Farrar makes it three in Eneco Tour
American Tyler Farrar of the Garmin-Slipstream team retained the overall lead of the Eneco Tour by winning the race’s fourth stage after a sprint battle with Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen and Italian Francesco Gavazzi. It is Farrar’s third win of […]
Cavendish takes second stage in Tour of Ireland
Tour de France sprint king Mark Cavendish won stage two of the Tour of Ireland on Saturday. Columbia rider Cavendish, winner of six stages in this year’s Tour de France, coasted to victory in a sprint finish into Killarney for […]
Silence-Lotto and Evans reconcile
Silence-Lotto director sportif Marc Sergeant and the team’s financial manager Geert Coeman met with Cadel Evans earlier this week in Italy to discuss his situation with the team. After having a disappointing Tour de France, where rumors about his position […]
Downing powers to win in Ireland
British rider Russell Downing of the Candi TV team won the 196 kilometer first stage of the Tour of Ireland from Powerscourt to Waterford. Second in last year’s edition, Downing powered away from the escape group schooling Saxo Bank’s duo […]
Aversen to RadioShack?
On a mission to win his eight Tour de France, American Lance Armstrong looks ready to bring on board a team to rival the 2009 Astana lineup. In particular, the Norwegian press has reported that the Texan has been in […]
Boonen is back in Eneco Tour
Quick-Step sprinter Tom Boonen enjoyed his first victory since winning the Belgian national championships on home roads in the 158.3 kilometer third stage of the Eneco Tour from Niel to Hasselt. Boonen blasted out of the last curve in perfect position, […]
Klöden's wrist not broken
Andreas Klöden (Astana) was thought to have broken his wrist yesterday in a crash during stage two of the Eneco Tour. After further examination in Switzerland it was revealed that the 34-year-old’s injury is not as severe as initially thought. […]
Petacchi and Lampre's Saronni 'almost there'
Alessandro Petacchi and Lampre-NGC team manager Beppe Saronni met earlier this week to discuss a possible move to his ProTour team. Petacchi wants to end his contract with second-division team LPR Brakes one year early citing the exclusion in ProTour […]
Farrar wins again in Eneco Tour
American Tyler Farrar of the Garmin-Slipstream team continued his string of successes today by winning the 178.1 kilometer second stage of the Eneco Tour from Ardooie to Brussels. Farrar got the better of Belarusan Yauheni Hutarovich (Française Des Jeux ) […]
Petacchi searches for ProTour team
Evergreen sprinter Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes), one of the few riders that has beaten British phenom Mark Cavendish this season, is looking to hook up with a ProTour team for 2010. The Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport the reason […]
