Still hopes to ride Paris-Roubaix Taylor Phinney’s tough start to his debut pro season continued today when the rider was forced to withdraw from the Volta a Catalunya, his first WorldTour event. The 20 year old BMC Racing Team rider […]
‘I only have Hondo, but he’s the best for the job’ Alessandro Petacchi’s first race win arrived late this season, at the Volta a Catalunya yesterday in Banyoles, Spain. The Italian sprinter is struggling with his fitness and lacks a […]
Finally a victory for the Ale-Jet! After two second places in a spring disrupted by illness, Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) has finally taken his first win of 2011. The Ale-Jet from La Spezia won the second stage of the Volta a […]
Leopard Trek team to put its weight behind German rider Two days after Fabian Cancellara took the runner-up slot in Milan-Sanremo, foiled only by Matt Goss, the Leopard Trek team is lining out in the Volta a Catalunya aiming for […]
Yet more WorldTour success for HTC-Highroad Gatis Smukulis (HTC-Highroad) won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Catalunya, starting and finishing in the Costa Brava resort town of Lloret de Mar. The Latvian was the sole survivor of a three-man […]
Spaniard will be closely watched by rivals Today’s opening day of the Volta a Catalunya marks the beginning of the third stage race of the season for Alberto Contador. The Saxo Bank SunGard rider will hear at some point this […]
Italian ambitious, Spaniard building form After showing himself as one of the strongest riders in Milan-Sanremo when he managed to bridge the gap between the second and first groups, then sprint it out at the end, Michele Scarponi will aim […]
Rider gains weight due to medication Defending champion Joaquim Rodriguez has been forced to abandon plans to line out in the Volta a Catalunya, with illness preventing his start next Monday. The 2010 world number one recently trained hard in […]
Belarusian at head of young team for Spanish stage race Kanstantsin Sivtsov will lead a young HTC-Highroad team to the Volta a Catalunya, which starts in Lloret de Mar on Monday. The seven-day stage race, which is historically dominated by […]
Gifted 20 year old fully recovered after last month’s training crash Rising US talent Taylor Phinney has recovered from the concussion he suffered in a training crash on February 25th and will shortly return to racing. The BMC Racing Team […]
‘The Basso-Contador battle in Catalonia, I’ll be there too.’ Former World Champion Cadel Evans starts his season today at the Giro del Friuli one-day race in Italy. A win is not an option, but the Australian aims to do so […]
GP Lugano winner Ivan Basso, a ‘bull in a bullfight’ Italian Ivan Basso wants to carry the winning momentum through this spring to Tirreno-Adriatico and to face Alberto Contador. He proved that he’s ready for the challenge yesterday with a […]
It was only nine days ago that former Danish star and now TV commentator, Rolf Sorensen, directed his attention at the lack of results from Denmark’s superteam, Saxo Bank. Sorensen wasn’t unreasonable in his criticism of the team’s so-so rides […]
Juan José Haedo won the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya when he took the bunch sprint ahead of Robert Förster and Nicolas Roche. Joaquím Rodríguez defended his overall lead, ahead of Xavier Tondo and Rein Taaramae. Saxo Bank’s […]
HTC-Columbia captain Mark Cavendish has been forced to pull out of the Volta a Catalunya’s fifth stage with the flu. Three days ago the Manxman took his first victory of 2010 and looked to be back on track after a […]
Two days after a third place in the stage to La Seu d’Urgell, Luis León Sánchez finished on the last step of the podium again in stage five of the Volta a Catalunya, which took place between Ascó and Cabacés […]
Evergreen rider Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) proved that he still has what it takes to win by taking victory in stage 4 of the Volta a Catalunya between Oliana and Ascó. He beat breakaway companion Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) in a […]
2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre finished 104th on yesterday’s stage of the Volta a Catalunya, losing almost 20 minutes to his team-mate Xavi Tondo, yet indicated afterwards that he was satisfied with his sensations. “The stage was very […]
