Purito puts Worlds disappointment behind him on another rainy day in northern Italy Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) managed to put some of his World championship disappointment behind him as he escaped on the final climb of the 2013 edition of il […]
Runner-up from 2012 goes one better despite bruises from Worlds road rac Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) took his fourth victory of the 2013 season, as he sprinted away from a group of hot favourites in the final metres of Milano-Torino to […]
Portuguese rider the smartest of a four-rider fight that forms on the final climb Rui Costa became the first ever rider from Portugal to win the Elite Men’s World Road Championship as the smartest of a final group of four […]
Dutchwoman escapes the favourites on Via Salviani in tactical, attritional encounter Marianne Vos of the Netherlands lived up to her favourite tag as she took her second straight victory in the Elite Women’s World Championship road race in Florence, Italy. […]
Dutch cyclocross star escapes on the final climb Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands soloed to victory in the Junior Men’s road race at the 2013 World championships, in Florence, Italy, after a late attack on the final climb. […]
18-year-old Slovenian breaks clear on penultimate lap Matej Mohoric of Slovenia took a spectacular solo victory in the World Championship road race for under-23 men,in Florence, Italy, after breaking clear of the peloton in the penultimate lap. The 18-year-old – […]
German overpowers Wiggins and Cancellara in Florence Hammering to a dominant success in the 57.86 kilometre test, Tony Martin clocked up his third consecutive Elite men’s time trial title today at the world championships in Florence. The German rider repeated […]
Villumsen misses out yet again, takes silver, while Small pips Stevens for bronze Ellen van Dijk followed up on the gold medal she and the Specialized lululemon riders took in the team time trial two days ago when she raced […]
Krigbaum and Mostov fill out podium First year junior Igor Decraene scored gold for Belgium in the junior men’s time trial today, racing to victory on the fast, flat 22.06 kilometre course. Being one of the tipped riders, he was […]
Silver and Bronze for Australian duo in Florence Frenchwoman Severine Eraud clocked up the first individual gold medal of this year’s UCI world road race championship today, taking a slender victory in the junior women’s time trial on the flat […]
Paillot and Norman Hansen settle for silver and bronze Stepping up two slots from his bronze medal last year, Australian rider Damien Howson raced to a dominant victory in the under 23 time trial at cycling’s world championships this afternoon. […]
London finale plays out in front of huge crowds Mark Cavendish finished off the Tour of Britain in style today, powering home for his third stage win out of the eight day race. The Omega Pharma Quick Step rider hit […]
Orica-GreenEdge beaten by 0.81 seconds in an edge-of-your-seat finale It took 57 kilometres to separate two team time trialling powers, and even then, the separation was as thin as a razor’s edge. On the finish line in Florence, it was […]
Rabobank Liv/Giant and Orica AIS in silver and bronze medal positions Repeating its victory of twelve months ago, the Specialized lululemon squad sped to victory on day one of the world road race championships in Italy. Covering the 42.7 kilometre […]
Holds off Viviani and Ciolek into Guildford; Wiggins maintains overall lead Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) sprinted long and hung on for his second victory of the Tour of Britain, denying previous stage winners Elia Viviani (Cannondale) and Gerald Ciolek […]
Great Britain amateur shows ability with final kilometre surge while Wiggins contains rivals Biding his time as some of the other climbers fired off attacks on the final climb of Haytor Hill, Great Britain amateur Simon Yates put in a […]
Irishman goes one better than Kendal at the head of an elite final group Sam Bennett (An Post-Chainreaction) celebrated his call up to Ireland’s World championship team with a victory on stage five, between Machynlleth and Caerphilly, to make up […]
Morale-boosting pre-Worlds victory for Tour de France stage winner Jan Bakelants, riding as part of the Belgian National Team, won a rain-soaked edition of the GP de Wallonie as he outmanoeuvred and outsprinted Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) on the Citadel of […]
