Illness prompts caution from GreenEdge team The 2011 Milan-Sanremo champion Matt Goss has had a slight setback to his preparation for the 2012 edition of the race, with the Australian withdrawing from Tirreno-Adriatico before the end of the race. Goss, […]
American rider gives a little leeway to Nibali RadioShack Nissan’s Chris Horner defended his race lead in the face of some big attacks today, holding onto the blue jersey at Tirreno-Adriatico despite two big rivals inching closer. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas […]
Tour winner admits he’s behind 2011 form Having lost twelve seconds on yesterday’s stage, Cadel Evans’ chance of defending his Tirreno-Adriatico title completely dissolved today when the Australian rider finished a full ten minutes 36 seconds behind the stage winner […]
Horner maintains overall lead, Kreuziger inches closer After being frustrated by yesterday’s finish when team-mate Peter Sagan swept around him into Chieti with Roman Kreuziger attached, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) came good one day later, with a victory on the summit […]
Defending champion Evans loses time Peter Sagan has used his explosive power to win the fourth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy, proving best out of a five man group which forced its way clear inside the tough final two kilometres […]
Lithuanian champion came down with team-mate Talansky A broken collarbone has forced Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda) out of stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico, marking the Italian stage race’s second withdrawal after Michael Matthews (Rabobank) was forced to pull out after a crash […]
No decision yet on when injured Australian will return to racing Rabobank rider Michael Matthews’ enforced withdrawal from Tirreno Adriatico today has put a question mark over his chances of riding Milan-Sanremo, with the rider losing out on a key […]
Norwegian steps up after Cavendish fades Yesterday it was Mark Cavendish; today, Sky Procycling triumphed again in Tirreno-Adriatico, although this time the victory came courtesy of Edvald Boasson Hagen. The team was working to set world champion Cavendish up for […]
Freire runs world champion close, Goss keeps lead World road race champion Mark Cavendish has clocked up victory on stage two of Tirreno-Adriatico, winning a big gallop into Indicatore. The Sky Procycling rider came off the wheel of Tyler Farrar […]
BMC Racing Team off pace in Italy Clocking up its first WorldTour win since Simon Gerrans took the Santos Tour Down Under, the GreenEdge team upended the leaderboard and dominated the opening team time trial today at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Australian […]
Tour de France winner Cadel Evans begins Tirreno-Adriatico as both the defending champion and as a rider who will use the event to measure his condition relative to last year. While success is not crucial to his Tour buildup, a […]
Garzell’s Acqua&Sapone team to send a message to organisers? Encouraged by a good showing in last weekend’s Strade Bianche, the Colombia Coldeportes squad will this week take the start in Tirreno Adriatico determined to perform and thus justify its wildcard […]
Tour of Oman winner ambitious for the Race of the Two Seas Omega Pharma-Quick Step will be led in this week’s Tirreno-Adriatico by general classification hopeful Peter Velits. With Levi Leipheimer and Tony Martin both riding Paris-Nice, the Slovakian Tour […]
Van Leijen out for months due to injury Although they’ve raced together with considerable success this year, as shown by their collaboration in the Santos Tour Down Under and the Tour of Oman, the Lotto Belisol team has opted to […]
Tour de France champ hopes to emulate 2011 victory Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) has confirmed he will start Tirreno Adriatico this year and hopes to win the race again in a repeat of last year. Organisers of the race, […]
Race of the two seas expects to attract the sport’s biggest names to fight for the trident trophy The route of the 2012 Tirreno-Adriatico was unveiled at the Teatro Verdi, in the Tuscan coastal town of San Vincenzo today. The […]
Reconnaissance of Prati di Tivo climb hampered by snow Last year’s Giro d’Italia runner up Michele Scarponi is on course for a rematch with the rider who beat him in the Italian Grand Tour, Alberto Contador, in March’s Tirreno-Adriatico. Scarponi […]
UnitedHealthcare amongst eight Pro Continental squads not in the running Giro d’Italia organisers RCS Sport have announced the identities of fourteen teams which it will consider for wildcard entries to its races in 2012, saying that they alone provided the […]
