British Sky Procycling rider holds slender lead heading into final time trial Battered and bruised, Team Sky’s Steve Cummings ended the penultimate stage of the Volta ao Algarve holding his six second lead over Alberto Contador, but shaking his head […]
Spaniard pledges to try but is uncertain about form Defending champion Alberto Contador has said that he is most worried about the German time trial specialist Tony Martin in tomorrow’s final stage of the Volta ao Algarve, recognising that the […]
Briton says yesterday’s stage win is his biggest career victory Given the quality of the field and the nature of yesterday’s final climb of Malhao, the success of Steve Cummings came as a surprise to many. The 29 year old […]
Cummings crashes twice but keeps race lead heading into final stage He’s gone close with two second places in the Santos Tour Down Under, and today André Greipel finally got this 2011 winning campaign off to a start when he […]
Briton takes over race lead from GilbertTeam Sky rider Steve Cummings took an unexpected stage win in the Volta ao Algarve, beating the highly promising young American rider Tejay Van Garderen (HTC Highroad) and defending champion Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) […]
Rabobank’s Danish star relishes his return to racing after knee injury Matti Breschel (Rabobank) has finally started his first race for his new team: he is currently at the Volta ao Algarve and, while he has not featured in the […]
Spaniard aiming to perform well on summit finish to Malhao Defending champion Alberto Contador will have the first real test of his condition on tomorrow’s summit finish of the Volta ao Algarve. The 28 year old Saxo Bank-SunGard rider returned […]
Three-time Tour de France winner battles doping investigation to race again Spaniard Alberto Contador is racing again, seven months after he won a third Tour de France and a day after he was cleared of doping by his national federation. […]
German sprint prodigy beats a number of big names to make an early mark on the sport John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) has taken his first ever professional victory in the second stage of the Volta ao Algarve between Lagoa and Lagos […]
Alberto Contador’s return to the peloton passes without incident Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the first stage of the Volta ao Algarve between Faro and Albufeira with a trademark late attack. The Belgian classics star jumped away from the peloton in […]
Belgian team behind Sylvain Chavanel’s bid to go better than his two second places With Tom Boonen leading a strong Quick Step team in the Tour of Oman, the Belgian outfit is sending what it considers to be another one […]
Irish rider over knee problem Having been hampered by a knee injury since last month, Nicolas Roche will finally start racing in the upcoming Volta ao Algarve. The 26 year old Irishman was due to start the Etoile de Besseges […]
Spanish Tour winner to take a break, bids farewell to Astana Celebrating a new two-year contract with the Saxo Bank-Sungard team, Alberto Contador grabbed victory in the Castillon-la-Bataille criterium in France this evening, and has now put an end to […]
Using Twitter posts and personal video footage, RadioShack’s Lance Armstrong periodically updates his fans on not only his activities, but also those of the RadioShack team. His latest update was recorded during his last training ride north west of Austin […]
Luis León Sánchez blasted over the wet roads in southern Portugal to win the time trial in the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve. Alberto Contador kept his compatriot at check, conceding only thirteen seconds and taking the overall […]
Last month the Belgian Quick Step team said confidently at the team presentation that Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be part of its squad in 2011, enabling it to expand its goals and chase success in cycling’s biggest […]
Team RadioShack sprinter Gert Steegmans has been taken to hospital for evaluation following a crash on today’s third stage of the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal. The Belgian rider hit a parked car inside the first 20 kilometres of the […]
André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won stage 2 of the Volta ao Algarve in a bunch sprint ahead of Jurgen Roelandts (OmegaPharma-Lotto) and Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). The peloton cut the finish very close though, only catching David Vitoria (Footon-Servetto) inside the final […]
