moreno (Katusha) took the fourth and final stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía – the Ruta del Sol – between Jaén and La Guardia de […]
23-year-old Australian takes first UCI victory; Kristin Armstrong takes third and holds race lead Loren Rowney (VIS Women) has announced her arrival on the international scene – and her signing with the Specialized-lululemon team – with her first win in […]
Olympic champion beats US champion and World champion to stake an early claim to a place at London 2012 Reigning Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong, riding for the United States National Team, has struck an early blow in the […]
The Cat pounces in the Ruta once again as the break is caught late; Valverde holds his overall lead Oscar Freire (Katusha) proved that he is not over the hill just yet, taking his second victory of 2012 in the […]
Stage and jersey for Murcian who takes first post-suspension victory on home soil Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) marked his return from suspension with his first victory on home soil, as he attacked on the final climb to the top of the […]
Stage-long breakaway makes it to the finish with the sprinters teams breathing down its neck; Gretsch holds onto overall lead Javier Ramirez (Andalucía) took a surprise breakaway victory for the local team, in the first stage of the Vuelta a […]
Sky Procycling team dominates Portuguese stage race After a 2011 spent riding largely in the service of Alberto Contador, Richie Porte underlined his ability to lead teams when he triumphed today in the Volta ao Algarve. The Sky Procycling rider […]
Brit gets third and fourth victory for Endura Racing In his first big races for British team Endura Racing, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke is showing the poise and patience of a veteran. The 27-year-old today climbed to a brilliant statement win in […]
