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World Championships

Fabian Cancellara is dethroned by Tony Martin in the time trial World Championships

Swiss rider can only manage bronze medal In 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010 the winner of the time trial World Championships was Fabian Cancellara. The year missing in that sequence – 2008 – he took the Olympic Games instead, opting […]

Author: Tony Martin in the time trial World Championships by Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Oblivious Wiggins storms to time trial silver in World Championships

Briton rejects radio to do his own ride instead Bradley Wiggins claimed the silver medal in today’s 46.4-kilometer long time trial at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. He did so without a radio, rare in the technological world of […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

HTC Highroad celebrates last Worlds with men and women's time trial gold

Mark Cavendish can make it a perfect final day in Copenhagen on Sunday HTC Highroad will cease to exist at the end of the season and is currently participating in its last World Championships. While for this event there are […]

Author: Bjorn Haake Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Marianne Vos “pretty disappointed” with tenth in Worlds time trial

World number one hoped to get closer to the podium in her first appearance in the race Today’s women’s World championship time trial was a first for the Netherlands’ Marianne Vos and, despite her inexperience in time trials at that […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

World championships: Judith Arndt powers through the rain for women’s time trial gold

German finally turns silver and bronze into gold; Villumsen takes one step up the podium; Pooley medals on a course that doesn’t suit her Judith Arndt (Germamy) has finally won the World time trial championship, with a powerful, rain affected […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, World Championships,

World championships: Danish rider Mads Wurtz takes junior TT victory on home soil

Silver and bronze medals go to New Zealand and Australia Giving the home fans big reason to celebrate after Rasmus Christian Quaade’s silver medal yesterday, Mads Wurtz Schmidt snagged Denmark’s first gold medal of the 2011 UCI world road race […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Mark Cavendish confident about world championship prospects; says he’s in top form

Believes Tour of Britain was best preparation for Copenhagen Judging by his pre-race talk, it appears that concerns that Mark Cavendish’s world championship preparation had been compromised by his early exit from the Vuelta a España could be unfounded. The […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Emma Pooley to Denmark: “Where are your mountains?”

Defending time trial champion confident of form ahead of Tuesday’s race but concedes that course doesn’t suit her Great Britain’s Emma Pooley starts Tuesday’s World championship time trial with the honour of race number one, as the defending champion, and […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Fabian Cancellara tips Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch for time trial gold

Four-time champion expects main challenge to come from HTC-Highroad’s German duo, but still expects to win himself Switzerland’s four-time World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) is obviously one of the big favourites for victory in Wednesday’s race in […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

World championships: Luke Durbridge storms to under-23 time trial gold

Australian dominates race to take nation’s second title; Rasmus Quaade takes host’s first medal as a late crash costs Michael Hepburn silver Luke Durbridge (Australia) stormed to a dominant victory in the under-23 men’s World time trial championships in Copehnagen, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, World Championships,

World championships: Australia’s Jessica Allen pips British rival Elinor Barker for Junior TT gold

Junior women’s race gets Copenhagen world championships underway Starting off last in the field, Australian rider Jessica Allen put her country on top of the leaderboard at the world road race championships when she edged to victory in today’s junior […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, World Championships,

Anthony Roux: Honouring the team jersey of France at the worlds

Frenchman wins Grand Prix de la Somme, ready for Copenhagen Though Team France may enter the World Championships as underdogs, it will bring a stable of riders to the road race who are riding with good form. One will be […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Kristin Armstrong out of US Worlds team following Amber Neben protest

National championship bronze left two HTC-Highroad riders ahead of Olympic champion Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co-TWENTY12) has been replaced in the United States team for the World championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, next week after a protest from teammate Amber […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Great Britain chooses its strongest team for Copenhagen Worlds

Team Sky’s Vuelta stars picked to support Cavendish; Armitstead, Cooke and Pooley lead women’s line up Great Britain has picked arguably its strongest ever team for the World championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, later in the month. With the flattest course […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Anthony Ravard ready to support Feillu in Worlds bunch sprint

In-form Frenchman yields to Vacansoleil-DCM sprinter The French road race squad for this month’s road World Championships will boast Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) and Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) as leaders, but if it comes down to a bunch sprint, Anthony Ravard […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Danish team for world championships announced after Rasmussen’s suspension

Fuglsang to take part in road and time trial event Following its announcement today that it has suspended Alex Rasmussen for missing three doping controls the past eighteen months, the Danish Cycling Union has made public its team for the […]

Author: Xylon van Eyck Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Marco Pinotti has modest expectations for world championship time trial

Multiple Italian national champion still building form after Giro fracture Having made his return to racing at the GP Cycliste de Quebec and GP Cycliste de Montreal, Marco Pinotti is pleased to be back in the bunch but doesn’t expect […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

Andy Schleck set to miss world road race championships in Copenhagen

Luxembourg federation indicates rider’s tooth problem will see him miss race Although he was officially confirmed this week by the Luxembourg cycling federation as being part of its six man team for the world road race championships, Andy Schleck’s ongoing […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, World Championships,

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