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Race Reports and Results

Mara Abbott tears Giro Donne apart in the mountains, seizes pink

US champion attacks on first of three high mountain passes to take control of the raceMara Abbott (United States) won the eighth, and hardest, stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile so far between Chiavenna and Livigno, after an emphatic solo […]

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

Tour de France: Mark Cavendish wins stage six as the Manx Missile fires again

Manx Express wins again in sprinters’ last chance stage Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the sixth stage of the Tour de France between Montargis and Gueugnon in another bunch sprint. After a difficult first few days of the race, the Manxman […]

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

Tour of Austria: Nuyens victorious in stage five, Riccò stays in control

Rabobank rider prevails on the Classics style course Rabobank’s Nick Nuyens took victory in today’s 150.3 kilometer fifth stage of the Tour of Austria ahead of Giovanni Visconti (Tecnofilm-Betonexpressz 2000).  The pair finished 4 seconds ahead of Katusha’s Egor Silin, […]

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

Evelyn Stevens solos over Ghisallo to take Giro Donne stage seven

American rider escapes over historic climb to put herself in overall contentionEvelyn Stevens (HTC-Columbia) won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Como and Albese con Cassano, after escaping alone on the climb to the Madonna del Ghisallo. […]

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

Tour de France: Mark Cavendish finally gets his victory in stage five

Manx Missile fires at last to leave sprint rivals in his wake and silence his critics Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the fifth stage of the Tour de France between Épernay and Montargis, as the HTC-Columbia team got its sprint to […]

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

Riccardo Riccò wins queen stage in Tour of Austria

Italian extends lead in the overall classification to almost two minutes Riccardo Riccò stormed away on the queen stage up to the Großglockner climb in the Tour of Austria in a convincing defense of his leader’s jersey. The Italian put […]

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

Tour de France: Petacchi sprints to second stage victory as breakaway is caught just in time

Ale-Jet flies once more and is re-crowned king of the sprinters in Champagne capital Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the fourth stage of the Tour de France between Cambrai and Reims, the capital of the Champagne region. He outsprinted the […]

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

Second straight Giro Donne stage for Vos as she consolidates race lead

Dutchwoman confirms pink jersey by outsprinting breakaway rivals after long rolling stage Marianne Vos (Netherlands) won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Gallarate and Arcisate, just outside Varese, the venue for the 2008 World championships. Vos beat […]

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

Marianne Vos takes stage and lead in Giro Donne as the real racing starts

Dutch sensation outsprints World champion to win tough hilly stage and takes pink jersey Marianne Vos (Netherlands) won the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile between Orta San Giulio and Pettenasco. The former World champion outsprinted the current holder […]

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

Tour de France: Thor Hushovd wins in Arenberg as Fabian Cancellara seizes back yellow

Mighty Norse rider shows his cobble class as Spartacus smashes the peloton Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) won the third stage of the Tour de France between Wanze and Arenberg-Porte du Hainaut after outsprinting a very select group. The Norwegian champion […]

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

Tour of Austria: Ricco dominates on Kitzbüheler Horn

Ricco’s successful return continues Riccardo Ricco’s successful return to the top rung of the sport following his 20-month suspension for his use of CERA-EPO in the 2008 Tour de France continued on Monday in Austria with victory on one of […]

Author: Jered Gruber Categories: Race Reports and Results,

Four in a row in Giro Donne for unstoppable Teutenberg

Queen-Tut continues perfect Giro and takes four successive wins for the first time in her career Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) continued her seemingly unstoppable Giro d’Italia Femminile by taking her fourth stage out of four between Ficarolo and Lendinara. The German […]

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

Tour de France: Chavanel rides into yellow as Cancellara brings the peloton out on strike

Frenchman takes his second career stage and first career yellow as peloton hit by crashes on wet roads Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) won the second stage of the Tour de France between Brussels and Spa, Belgium, as the last remaining […]

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

Versatile Teutenberg time trials to third straight Giro Donne stage

Dominant German proves that she has more than just a sprint in her armoury Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) proved once again that there is more to her racing than just a near unbeatable sprint by taking victory in the 16.9km stage […]

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

Tour de France: Petacchi sprints to win stage one as chaos reigns in Brussels

Ale-jet is last man standing again as the peloton is decimated by finishing straight crashes Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the first stage of the Tour de France between Rotterdam and Brussels, which ended in chaos as a succession of […]

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

André Greipel storms to Tour of Austria stage one win

Greipel’s answer to Tour de France elimination André Greipel was expecting to ride in the Tour de France this weekend, after 11 race wins so far. But the HTC Columbia rider made the best of it, storming to victory in […]

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

Tour de France: Cancellara blows away the field in wet Rotterdam prologue

Spartacus ignores the slippery conditions to deny Tony Martin at the last minute World and Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) blasted around the drying prologue course in the Netherlands port city to take victory and the first […]

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

Teutenberg goes two from two in the Giro Donne as crash hits final kilometre

German über-sprinter continues perfect start to Italian Tour Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) once again outclassed the rest of the field to take her second successive stage and a 100 percent record in this year’s Giro Donne. Once again the German beat […]

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

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