German sprinter continues winning season as Italian Tour starts Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) won the first stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia Femminile between Muggia and Trieste. The German über-sprinter beat Italian Giorgia Bronzini (Gauss-RDZ-Ormu) and Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild (Cervélo TestTeam) […]
Frenchman takes his first win of the season ahead of the Tour de France Bbox Bouygues Telecom captain Thomas Voeckler rode to his second road national championship tile in Chantonnay, France today. Voeckler last held the title in 2004, the […]
First non-Rabobank Dutch National Road winner in four years Niki Terpstra left an army of 19 Rabobank riders behind to take his first ever Elite Dutch National Championship on Sunday. Terpstra will be the first non-Rabobank rider to wear the […]
Claims second road title six years on Cervélo TestTeam Thor Hushovd took the Norwegian road national championship title in Trondheim today, to take his first victory of the season leading into his defense of the green jersey at the Tour […]
Maintains form from Tour of Belgium to secure title Quick Step’s Stijn Devolder came out on top in the Belgian road national championships today, beating a defiant Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) into second place on the 234.6 kilometer route consisting […]
Spaniard wins second road title nine years after first one Iván Gutiérrez won today’s men’s road race in the Spanish national championships, nine years after taking the first road title. Gutiérrez successfully attacked his breakaway companion Carlos Barredo four kilometers […]
Late attack gives him solo win on hot day Christian Knees attacked his three-man break with a little less than one 10km lap to go to become German road Champion for the first time in his career. In the sprint […]
Caisse d’Epargne teammate Costa wins in Portugual In the absence of Alberto Contador, Luis León Sánchez won the Spanish time trial championships in Villarrobledo, over a course of 36.8km. Sánchez’s time was 43’34. He was 41 seconds ahead of Jose […]
National championships are overshadowed by soccer World Cup Tony Martin did what he wanted to do in Sangerhausen, Germany, and won the national time trial title. He de-throned teammate Bert Grabsch, a former World Championships winner in this discipline. The […]
Visconti takes second career Italian title Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) arrived solo to win the Italian national championships today in Conegliano, repeating his 2007 victory. “What can I say?” Visconti told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “All of my sacrifices have paid […]
Belgian gets help from Devolder to beat Van Avermaet Quick Step’s Jurgen Van de Walle repeated his 2009 victory in the Belgian Halle-Ingooiem race. Van de Walle escaped in the final kilometers from a larger break and held off the […]
Martin takes time trial as Gesink falls out of yellow jersey Fränk Schleck produced an outstanding time trial for his measures, losing only five seconds to Lance Armstrong in the final 27km race against the clock in Liestal. It is […]
Cervélo TestTeam dominates Italian stage race It was the day’s glory for Eleonora Patuzzo (Safi Pasta Zara) in the final stage of the Giro di Trentino, but Emma Pooley produced an even bigger smile, as she won her second stage […]
Australian Docker wins final stage Cofidis rider David Moncoutié won the overall classification of the Route du Sud after taking over the lead in yesterday’s time trial. Australian Mitchell Docker won the final stage over 190kilometers from Lavaur to Castres. […]
Colombia rules Under 27 version of the Giro d’Italia Carlos Alberto Betancourt recorded his biggest victory by securing the GiroBio overall classification today in Gaiole in Chianti, Italy. Betancourt’s win is the second consecutive Colombian win at the GiroBio, which […]
Final stage ends in sprint Kris Boeckmans sprinted to victory in the final stage of the 24th Ster Elektrotoer race in the Netherlands, beating Artem Ovechkin and André Greipel. Adam Hansen finished with the main pack and held on to […]
HTC-Columbia leader powers to another victory HTC-Columbia powerhouse Ina-Yoko Teutenberg rode to her sixteenth win of the season today in a difficult stage two of the Giro del Trentino marked by heavy rain and several unclassified climbs. The German proved […]
Takes first win since national time trial title in 2008 HTC-Columbia’s Adam Hansen has won the hilly 194 kilometer fourth stage of the Ster Elektrotoer from Verviers to La Gileppe today, powering past Laurent Beuret (Carmiooro – NGC) and Johan […]
