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Race Reports and Results

Tiernan Locke wins final stage and overall of Tour of Mediterranean

Huge result for Endura Racing team Having already stunned the peloton with his stage one win in the Tour of the Mediterranean, Jon Tiernan Locke pulled off an even bigger coup today when he soloed to victory on the final […]

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

Elia Viviani dominates sprint to take Reggio Calabria opener

Liquigas-Cannondale rider fastest Italian of the year so far after green and blue team pulls back the break Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) emphasised his current status as the fastest Italian in the peloton with a dominant victory in the first stage […]

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

Zdeněk Štybar wins Superprestige Middelkerke as Sven Nys is “Mr Superprestige” again

Hard and fast Nordzeecross course sees two favourites escape and the Czech champion is faster than the Belgian at the finish Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took a close sprint victory over Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) in the Nordzeecross, Middelkerke; the […]

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

Tour Mediterranéen: Two in two days for Michel Kreder in shortened stage three

Race lead for Garmin-Barracuda Dutchman as the snow continues to disrupt southern France Michel Kreder (Garmin-Barracuda) took his second victory in two days as the unusually harsh weather conditions in the south of France saw an altered third stage of […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Race Reports and Results,

Tour Mediterranéen: Michel Kreder sprints to stage two

Garmin-Barracuda’s Dutchman wins as his teammates let the door open behind him; Yauheni Hutarovich in yellow on stage finish countback Michel Kreder (Garmin-Barracuda) was something of a surprise winner of the second stage of the Tour Mediterranéen, between Salon de […]

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

Tour of Qatar: Tom Boonen takes stage four as the wind smashes the race again

Second stage this year for Belgian sprinter – and twenty in his career – who increases his overall lead Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) took an incredible twentieth career stage victory in the Tour of Qatar, and his second in […]

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

Keisse and Hester win Six Days of Copenhagen

Last six day race of the season goes down to final night battle Finally emerging from the shadow of star compatriots Michael Morkov and Alex Rasmussen, ‘home boy’ Marc Hester won the 50th ‘Kobenhavn 6 Dages Løb’ late on Tuesday […]

Author: Ed Hood Categories: Race Reports and Results, Track,

Lars Petter Nordhaug solos to Trofeo Deià victory

Norwegian Sky rider escapes a select breakaway to win third Challenge Mallorce race On a double day for Team Sky, shortly after Mark Cavendish had taken the third stage of the Tour of Qatar, Lars Petter Nordhaug escaped alone to […]

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

Mark Cavendish takes his first rainbow victory in Qatar stage three

World champion outsprints race leader but Tom Boonen reopens overall lead Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) has opened his 2012 account, taking his first victory for his new team, and his first in the rainbow jersey, in the third stage of […]

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

Andy Fenn doubles up in Mallorca with Trofeo Migjorn sprint

21-year-old British neo-pro fastest again in Balearic bunch sprint As his teammate Tom Boonen was holding on to the race lead in the Tour of Qatar by his fingernails, Omega Pharma-Quick Step neo-pro Andy Fenn was chalking up his second […]

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

Tour of Qatar: Garmin-Barracuda blitzes team time trial but Boonen clings to gold

Belgian holds race lead by three-hundredths of a second after American team fastest in 11.3km Lusail test Garmin-Barracuda blasted around the 11.3km stage two team time trial course, out and back from the Lusail Cycling Circuit, in a time of […]

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

Fenn nabs first pro win in Mallorca

Evans, Schlecks and Contador took part in early season opener On a day when former Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Boonen triumphed on stage one of the Tour of Qatar, a past winner of the under 23 version of the same Classic […]

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

Tom Meeusen completes his double-weekend in the Superprestige Hoogstraten

Two wins in two days for Belgium’s new Iceman Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) followed his first victory of the season, in the previous day’s Krawatencross Lille, with his second in the Superprestige Hoogstraten. The 23-year-old managed to escape the tactical battle […]

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

Tom Boonen cruises to sprint victory in opening Qatar stage

Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider takes yet another stage win in windy Middle Eastern race Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) rekindled his love affair with the Tour of Qatar with an apparently easy victory in the first stage, between Barzan Towers […]

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

Marcato earns Vacansoleil-DCM its first win in 2012

Étoile de Bessèges triumph comes after another tough day in the saddle Clocking up his Vacansoleil-DCM team’s first victory of the new season, Italian sprinter Marco Marcato blasted home first at the end of today’s shortened fourth stage of the […]

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

Elia Vivani sprints to a second straight GP Costa degli Etruschi victory

Doneratico race shortened by snow as Arctic conditions sweep Europe Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) successfully defended his title in the GP Costa degli Etruschi, in Doneratico, on the Tuscan coast, on a course shortened by snow. The 22-year-old track specialist outsprinted […]

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

Tom Meeusen sprints to his first win of the season in Lille Krawatencross

Kevin Pauwels makes GvA Trofee lead more secure but title to go down to the wire The Krawatencross, Lille, finished in a sprint for the second straight year, as Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) finally took his first victory of the season. […]

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

Ladies’ Tour of Qatar: Arndt secures overall as Wild takes a second stage

Strong teams rip the race apart in the wind again after long solo break from Kendall Ryan Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) continued her happy association with the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar with a second victory in this year’s race. The Dutch […]

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

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