More problems for British rider in troubled first WorldTour season British Cycling has announced that Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has withdrawn from the Great Britain team for Sunday’s World Championship road race. The reason for the decision has not been specified, but […]
German overpowers Wiggins and Cancellara in Florence Hammering to a dominant success in the 57.86 kilometre test, Tony Martin clocked up his third consecutive Elite men’s time trial title today at the world championships in Florence. The German rider repeated […]
I’m not sure if the Vuelta GC riders will perform at the worlds I’m lining out in the world time trial championships today feeling good about my form, but also aware that there are four riders who are the biggest […]
Villumsen misses out yet again, takes silver, while Small pips Stevens for bronze Ellen van Dijk followed up on the gold medal she and the Specialized lululemon riders took in the team time trial two days ago when she raced […]
Krigbaum and Mostov fill out podium First year junior Igor Decraene scored gold for Belgium in the junior men’s time trial today, racing to victory on the fast, flat 22.06 kilometre course. Being one of the tipped riders, he was […]
Paillot and Norman Hansen settle for silver and bronze Stepping up two slots from his bronze medal last year, Australian rider Damien Howson raced to a dominant victory in the under 23 time trial at cycling’s world championships this afternoon. […]
Silver and Bronze for Australian duo in Florence Frenchwoman Severine Eraud clocked up the first individual gold medal of this year’s UCI world road race championship today, taking a slender victory in the junior women’s time trial on the flat […]
Orica-GreenEdge director praises his team time trial after close loss in world title race Orica-GreenEdge suffered a painful loss in the elite men’s World Team Time Trial championship, riding less than a second slower than Omega Pharma-Quick Step in a […]
Orica-GreenEdge beaten by 0.81 seconds in an edge-of-your-seat finale It took 57 kilometres to separate two team time trialling powers, and even then, the separation was as thin as a razor’s edge. On the finish line in Florence, it was […]
Rabobank Liv/Giant and Orica AIS in silver and bronze medal positions Repeating its victory of twelve months ago, the Specialized lululemon squad sped to victory on day one of the world road race championships in Italy. Covering the 42.7 kilometre […]
Astana bringing many of their Vuelta stage one victors to earn dark horse status The team time trial gets World Championships week underway on Sunday in Florence, and as usual, Radioshack-Leopard will ask Fabian Cancellara to provide much of the […]
“It’s tricky and you have to find a good balance between taking risks and not losing time. It will be a really nice worlds” Twelve months after winning gold in both the individual time trial and the team time trial […]
Garmin-Sharp fired up to push for victory in race against the clock Confirmed today as part of a strong six-man lineup for tomorrow’s team time trial at the world championships, Christian Vande Velde has commented on what will be his […]
“This year we don’t want to be close but we want to stand on the top” As the hours tick down to tomorrow’s Elite men’s team time trial at the world championships in Florence, Italy, two of the medallists from […]
Armitstead to get full backing for women’s race Tour de France winner Chris Froome’s goal of winning the world road race championship will depend on what level of form he can reach by Sunday of next week, but in terms […]
Deignan confirmed as missing race due to injury Cycling Ireland has confirmed that Philip Deignan will indeed miss the world road race championships as a result of the fractured collarbone he suffered yesterday, and has named the complete squad for […]
Briton fired up for Florence, and also to retain lead in Tour of Britain With just over a week to go until the elite world time trial championships, Bradley Wiggins has said that he considers he’s in perfect condition to […]
Tour of Gila winner crashes during Tour of Britain time trial, Cycling Ireland delays worlds selection decision Irish climber Philip Deignan’s hopes of a strong Tour of Britain evaporated today in a crash, and it appears his chances of riding […]
