Australian Richie Porte stunned race favorites in the Tour of Romandie’s stage three time trial with a scorching ride in what was his biggest victory to date. The 25 year old put an incredible 26 seconds on second placed Alejandro […]
Mark Cavendish has backtracked on an explicit gesture he made at the finish of yesterday’s second stage of the Tour of Romandie, where he wheeled across the finish line holding two fingers up. The gesture, which in Britain and several […]
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the second stage of the Tour de Romandie in a sprint finish in Fribourg. After being dropped towards the end of yesterday’s first stage it was a simple victory for the Manx Express at the end […]
Currently sitting second overall in the GC at the Tour de Romandie, HTC Columbia’s Marco Pinotti has the chance to take his second stage win of the 2010 event when he lines out in Friday’s time trial. The Italian has […]
Nicolas Roche has been riding strongly since the start of the season, going close to stage wins in Paris-Nice and the Volta ao Catalunya, but is still waiting to top a podium and spray the champagne. The 26 year old […]
Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) won the first stage of the Tour de Romandie between Porrentruy and Fleurier in a bunch sprint. The 20-year-old Slovakian beat Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) and Nicolas Roche (AG2R-La Mondiale) into second and third at the end […]
Italian time trial champion Marco Pinotti (HTC-Columbia) took his first victory of the year today in the opening prologue of the Tour of Romandie. Pinotti scorched the 4.3 kilometer course in Porrentruy beating young Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) by a single […]
Mark Cavendish’s long-time coaching advisor Rod Ellingworth has seen the Manxman struggle to perform in 2010, clocking up just one win this season compared to eight by the same point in 2009, but he believes the tide is turning and […]
The Tour de Romandie, Switzerland’s second stage race, starts tomorrow marking the end of the classics season and the approach of the first of the year’s Grand Tours. The race’s position in the calendar allows the Ardennes specialists to capitalise […]
Now fully recovered from a damaged shoulder and broken hand suffered in the Tour of Qatar in February, Gerald Ciolek will finally get back to racing tomorrow when he lines out in the Tour de Romandie. The Swiss race will […]
The American HTC-Columbia team will be looking to Marco Pinotti for the overall in the Tour of Romandie, while they will have a fit Mark Cavendish ready to take on the sprints. The race begins Tuesday with a short prologue […]
If there is such a thing as a home advantage in cycling, the BMC Racing team plans to capitalise on that by naming three Swiss riders to lead the squad for next week’s Tour de Romandie. 2004 stage winner Alex […]
Now just twelve points off the Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez in the UCI world ranking, Philippe Gilbert will also target the Tour de Romandie in order to boost his chances of taking over as world number one. “I’ve spoken with […]
Rabobank’s Pieter Weening has left it too late to make the trip north and compete in this Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne. Like so many others, Weening has been affected by the restrictions on air travel as a result of volcanic ash […]
Three time world champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) snagged his second victory of the year by winning the final stage of this year’s Tour of Romandie on Sunday ahead of Tyler Farrar (Garmin – Slipstream). 22-year-old Czech rider Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) […]
Czech rider Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) has set himself up for victory in the Tour de Romandie after winning the 157.5km fourth stage that took place between Estavayer-le-Lac and Sainte Croix. The Liquigas team rode strong all day for their leader […]
Team Quick-Step will be sending a strong contingent to this years Tour of Romandie. They will be looking to gain for for the first Grand Tour of the year, the Giro d’Italia. “We will start with a very competitive team,” […]
