Tour of Britain: Greipel shrugs off late puncture to take stage one
Blackpool success is 19th season win for German HTC rider HTC Columbia’s Andre Greipel thundered to victory on today’s opening stage of the Tour of Britain, out-speeding the other riders in a big bunch sprint to the line in Blackpool. […]
Tour de l'Avenir: Nairo Quintana solos to stage six win and race lead
Colombian has just the final time trial left to secure victory Colombian climber Nairo Quintana soloed his way to victory and the race lead in stage six of the Tour de l’Avenir today, after he took control on the day’s […]
Vuelta a España: Joaquim Rodriguez climbs to stage win as Igor Antón crashes out
“Purito” outkicks his rivals on the steep Peña Cabarga but an Italian takes the lead Joachim Rodriguez (Katusha) won the fourteenth stage of the Vuelta a España between Burgos and Peña Cabarga after attacking in the final kilometre of the […]
Francisco Ventoso takes win in Paris-Brussels
Spaniard beats Feillu and Van Dijk Francisco Ventoso won the 90th edition of Paris-Brussels ahead of Romain Feillu and Stefan van Dijk. Ventoso emerged victorious after a last helling (climb) just five kilometers from the finish had softened up the […]
Last stage of Giro del Friuli canceled following crash
Thomas Casarotto still in critical condition after yesterday’s crash The Giro del Friuli was supposed to finish today with the final stage from Arta Terme to Udine over 164 kilometers. The race organizers decided to cancel the stage, following yesterday’s […]
Brown is out for Paris-Brussels, Mollema returns for Rabobank
Suffering Australian ends season now Graeme Brown will not race in today’s Paris-Brussels, having fallen sick a day after the Memorial Van Steenbergen. Rabobank has good news, though, as Bauke Mollema will return to racing between the two capitals. Mollema […]
Doping: Roy Sentjens admits EPO use and retires
Belgian rider will not ask for B-sample analysis In a long statement on his personal website Roy Sentjens (Milram) admitted using EPO; the Belgian returned a non-negative sample for the drug in a random control taken on August 16th. In […]
Robert Gesink to concentrate on the Giro di Lombardia
No Worlds for the Dutch rider After more than a month away from racing, Robert Gesink returns to action in this weekend’s Canadian Pro Tour races, the GP Québec and the GP Montréal. Because of this break, and the limited […]
Henrich Haussler Interview: Back to racing in Britain following some major changes
Newly minted Australian discusses his tumultuous 2010 season 2010 was supposed to be the year that Heinrich Haussler took on the world’s best and started walking away with victories. Following a blockbuster first season with the Cervelo TestTeam in 2009, […]
Boonen’s knee is now pain-free
Belgian rider will participate in the Innergetic Pijl leisure event this Sunday 2005 world road race champion Tom Boonen looks on course to returning to full competition soon, with the Quick Step rider confirming that he is no longer experiencing […]
