Gesink defends yellow with one day to go Rui Costa set the decisive attack out of a seven-man front group with around ten kilometers remaining in the eighth stage of the Tour de Suisse. The Portuguese rider won with a […]
Frenchman excels in uphill test David Moncoutié is not considered a time trialer, but the uphill terrain was to his liking in stage 2B of the Route du Sud. Moncoutié won the 16km race in 33’07, ten seconds ahead of […]
AG2R rider takes over general classification Blel Kadri was able to best deal with the early start time of 8:50am and survived his break at the Rout du Sud with a few seconds over the raging peloton. Kadri and Matthieu […]
Opening stage ends with photo finish Bretagne-Schuller’s Florian Vachon the 211.5 kilometer opening stage of the Route du Sud today in the town of Saint-Gaudens. The Frenchman outkicked Belgian Gianni Meersman (Francaise des Jeux) and Spainiard Angel Arcos Vicioso (Andalucia-Cajasur) […]
British team’s black train dominates Dutch stage but Orange team still holds the lead Greg Henderson (Team Sky) won the third stage of the Ster Electrotoer in Schimmert, as the race finished in a bunch sprint once again. Such was […]
German stage 5 winner repeats breakaway to take stage 7 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing) won the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse between Savognin and Wetzikon in a solo breakaway. The 26-year-old German attacked the rest of a breakaway […]
British climber leaves peloton in her wake in mountainous first stage Emma Pooley (Cervélo TestTeam) won the first stage of the Giro del Trentino between Trentino and Appiano. The Briton rode away from the rest of the peloton on the […]
Dutchman climbs into commanding position on Swiss Tour’s Queen stage Robert Gesink (Rabobank) won the sixth and toughest stage of the Tour de Suisse between Meiringen and La Punt in a solo breakaway. The Dutchman escaped on the final, long, […]
Spanish sprinter takes stage as Rabobank consolidates the overall Francisco Ventoso (Carmiooro-NGC) won the second stage of the Ster Electrotoer between Eindhoven and Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands. The Spaniard outsprinted Australian Graeme Brown (Rabobank), whose team had so dominated yesterday’s stage 1 […]
Rabobank places four riders in top five The Rabobank team dominated the Ster Elektrotoer prologue in the Netherlands this evening. Jos van Emden led the way, with three of his Rabobank teammates finishing in the top five. Van Emden clocked […]
Takes his first victory for the Swiss BMC Racing team on home soil Classics specialist Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing) took the victory in stage five of the Tour de Suisse today, in what will be a popular win for local […]
Italian super-sprinter wins the stage after avoiding a pile up that takes out almost all his rivals Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse between Schwarzenburg and Wettingen in a chaotic sprint. The Italian […]
Luxemburger attacks to win in Liege-esque stage finish Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the third stage of the Tour de Suisse between Sierre and Schwarzenburg after attacking on the final metres of the climb to the finish line. In a […]
Cervelo TestTeam rider returns to form Like today’s stage winner at the Dauphine, Edvald Boasson Hagen, another returning top young name in the sport is hitting his stride at just the right time ahead of the Tour de France: Cervelo […]
Jani Brajkovic takes overall win Team Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen catapulted to a stellar solo victory on the former World Championship circuit in Sallanches to show that he’s not only back – he’s back at 100%. Behind, safely tucked in […]
Brajkovic unfazed by Contador’s attacks Astana captain Alberto Contador made it two in a row for his Kazakh team in stage six of the Critérium du Dauphiné today, by adding his name to the list of distinguished winners atop the […]
8th career stage win for Cancellara at Tour de Suisse World Time Trial Champion, Fabian Cancellara, put in a sizzling second half in the 7.6 km opening day time trial in Lugano to turn an eight second deficit into a […]
Spaniard gets his first victory as a professional Spaniard Daniel Navarro showed the Astana team had more than one arrow in its quiver in stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné today when he attacked early on the hors category […]
