Marianne Vos sprints to her Olympic destiny in the London rain
World number one dashes home nations hopes on the Mall as Lizzie Armitstead takes silver Marianne Vos (Netherlands) has gone some way to exorcising the spectre of five successive World championship silver medals, with victory in the Olympic road race, […]
Olympic road race: Vos seeking to end silver medal worlds streak with gold today
Bronzini aiming to add Olympic title to rainbow jersey She’s undoubtedly been the dominant rider in women’s cycling, but Marianne Vos has had a frustrating run of near-misses in the world championships ever since she took her rainbow jersey in […]
Olympic road race: Jalabert had hoped for more but not frustrated with French riders
Team lacked numbers up front Although the best French rider in yesterday’s men’s road race, Sylvain Chavanel, finished back in twentieth place, French selector Laurent Jalabert has said that he doesn’t fault his riders for how the race played out. […]
No fracture for Cancellara, but Swiss rider could still miss Olympic time trial
Shoulder injury threatens RadioShack Nissan competitor Fabian Cancellara’s chances of defending the Olympic title he took four years ago in Beijing are up in the air tonight, with the Swiss rider stating that he is 50-50 about being able to […]
Tom Boonen: “We have nothing to reproach ourselves for”
Belgians proud of team tactics in Olympic road race despite missing out on the medals Tom Boonen finished today’s Olympic road race on London’s iconic Mall in a disappointed 28th place, some 40 seconds behind Kazakh race winner Alexandre Vinokourov, […]
Taylor Phinney: “I have to thank the team for my Olympic fourth place”
22-year-old American just misses out on the medals, but goes one better than his father Taylor Phinney came within a whisker of taking the United States’ first medal in the men’s Olympic road race since Alexi Grewal took Gold on […]
Olympic champion Vinokourov says he’ll ride just one more race before retirement
Astana leader determined to go out on top Today’s Olympic road race winner Alexandre Vinokourov proved that he’s still got the legs and mind to win big races but rather than prolong his retirement, he’s said that he’s determined to […]
Mark Cavendish pays tribute to GB teammates after missing out on Olympic Gold
World champion critical of rivals’ team tactics as the break stays away Mark Cavendish has paid tribute to his Great Britain teammates, after missing out on Olympic Gold in the London 2012 road race. The World champion started the race […]
Vinokourov becomes Olympic road race champion in London
Uran and Kristoff take silver and bronze, Cavendish misses out to break Riding what is expected to be the final season of his long career, Alexandre Vinokourov has turned back the clock and won the Olympic road race in London. […]
Olympic road race start lists and preview
Men and women slug it out for Gold The first cycling events in the Olympic Games are this weekend’s road races for men and women, taking place on courses of 250 kilometres and 140 kilometres respectively. They will travel out […]
