Bunch sprint sees Markel Irizar hold his overall lead Oscar Freire (Rabobank) opened his 2011 account with victory in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta Del Sol between La Guardia de Caen and Cordoba. After mistiming his sprint […]
HTC-Highroad seizes the initiative early on Judith Arndt (HTC-Highroad) has begun her 2011 season in characteristic winning fashion by taking the first stage of the Women’s Tour of New Zealand between Martinborough and Masterton. The German veteran outsprinted a group […]
Movistar sprinter goes one better than previous stage on uphill finish Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) managed to go one better than his second place of yesterday to take the third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta Del Sol between Otura and […]
House maintains solid lead in general classification Having already taken two stages in last month’s Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Frenchman Yohann Gene continued his good run on the continent when he grabbed stage three of the Cell C Tour of South […]
Previous leader Engoulvent loses over 20 minutes on tough stage in southern Spain Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Ruta del Sol, out of a group of around forty riders. The terrain on the […]
Van Garderen an excellent second, Cummings and Contador slip back Jumping from third to first on the general classification, Tony Martin seized both the stage result and the overall victory with a powerful ride in today’s final time trial at […]
Second place is enough to give Belgian champion overall GvA Trofee Daphny Van Den Brand (ZZPR.nl) won the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle, Belgium, the final race of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee, outspinting Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) in a two-woman sprint. […]
Sven Nys secures eighth overall title Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) convincingly won the final round of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee in Oostmalle, Belgium in convincing solo fashion. The Belgian champion escaped on the sixth of nine laps of the […]
The Manx Missile shows he’s on form After a crash plagued, quiet start to the year, Mark Cavendish has opened up his 2011 account with victory in the final stage of the Tour of Oman. The Manxman rocketed to the […]
Saur-Sojasun stacks the top six with three riders, Van Den Broeck only 1 second back The Vuelta a Andalucia opened today with a 6.8 kilometer time trial around the sunny Spanish town of Benahavis, and it was Saur-Sojasun’s Jimmy Engoulvent […]
Traffic and lack of police support force stage two annulment The Tour of South Africa organisers cancelled the second stage of its race today due to traffic on the road. “No results today,” said the organiser, via Twitter. “No dope […]
Italian success in early season semi-Classic Three weeks after his victory in the three-stage Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Lampre-ISD rider Daniele Pietropolli won a ten man sprint to take the Trofeo Laigueglia today. He beat Simone Ponzi (Liquigas-Cannondale), […]
Cummings crashes twice but keeps race lead heading into final stage He’s gone close with two second places in the Santos Tour Down Under, and today André Greipel finally got this 2011 winning campaign off to a start when he […]
British rider comes out on top in his first race of the season Kristian House of the Rapha Condor Sharp team began his time under the African sun on a high note, by riding himself to a solo victory in […]
Stage win strengthens Dutchman’s grip on red jersey of race leadership Spurred on by the red jersey on his back, thoughts of overall victory and most of all the memory of his late father, Robert Gesink today pulled off the […]
Cofidis sprinter celebrates second victory of young season Cofidis’s Samuel Dumoulin took his second win of the season today in the first stage of the Tour Du Haut Var. The Frenchman, already a winner in the Etoile de Besseges’s third […]
Briton takes over race lead from GilbertTeam Sky rider Steve Cummings took an unexpected stage win in the Volta ao Algarve, beating the highly promising young American rider Tejay Van Garderen (HTC Highroad) and defending champion Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) […]
Boasson Hagen closest threat heading into time trial Dutch climbing sensation Robert Gesink scooped both the stage and the leader’s jersey on today’s 157 kilometre leg of the Tour of Oman, being clearly strongest on the uphill finish of Jabal […]
