Sanchez takes Basque queen stage as Valverde holds lead
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the tough queen stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco between Murgia and Eibar Arrate. He beat Alessandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) and Robert Gesink (Rabobank) into second and third after the first category climb of the […]
Dumoulin takes Sarthe stage 4 from breakaway
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) won stage 4 of the Circuit de la Sarthe from Angers to Pré-en-Pail as the fastest of a large group of breakaway riders. He beat Julien Simon (Saur-Sojasun) and Xaier Florencio (Cervélo TestTeam) into second and third. […]
Rabobank goes all-Dutch for Paris-Roubaix
The Rabobank team has announced its eight-man squad for Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix, naming an all-Dutch line up. The team has named two 24-year-olds as captains for the race in former World cyclocross champion Lars Boom and Sebastian Langeveld. Both were strong […]
Armstrong skips Dauphiné in favor of Tour de Suisse
Team RadioShack’s captain Lance Armstrong says he will head to Switzerland to contest the Tour de Suisse for his Tour de France build-up for 2010, rather than take part in the Dauphiné Libéré in France. Armstrong has used the Dauphiné […]
Valverde expects big reshuffling in Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Freire rues missed stage wins
As one of the strongest climbers in the peloton, Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde today will be one of those in contention to take over the leader’s jersey in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The Caisse d’Epargne rider already topped the […]
Paris-Roubaix: Boonen and Devolder get special bikes, pre-ride course
Quick Step’s Tom Boonen and Stijn Devolder will be equipped with new Merckx bikes for Paris-Roubaix this Sunday in an effort to give them every possible advantage in this year’s “Hell of the North”. The rest of the team is […]
Paris-Roubaix: Team Sky's Boasson Hagen forced out of second Classic with injury
Despite making some initial progress with respect to his Achilles tendon injury, Team Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen will be forced to miss this Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. Initially the team had hoped that their decision for him to skip last weekend’s Tour […]
Ballan and Cunego amongst those being investigated in Italian doping inquiry
Yesterday La Gazzetta Dello Sport broke the news that a major anti-doping investigation is taking place in the town of Mariana Mantovana in Northern Italy. The paper has continued publishing information on the case this morning, saying that current and […]
Tour of California forced to re-route Big Bear stage start
Organizers for the Tour of California, AEG Sports, have been forced to change the route of stage six due to problems with the road. The stage was originally scheduled to start in Pasadena and end atop Big Bear, but now […]
Lampre's Gavazzi sprints to stage three win in Pais Vasco
Lampre-Farnese Vini sprinter Francesco Gavazzi brought some much needed good news to his team today by winning the 187 kilometer stage three of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco from Viana to Amurrio. Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) finished in a disappointing […]
