Tony Martin feels ready to defend gold medal at world championships
German rider believes Armstrong should lose titles if proof is there He’s had a very frustrating few months but Tony Martin believes he can turn things around completely by taking gold in the world time trial championships next week. Runner-up […]
Farrar out of US team for world championships due to concussion
Vuelta top ten finisher Talansky takes vacated place Tyler Farrar’s bad crash during the Tour of Britain and subsequent concussion has led to the Washington rider being forced to withdraw from the USA team for the world road race championships. […]
Tour of Britain: Pablo Urtasun wins Devon stage as Tiernan-Locke consolidates lead
Two Euskaltel-Euskadi riders in the break proves decisive on hilly Dartmouth finale Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the seventh, and penultimate, stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, as it crossed the county of Devon between Barnstaple and Dartmouth. The Basque […]
Tour of Britain: Tiernan Locke clear on need to reinforce lead
Major battle brewing in close-fought race Holding a slender 13 second lead over Leigh Howard (Orica GreenEdge) and 18 on Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp), Tour of Britain race leader Jonathan Tiernan Locke is clear on what he needs to do today: […]
Great Britain confirms final line ups for Limburg World championships
Tour of Britain stars to feature in Mark Cavendish’s rainbow jersey defence After releasing the long lists last week, British Cycling has announced the final line ups for the Great Britain team at the road World championships, to be contested […]
USA Cycling clarifies stance on Armstrong’s appearance in upcoming Alpine Odyssey 100k race
Verifies Texan can ride unsanctioned races only, UCI licence holders can be penalised With Lance Armstrong set to sidestep his lifetime ban and compete in the Alpine Odyssey 100k mountain bike race in Crested Butte this Sunday, USA Cycling has […]
Bennati to Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank, leaves RadioShack Nissan
Multiple Grand Tour stage winner adds speed to Danish squad Following on from this week’s contract extensions of Jesus Hernandez, Bejamin Noval and Rafal Majka, the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team has announced the addition of the Italian sprinter Daniele […]
Tour of Britain: Jonathan Tiernan-Locke attacks into gold over Caerphilly Mountain
Leopold König wins Welsh stage as two break clear on two ascents of final climb Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) attacked into the 2012 Tour of Britain gold jersey over the two climbs of Caerphilly Mountain on the sixth stage, between […]
Ciolek adds firepower to MTN Qhubeka lineup for next season
German sprinter aiming to return to his top form with African team Former world under 23 champion and past Vuelta a España stage winner Gerald Ciolek is the latest signing to a flourishing MTN-Qhubeka line-up, with the Geman joining recently-confirmed […]
Wiggins out of Tour of Britain due to illness, regrets withdrawal
Sky rider’s worlds participation not thought to be threatened One day after his overall chances in the race evaporated after he decided to wait for the struggling gold jersey Mark Cavendish rather than push ahead with the race contenders, Bradley […]
