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Shelley Evans of the US National Team won her fourth stage of the Tour of New Zealand in the final Downtown Wellington criterium. Former Australian criterium champion Kirsty Broun (AIS Australian Women’s Cycling) was second and Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand […]

Juan Antonio Flecha gave his new Sky team a brilliant start to the classics season by winning the opening race, Het Nieuwsblad. Heinrich Haussler sprinted to second place in the finishing town of Gent, ahead of Gent-resident Tyler Farrar. Flecha […]

Belgium’s official meteorology service RMI is forecasting some bad weather during Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne tomorrow prompting organizers to put in additional security measures for the race. The weather service has recorded some powerful wind gusts on Saturday evening and say they are […]

Australian Robbie McEwen (Katusha) will have to sit out tomorrow’s Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne after injuring his knee during today’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. McEwen has ridden well since recovering from his bad crash in last year’s Tour of Belgium, putting in a strong […]

Emma Johansson won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for women, held on a similar, but shorter route than the men’s race. The Swedish rider was the best sprinter in a group of four in Gent, Belgium, after 125.7 km. Liesbet De […]

AG2r rider Rinaldo Nocentini was involved in a crash during the GP Insubria today and broke his tibia and fibula. Nocentini is most famous for spending eight days in the coveted yellow jersey at the Tour de France last year. […]

Albert Loddo won the final stage of the Giro di Sardegna in a sprint ahead of Alessandro Petacchi, who recovered well from his crash yesterday. Roman Kreuziger took the overall after ending the day in the peloton. He won ahead […]

Samuel Dumoulin won the Giro dell Insubria. After 181 kilometers, he beat José Rojas (Caisse d`Epargne) and Nicolas Roche (AG2R). World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC) ended in fifth place, behind Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androno Giocattoli). Evans was quite pleased with his […]

Ezequiel Mosquera continues his season preparation with the Clásica de Almería on Sunday, after taking three complete rest days. The Spaniard did not start the final stage of the Vuelta al Algarve, due to pain in his Achilles’ heel. He […]

Shelley Evans of the US National team won her third stage of the Tour of New Zealand in another bunch sprint on stage 5 between Palmerston North and Masterson. Once again the Peanut Butter & Co-Twenty12 rider was too fast […]