General manager Ed Beamon “saddened and sickened by the provincial pettiness” Champion System has been forced to change its planned line up for the Tour of Beijing, which starts on October 11th, after Taiwanese champion Kai Feng has been barred […]
Portuguese rider wants to clock up first win since taking gold in Firenze Three days after he won the world road race championship, Rui Costa has confirmed that he will take part in this year’s Tour of Beijing, thus bringing […]
Final WorldTour race of the season starts one month from today Returning once again to what is a hugely important home race for the team, the Champion System squad has been handed a Tour of Beijing wildcard for the second […]
Fifth on final stage and tenth overall see 21-year-old enter UCI’s top-level ranking Four months ago Tim Wellens (Lotto-Belisol) was riding in the under-23 category but, after signing with the Belgian WorldTour team on July 1st, he 21-year-old has ended […]
British rider’s crash-marred year ends with his second WorldTour win Steve Cummings (BMC Racing) ended his 2012 season in style with a victory in the final stage of the Tour of Beijing, between the Chang Ping Stadium and Ping Gu […]
Second general classification victory for German Omega Pharma Quick Step rider British rider Steve Cummings ended a frustrating, injury afflicted season in the perfect fashion when he won the final stage of the Tour of Beijing. The BMC Racing Team […]
21-year-old Austrian blasts past Alessandro Petacchi; overall classification unchanged Marco Haller (Katusha) burst ahead in the final hundred metres of the fourth stage of the 2012 Tour of Beijing between Yanqing and Chang Ping to take his first ever professional […]
Solo break pays off for last year’s overall winner Defending champion Tony Martin said prior to this year’s Tour of Beijing meant that the absence of a time trial would mean he would have to completely rethink his way of […]
American makes the stage-long break in Honk Kong team’s WorldTour debut Craig Lewis made Champion System’s presence felt in the first ever WorldTour appearance for the Hong Kong-registered team, as he got himself into the break in the opening stage […]
Italian triumphs after five-man break is hauled back Redisplaying the speed which has earned him several wins this year, Liquigas Cannondale sprinter Elia Viviani thundered home to grab the opening stage plus the first leader’s jersey in the Tour of […]
Final countdown to start of last WorldTour event of 2012 Defending champion Tony Martin previously said he was fired up to fight the climbers in this year’s Tour of Beijing but he has put that task in a new perspective […]
Dan Martin and Heinrich Haussler also ambitious Although crashing out of the Tour de France was a crushing disappointment at the time, Ryder Hesjedal now recognises that the enforced mid-season break has handed him the opportunity to add a second […]
Henderson, Wellens also for Lotto Belisol, Marcyznski and Hoogerland lead Vacansoleil-DCM Having completed 98 days of racing already this year, surpassed over 15,000 kilometres in competition and finished the Giro, Tour and Vuelta, Adam Hansen has already proven his toughness. […]
No sprinter for French WorldTour team at the end of “a good year” FDJ-BigMat will line up at next week’s Tour of Beijing without a conventional sprinter, but will be looking to take glory in other ways in a race […]
Swift rules himself out, leaving team with just five riders Clearly in strong form after winning the GP Ouest France – Plouay and taking silver in the world road race championships, Edvald Boasson Hagen is seeking to keep the momentum […]
Frank, Cummings and Lodewyck also earmarked as protected riders Taylor Phinney will have a chance to hammer out any residual frustrations from his near miss in the recent world championship time trial when he lines out next week as ome […]
Australian team motivated to end first season on a high On a high after winning a stage and taking the King of the Mountains classification in his debut Grand Tour, this year’s Vuelta a España, Simon Clarke heads to the […]
Defending champion accepts lack of time trial makes things tougher for him Tony Martin has pledged to do his utmost to try to defend his Tour of Beijing title despite the fact that the race against the clock, which was […]
