Casper sprints to Picardie win; Swift bags overall title
Team Sky secures first overall win Ben Swift won the three-day Tour of Picardie in France to get one of his biggest wins as a professional. Swift ended the day in ninth place in the bunch sprint that was won […]
Petacchi retires from Giro d’Italia due to bronchitis
Chest problems end his bid for stage wins Celebrated Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi went into this year’s Giro d’Italia determined to improve upon his 21 stage victories in the race, but the 36 year old will have to wait another […]
Flens missed cyclocross obstacles in stormy Giro d'Italia stage
Reminiscent of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne Rabobank’s Rick Flens was part of the break of the day in yesterday’s Giro d’Italia stage seven. He went clear with Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank) after around 80km and the duo was caught in the final part […]
Jens Voigt: An overall favorite for California?
“I would probably rather dying than giving up” Jens Voigt isn’t the first name that comes to mind as a big favorite for overall victory at this week’s Tour of California, but from speaking recently with one of the sport’s […]
Giro d'Italia: Sastre crashes and loses big time in tough stage
Another crash for the Spaniard Carlos Sastre was the big loser of today’s seventh stage in the Giro d’Italia, being involved in a crash that also brought down pink jersey Vincenzo Nibali. After a tough opening week the Spaniard was […]
Hincapie, Cancellara and Co excited about Amgen Tour of California
The Tour of California gets underway on Sunday and runs until May 23rd. From Nevada City in Northern California via the state’s capital, the race will travel south and make its first ever appearance at the top of Big Bear, […]
Subpar Armstrong to work for Leipheimer in the Tour of California
Leipheimer goes for four in a row Levi Leipheimer is the big favorite for the Amgen Tour of California, which starts on Sunday. Leipheimer has won the race for the last three years and wants to add another victory, now […]
Giro d'Italia: The first mountain stage looms
The Giro dishes out more surprises Today’s seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia was the scene of much drama as another shake up in the overall classification took place. Maglia Rosa Vincenzo Nibali and his Liquigas-Doimo teammate Ivan Basso crashed […]
Alexandre Vinokourov: 'The Giro started today'
Will fight to hold Maglia Rosa Astana leader Alexandre Vinokourov managed to take the overall lead for the second time in this year’s Giro d’Italia following a strong performance in stage seven. The Kazakh finished third, 2 seconds behind the […]
Armitstead confirms her talent; takes Aude stage 1 and race lead
21 year old wins out of select group Lizzie Armitstead (Cervélo TestTeam) won the first stage of this year’s Tour de l’Aude in Rieux Minervois, outsprinting the rest of a select breakaway group. The 21-year-old Briton beat Dutchwomen Chantal Blaak […]
