Using Omloop van het Houtland-Lichtervelde as final tune-up BMC Racing will have all of 12 riders racing with BMC machines in the individual portion of the World Championships in the Netherlands this week. As final preparation for Sunday’s road race, […]
British rider gathering strength for Sunday’s road race It’s been a busy and successful summer for Chris Froome, who took second in the Tour de France, third in the Olympic time trial and then fourth in the Vuelta a España, […]
Russian rider well clear of his rivals Three and a half months before he will turn pro with the Katusha team, Russian rider Anton Vorobyev posted a dominant under 23 time trial victory at cycling’s road world championships. While the […]
Mohoric and Schachmann net silver and bronze Reported recently by Procycling.no as having clocked up the highest-ever VO2 max ever recorded, an astounding 97.5 ml/kg/min, Norwegian rider Oskar Svendsen made the most of that oxygen capacity to scoop victory at […]
Traditional Belgian Classics team strengthened by powerful time triallists proves that teamwork counts The six victorious riders of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team have all expressed their delight with a victory in the new World team time trial championships, which […]
American squad takes three-second loss after coming apart on final climb Any three-second defeat in a 53-kilometer team time trial would be painful, but BMC Racing was left wondering what might have been after being bested by Omega Pharma-Quick Step […]
Belgian team of individual champion beats BMC Racing Team by three seconds over 53.2km course The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team of Tom Boonen, Sylvain Chavanel, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra, Kristof Vandewalle and Peter Velits, won the inaugural team time trial […]
Favourite lives up to pre-race billing on hilly Limburg coursePre-race favourite Specialized-lululemon got the 2012 World road championships under way with a convincing victory in the Women’s Team Time Trial between Sittard and Valkenberg. The German-registered team of Charlotte Becker, […]
German rider believes Armstrong should lose titles if proof is there He’s had a very frustrating few months but Tony Martin believes he can turn things around completely by taking gold in the world time trial championships next week. Runner-up […]
Vuelta top ten finisher Talansky takes vacated place Tyler Farrar’s bad crash during the Tour of Britain and subsequent concussion has led to the Washington rider being forced to withdraw from the USA team for the world road race championships. […]
Tour of Britain stars to feature in Mark Cavendish’s rainbow jersey defence After releasing the long lists last week, British Cycling has announced the final line ups for the Great Britain team at the road World championships, to be contested […]
An Post Sean Kelly rider in season-best form The most aggressive rider on yesterday’s stage of the Tour of Britain and arguably the strongest of those in the day-long break, Ronan McLaughlin has said he’ll continue pushing hard to secure […]
Women led by Judith Arndt and Ina Teutenberg; Arndt and Tony Martin to defend time trial crowns The German Cycling Federation (BDR) has named its line ups for next week’s World championships in Limburg, Netherlands. Since it is outside the […]
National team across age categories announced The Italian national selection shortlist for the world road race championships has been announced, with Tour de France podium finisher Vincenzo Nibali spearheading the elite men’s shortlist, defending champion Giorgia Bronzini (Diadora Pasta Zara) […]
National selector says Freire ‘is building form and, most importantly, is eager” An extremely strong lineup has been announced to represent Spain at the world road race championships in Limburg, with the top three finishers in the Vuelta a España, […]
Defending champion Cavendish included in pre-selection; Wiggins to ride road race only British Cycling has announced details of the pre-selected riders for the road World championships, to be held in Limburg, Netherlands, later in the month. Great Britain possesses the […]
Swiss rider wants to end season and put 2012 behind him On the same day that a crash put a question mark over Samuel Sanchez’s chances of riding the world road race championships, Fabian Cancellara appears set to also miss […]
Top nations to field nine in men’s race and seven in women’s; extra places granted to Olympic, World Continental and champions The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the allocation of places by nation for next month’s World championship road […]
