Marczynski pleased to be in the Vuelta a España mix
Polish rider further emerges with stage nine fourth place In his first season with Vacansoleil-DCM, Tomasz Marczynski has become increasingly impressive as a stage racing option for the Dutch squad. The Polish rider transferred in from his home country’s CCC […]
Leipheimer: “This race was fantastic – I love this sport”
USA Pro Challenge: Radioshack-Nissan best team again, Voigt nabs mountains jersey Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) entered the final stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge as the yellow jersey holder, and the American veteran was hoping to add victory […]
USA Pro Challenge: Phinney tops in the TT, Vande Velde triumphant in the overall
Leipheimer only manages ninth, handing yellow to Vande Velde; Van Garderen second on the podium Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) continued to show his stellar progress with another big win in the time trial discipline, this time in the stage seven […]
Cavendish back to winning form in Denmark
Westra takes final overall victory Racing to his first victory since taking the final stage of the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish today showed his speed on stage six of the Tour of Denmark. The Team Sky rider zoomed home […]
Vuelta a España: Philippe Gilbert wins in Barcelona at the head of a two-man break
Former Belgian champion escapes on the Montjuic with Joaquim Rodríguez to take his first victory of the year Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) finally opened his account for 2012 as he took the ninth stage of the Vuelta a España, between […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen takes GP Ouest France with late attack
Norwegian champion catches and drops Rui Costa in final kilometres to win WorldTour race alone Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) showed his versatility as he foiled the rest of the peloton’s fastmen with a late attack to win the Grand […]
Kelly says both Froome and Contador could weaken in final week of Vuelta a España
Circumstances for both raise uncertainty Sean Kelly has warned that two of the top Vuelta favourites are facing an unpredictable second half of the race, with differing reasons existing as to why their strength could wane. The cycling analyst and […]
Armstrong case: French lawyer says planned hotel search was blocked
Texan second in MTB event yesterday Following on after yesterday’s claims that Lance Armstrong was give advance warnings of surprise out of competition tests, French lawyer Thibault de Montbrial has said that a planned raid on the team hotel in […]
Defending champion Cobo concedes Vuelta chances are over
Valverde riding strongly but cautious about his chances He started the Vuelta as both last year’s winner and also the Movistar team’s stated leader, but yesterday saw Juan Jose Cobo crack and lose over five minutes. He fell from ninth […]
Contador goes close to first win since return to cycling
Rodriguez extends lead over closest rivals, but needs more With 150 metres to go on today’s stage of the Vuelta a España, Alberto Contador looked set to take his first victory of his return to professional cycling after his suspension. […]
