Crash splits peloton on the way to the finishing town Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) notched up his fifth victory of the season today in stage two of the Tour de Picardie. THe Frenchman was fastest as the field hit the line […]
Late attacks from race favourites just fail to catch the lone Belgian breakaway Bart De Clercq (Omega Pharma-Lotto) won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia, as the race hit the mountains for the first time. The 24-year-old Belgian, in […]
Unpronounceable Lithuanian moves into lead after first stage Egidijus Juodvalkis (Landbouwkrediet) won the opening stage of the Tour de Picardie between Abbeville and La Neuville-en-Hez. The unpronounceable 23-year-old former Lithuanian champion outsprinted Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto) and Swiss champion Martin […]
HTC-Highroad completes almost total domination of Chinese stage race Chloe Hosking (HTC-Highroad) won the third and final stage of the Tour of Chongming Island, the Shanghai East Beach Cup, in a bunch sprint, completing the team’s almost total domination of […]
Pieter Weening holds onto the maglia rosa after Rabobank controls the stage-long break Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) won the sixth stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia between Orvieto and Fiuggi in a bunch sprint at the head of what was a […]
HTC-Highroad puts the peloton to the sword as strong winds bluster the race Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Highroad) won the second stage of the Tour of Chongming Island, the “Chongming Industrial Zone Cup” in Chongxi, in another bunch sprint. The German über-sprinter […]
Race marred by a serious crash to Weening’s teammate Tom Slagter, but Dutchman said to be stable Pieter Weening (Rabobank) took both the stage victory and the race’s pink jersey on the tough medium mountain stage between Piomino and Orvieto, […]
Hotly contested intermediate sprints decide overall classification after day one Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead (Garmin-Cervélo) took the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in a sprint against Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC Highroad) and Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit). On […]
Processional stage pays tribute to Belgian sprinter The fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia, between Genoa Quarto dei Mille and Livorno, was neutralised throughout its entire 216km length in order that the peloton could pay its respects to Wouter Weylandt. […]
Race overshadowed by the tragic death of Wouter Weylandt who crashed on the stage’s main descent Angel Vicioso (Androni Giocattoli-CIPI) outsprinted his breakaway companions to take the third stage of the Giro d’Italia between Reggio Emilia and Rapallo. The Spanish […]
It’s been a full six years since José Rujano blew people’s expectations away with a superb ride in the Giro d’Italia. The diminutive Venezuelan climber impressed greatly in his debut performance, winning at Sestrière, taking both the King of the […]
Ale-Jet seems to cut off Cavendish but Manx Missile takes over pink after extreme solo break dominates stage Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) won the opening sprint of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, taking the second stage between Alba and Parma. The Italian […]
German wins four out of five stages, but overall goes to Thomas Voeckler Skil-Shimano’s Marcel Kittel launched his sprint with 100 meters to go in the final stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk to take his fourth stage win […]
Portuguese rider finishes second and moves past Castroviejo in final tally Colombian Giovanni Báez of the EPM-UNE team took a solo win in the final 112km stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid. He beat Rui Costa (Movistar) […]
Movistar’s Enrique Sanz takes afternoon stage in sprint; Castroviejo stays in overall lead Jonathan Castroviejo confirmed his prologue specialty when he took the opening 7.8 kilometers in the 2011 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid. The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider clocked in […]
Frenchman goes it alone in typical fashion to grab lead from triple winner Kittel Thomas Voeckler used his attacking style to catch, pass, and then drop the five-man front group to win the fourth stage of the Four Days of […]
American teams top the standings as Alberto Contador’s rivals draw first blood Marco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad) pulled on the first maglia rosa of this year’s Giro d’Italia, thanks to his team’s blistering performance in the opening team time trial between Venaria […]
Neo-pro German sprinter maintains perfect race Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) confirmed his status as the fastest man at this year’s Quatre Jours de Dunkerque by taking his third stage victory out of three between Caudry and Le Cateau-Cambrésis. The 22-year-old German […]
