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Race Reports and Results

Vuelta a Castilla y León: Swift powers to final stage win, Tondo takes overall

Talented Sky rider adds another win to his palmares Team Sky’s Ben Swift notched up his third victory of the season today in the 167.7 kilometer final stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León today, beating Spaniard’s Fransico Ventoso […]

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

Van Hummel dominates Ronde van Drenthe

Skil Shimano rider takes both stages en route to overall victory Kenny van Hummel of the Skil Shimano team won the Ronde van Drenthe overall classification, after sprinting to two stage victories. Van Hummel beat Danilo Napolitano and Sacha Modolo […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Vuelta Castilla y León: Tondo time trials into overall lead

Contador wins race against the clock; Mollema’s honorable effort falls short Xavier Tondo is one day away from taking his biggest career win, with the overall of the Vuelta Castilla y León. Tondo overcame his three-second overall deficit against Bauke […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Castilla y León, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Marianne Vos wins Ronde van Drenthe in bunch sprint

Nederland Bloeit captain shows the World who is this year’s superteam Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) won the Ronde van Drenthe, the third round of the women’s World Cup, in the northeastern Netherlands city of Hoogeveen. The multi-talented former World champion […]

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

Romain Feillu wins Tour du Finistère, takes over Coupe de France lead

Vacansoleil rider sprints to season win number four Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil) sprinted to victory in the Tour du Finistère, ahead of Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller) and Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux). On his birthday, the sprinter profited from the leading […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Vuelta a Castilla y León: Filippo Savini climbs to Queen stage victory

Bauke Mollema takes overall lead as Contador denied by technical problems Filippo Savini (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the third stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León, the Queen stage between Benavente and Laguna de Peces, after attacking in the final […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Castilla y León, Race Reports and Results,

Vuelta a Castilla y León: Francisco Ventoso goes two from two in Salamanca

Straightforward win for Spanish sprinter, who makes it looke easy Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) won his second successive stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León between Valladolid and Salamanca, making a 100 percent record for the race so far. The […]

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

Casar wins Paris-Camembert

Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) outsprinted Romain Hardy (Bretagne – Schuller) and Julien Antomarchi (La Pomme Marseille) to win Paris-Camembert. After several good placings in the past, it is a dream come true for Casar, who trained on these roads […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Vuelta a Castilla y Leon: Ventoso quickest into Palencia, Sky misses out

General classification contenders in bunch Spanish sprinter Fran Ventoso picked up his third win of the season when he won a mass bunch gallop at the end of day one of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon. The 28-year-old beat […]

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

Philippe Gilbert canters to win Brabantse Pijl

OmegaPharma-Lotto rider opens Ardennes campaign in perfect fashion Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the Brabantse Pijl, the race that marks the transition between the cobbled and hilly classics. The Belgian outsprinted compatriot Björn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM), who suffered so much bad luck […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Brabantse Pijl, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Spring Classics,

Farrar, Petacchi, Greipel and Guardini for Presidential Tour of Turkey

Big sprint battle expected at 2.HC race Sprint rivals Tyler Farrar, Alessandro Petacchi, André Gripel, Andrea Guardini, Kenny Van Hummel and Allan Davis will have a real head-to-head this month in the Presidential Tour of Turkey, enabling them to see […]

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

Damiano Cunego takes Giro dell'Appennino for second time in his career

Italian repeats his 2004 victory Damiano Cunego beat Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) and Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Colombia es Pasion) to take the 2011 Giro dell’Appennino. It was his second victory, after already prevailing in 2004. Cunego used the slightly […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Jonathan Hivert takes brilliant victory for Saur-Sojasun team at Klasika Primavera

Frenchman with second victory of the season Jonathan Hivert sprinted to victory in the Klasika Primavera, beating Movistar’s David López and Saxo Bank-SunGard’s Nick Nuyens. The hilly final of the race had several break attempts as a consequence in the […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Paris-Roubaix: Garmin-Cervélo’s Van Summeren takes his biggest career win

Belgian triumphs while Cancellara is marked by race rivals Best known as a domestique, the almost-two metre tall Johan Van Summeren became a true giant of the peloton today when he soloed to a sensational win in Paris-Roubaix. The Belgian […]

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

Circuit Cycliste Sarthe: Anthony Roux secures overall as Bennati takes final stage

Third stage of the race for Italian sprinter as victory drought is well and truly over Having waited months for his first 2011 victory, Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) has found that, like buses, three have come along at once. The […]

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

Circuit Cycliste Sarthe: Anthony Roux wins as breakaway puts Bennati under pressure

Stage and race lead for Frenchman as David Millar joins the escape Anthony Roux (FDJ) won the fourth stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire between Angers and Pré-en-Pail as David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) was true to his […]

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

Vuelta al Pais Vasco: Vinokourov grabs first win of season, Rodriguez back in yellow

Team RadioShack’s Klöden drops to second overall, but remains locked on time Team Astana leader Alexandre Vinokourov raced to a characteristic solo win on today’s third stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, showing that his form is ramping up […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Vuelta al Pais Vasco,

Cavendish turns things around and wins third Scheldeprijs

Third start, third win for Briton, Farrar amongst fallers Repeating his wins of 2007 and 2008, HTC Highroad’s Mark Cavendish got his season back on track when he sped to a dominant bunch sprint victory in the 99th edition of […]

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

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