Danish rider in good form again after several tough years He’s had several seasons where he wasn’t performing at his previous level but Matti Breschel’s return to Team Saxo Tinkoff has brought him his most consistent results in several years. […]
Marco Pinotti and Juan Antonio Flecha go out fighting as they close their careers Luka Mezgec (Argos-Shimano) celebrated the announcement of his renewed contract with his team with a powerful sprint victory in the fifth and final stage of the […]
Martin, Lopez and Costa caught out by perfectly-timed attack and focussed push to the line Showing fine tactical instinct amid stop/start racing on the final climb of Mentougou Miaofeng mountain, Movistar’s Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga capitalised on a slight lull with […]
Spaniard poised for biggest career success providing he and Movistar team can control rivals Movistar rider Beñat Intxausti has paid tribute to his late friend Xavi Tondo after his stage win today in the Tour of Beijing, saying that the […]
Italian rider enjoys shaking things up on Tour of Beijing mountain stage Riding the last mountain stage of his career, Marco Pinotti signed off with a burst of aggression on the concluding climb of Mentougou Miaofeng mountain today. The BMC […]
Daughter’s illness prompts Norwegian rider to return home Second overall after Saturday’s second stage, Thor Hushovd made an unexpected withdrawal from the race due to a family issue. The Norwegian rider, who clocked up his ninth win of the year […]
Frenchman repeats, but summit finish shakeup beckons tomorrow Stage two winner Nacer Bouhanni reinforced his race lead in the Tour of Beijing with a dogged performance on the hillier third day of the race. The French FDJ rider came around […]
Belgian rider strongest in stage two primes Scrabbling for a contract until he was handed a lifeline by the Omega Pharma Quick Step team just over a week ago, Thomas De Gendt is working hard to try to end his […]
Norwegian rider sets target for rest of race Caught in a bad position and then getting boxed in, stage one winner Thor Hushovd lost his race lead on day two of the Tour of Beijing to the day’s victor Nacer […]
Frenchman bumps Hushovd down to second in overall standings FDJ rider Nacer Bouhanni was one of the quickest riders on yesterday’s first stage of the Tour of Beijing, but was badly positioned and finished back in eighth place. He and […]
Sander Cordell attacks out of day-long break but is caught with five to go Past world road race champion Thor Hushovd showed he is ending the season in strong form when he blasted to his ninth win of the year […]
Cameron Meyer lone overall leader after Pieter Weening withdrawal Orica-GreenEdge is hoping to end the 2013 WorldTour season on a high at the Tour of Beijing, as it aims for stage victories and overall success in the Chinese capital. The […]
Australian Paris-Nice champion satisfied with “not too bad” end of season form Richie Porte (Team Sky) goes into the Tour of Beijing, which starts this Friday, October 11th, with the pressure of being one of the big favourites for overall […]
Rory Sutherland also fired up to perform strongly for Saxo Tinkoff team Former world time trial champion Michael Rogers won’t have a race against the clock to gain time in the Tour of Beijing, but the Australian’s solid form in […]
German concerned by mountainous route: ‘Even if it this edition is difficult, I will try’ He won overall in 2011 on the back of a victorious time trial performance and last year pulled off another success after he broke clear […]
Irishman hoping to take the “opportunity” to meet a real panda after Liège final kilometre Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) is hoping to capitalise on the form he showed in Sunday’s il Lombardia, where he was almost able to follow the attack […]
Norwegian rider wants to chase stage win and help GC riders Former world road race champion Thor Hushovd is looking to end his season on a high note and wants to clock up at least one victory in the upcoming […]
“I need to try to finish the season on a high as the last few months have been hard” Having crashed out of the Vuelta a España and again going down and out of Sunday’s world road race championships, Dan […]
