Bbox Bouygues Telecom’s Nicolas Vogandy won the 212 kilometer third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné today with a well-timed attack on the climb to Risoul just under 2 kilometers from the finish. The Frenchman was soon followed by young […]
Slovenian champion flies round rolling course to seize yellow jersey Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) shrugged off a mid-course bike change to win the stage 3 time trial of the Criterium du Dauphiné between Monteaux and Sorgues. In windy conditions, the Slovenian […]
Dutch champion outclasses breakaway companions in Spanish race Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) won the 9th edition of the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, in Durango, near Bilbao in the northwest Basque region of Spain. The Dutch champion easily outsprinted the other three […]
Argentinian sprinter wins second stage by comfortable margin after breakaway caught close to the finish Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) put the disappointment of being delayed behind yesterday’s crashes to win the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between […]
Lampre’s Slovenian sprinter takes stage as peloton chases down late break Grega Bole (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné between Evian-les-Bains and St Laurent du Pont in a bunch sprint. He outsprinted Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia) […]
German champion too quick for local riders once more Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) won the Liberty Classic for the fourth time in her career in a bunch sprint at the end of the 92.7km race. The German champion beat Shelley Evans […]
Final stage doesn’t count as thunder storm visits peloton Gorka Izagirre stormed to victory in the final stage of the Tour of Luxembourg after the sun had cleared away the lightning for the sprint. Izagirre initiated a four-man move in […]
Contador comes out strong in last test before Tour de France Astana’s Alberto Contador shot to another victory today in the Critérium du Dauphiné’s opening 6.8 kilometer prologue with a time of 8 minutes and 34 seconds. The Spaniard’s efforts […]
German takes the biggest win of her career in Spain Charlotte Becker (Cervélo TestTeam) won the first GP Ciudad de Valladolid, the sixth round of the Women’s Road World Cup. The German outsprinted her two breakaway companions Judith Arndt (HTC-Columbia) […]
Six-man break decides hilly race in Gippingen Kristof Vandewalle beat his five breakaway companions to take out the GP Kanton Aargau. Vandewalle was ahead of Emanuele Sella and Heinrich Haussler. It was Haussler’s first race back after injury and he […]
Hard battle in the mountains Marc de Maar of the United Healthcare squad used the queen stage in the mount Hood Cycling Classic to extend his overall lead. The stage win went to Patrick Mc Carty – the former ProTour […]
Tour favourite is honing his form for July, but would be happy to take his first Dauphiné win Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) is the outstanding favourite for this year’s race and starts the Critérium du Dauphiné tomorrow […]
Italian coach remembered with special event Filippo Pozzato won the Franco Ballerini Day criterium, held in memory of Franco Ballerini. Pozzato won a two-up sprint against Francesco Ginanni after 75km. Ballerini died in a rally car accident in February, at […]
Impressive return from injury Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) won the third stage of the Tour de Luxembourg between Eschwweiler and Diekirch in a bunch sprint. The Frenchman beat stage 1 winner Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) and Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) into second and […]
Giro winner Basso third after late attack fails Tyler Farrar won the night of Hengelo in the Netherlands, beating Kenny van Hummel in the dark hours. The 90km race didn’t start until shortly before nine pm local time. Giro d’Italia […]
Defending champion goes on the attack to claim first win of 2010 Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) won the second stage of the Tour of Luxembourg after attacking on the stage’s 9.4km finishing circuits with Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil). The defending race […]
Former Italian champion shows why he’s the European Tour leader Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) won the first stage of the Tour of Luxembourg, between the city of Luxembourg and Hesperange, in a bunch sprint. He easily outsprinted Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des […]
Sojasun-Saur team dominates the opener Jimmy Engoulvent stormed around the 2.6km prologue course in the Tour of Luxembourg opener in 3’41 to beat everyone, including Lance Armstrong. The Texan finished fifth on the night, around ten seconds behind the Frenchman. […]
