Race leader Boom one of top favourites for time trial Although this afternoon’s last stage will of course play a part, the final finishing order of this year’s Tour of Britain will most likely be shaped by the 8.8 kilometre […]
McLaughlin and House ride aggressively prior to another one-two for HTC Highroad One week before the Elite road race at the world road race championships, Mark Cavendish showed his sprinting form is strong with a final-stage triumph in the Tour […]
Dutchman now 36 seconds clear with one stage remaining Racing on home soil in the Tour of Britain, Sky Procycling’s Alex Dowsett sped to a superb time trial champion on today’s penultimate stage of the race. The national time trial […]
Predict this year’s highest-placed HTC rider This year’s Tour of Britain will be the last one entered by the HTC Highroad team, which has clocked up close to 500 victories in four years and is aiming to win the race […]
Boom retains the lead before decisive time trial in London Lithuanian rider Gediminas Bagdonas seized the biggest win of his career today at the Tour of Britain, winning head of five other breakaway riders into Sandringham. After the sextet succeeded […]
Geraint Thomas crashes and drops down the general classification Ongoing race leader Lars Boom was expected to come under attack towards the end of the Tour of Britain, with Sky Procycling being particularly keen to try to wrest the yellow […]
Lars Boom keeps the gold jersey after a long breakaway threatens his lead Mark Renshaw (HTC-Highroad) sent a message to the Australian national selectors by taking victory in the fifth stage of the Tour of Britain between Exeter and Exmouth. […]
Rainbow jersey to the fore as Lars Boom strengthens his overall lead Showing winning form a week and a half before the defence of his world road race championship title, Garmin-Cervélo’s Thor Hushovd powered to victory on today’s fourth stage […]
Dutchman looks to defend jersey all the way to London Lars Boom came out top on stage three of the Tour of Britain by taking the day’s win and grabbing the overall lead from Mark Cavendish. The HTC-Highroad sprinter only […]
Getting the better of race leader Mark Cavendish and his HTC Highroad team, the Rabobank duo Lars Boom and Michael Matthews seized first and second place on today’s stage of the Tour of Britain. The success saw Boom take over […]
Race organisers of the Tour of Britain have taken the difficult decision to cancel today’s second stage of the Tour of Britain due to concerns over rider safety. High winds and debris scattered along sections of the course have made […]
German rider has multiple breaks in his forefinger; operation needed Had his fans written the script for this year’s Tour of Britain, Jens Voigt would have ridden a typically aggressive race, would have been close to the yellow jersey heading […]
Manxman quickest into Dumfries on wet, windy day Two weeks prior to the world road race championships, Mark Cavendish (HTC Highroad) showed that he has built on his form since withdrawing from the Vuelta a España when he won the […]
Ghyllebert in first long break of race, will hold sprints jersey Although there are many bigger teams taking part in the race, the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team manager Kurt Bogaerts has said that he expects […]
Cavendish and Renshaw team up for last races together HTC-Highroad will be starting the Tour of Britain tomorrow as the defending champions, in what is to be one of its final races in the peloton. Having won the last two […]
Tour of Utah stage winner Bauer on squad, just one British rider selected Three days from the start of the 2011 Tour of Britain, the Endura Racing team has confirmed a cosmopolitan lineup for the event. Just one English rider […]
HTC-Highroad sprinter to ride home race after premature Vuelta withdrawal Mark Cavendish will be part of the HTC-Highroad team for the Tour of Britain, which starts this Sunday in Scotland, the race organiser has confirmed. The Manx sprinter was riding […]
Rapha Condor Sharp names its strongest line up in pursuit of a stage victory Team Sky has named its six-man squad for the Tour of Britain, which gets under way in Scotland on September 11th. Although many of the team’s […]
