Volta a Catalunya: Uran takes strong win, Albasini defends jersey
Six man break animates closing kilometres Turning things right around for the team after Bradley Wiggins and Richie Porte withdrew yesterday, Sky Procycling’s Rigoberto Uran sprinted to victory on today’s fourth stage of the Volta a Catalunya in Ascó. The […]
Women’s World Cup reduced to eight events as GP Valladolid suspended
Spanish round of the competition cancelled due to lack of funding The International Cycling Union (UCI) Women’s World Cup will be reduced by a round this year, after the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) announced the suspension of the GP Cuidad […]
Hushovd returns to racing tomorrow in E3 Harelbeke
Norwegian over illness, time ticking down to Roubaix Having missed a key season target in Milan Sanremo, Thor Hushovd is aiming to make up for lost time and to build the necessary fitness to chase his big career goal of […]
Setback for Fuglsang after confirmation of fractured hand
Radioshack Nissan uncertain when Dane will return to competition Jakob Fuglsang’s intention to chase a top result for the RadioShack Nissan team in the Giro d’Italia has received a setback after confirmation that he suffered a fracture in a fall […]
Fifth Olympics looking unlikely for unlucky Dean, operation tomorrow
Cavendish crashes in Belgium, will undergo scans today Four-time Olympian Julian Dean’s goal of representing New Zealand once again at this year’s London Olympics look very uncertain after he crashed heavily during yesterday’s stage of the Volta a Catalunya. The […]
Chaos in Catalunya as snow temporarily hems in five teams
Start continues as planned, riders facing another tough day Following yesterday’s shortened stage in the Volta a Catalunya, which saw ten breakaway riders gain minutes on the peloton, fight for the win when the finish was moved to kilometre 155, […]
Team NetApp rides Cesare Benedetti into the lead in Coppi e Bartali TTT
German team fastest over short, flat course; sprinter takes jersey due to finishing consistency Team NetApp powered to victory in the Settimana Coppi e Bartali stage 2b team time trial in the seaside town of Gatteo, putting sprinter Cesare Benedetti […]
Nikki Terpstra solos to Dwars door Vlaanderen victory
Sylvain Chavanel leads home the chasers to take an Omega Pharma-Quick Step one-two in the Belgian semi-classic Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) opened his own personal account for the season’s most successful team of the year so far, with an […]
Volta a Catalunya: Brajkovic wins shortened third stage
Snow leads to route being slashed and prompts many riders to withdraw Astana rider Janez Brajkovic won today’s third stage of the Volta a Catalunya, coping best with the freezing conditions which led to a large number of riders withdrawing […]
Elia Viviani sprints to Coppi e Bartali stage 2a
Liquigas-Cannondale’s track specialist re-finds his winning legs in the morning’s first semitappa Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) made a return to the winning ways that he enjoyed in February with victory in stage 2a of the Settimana Coppi e Bartali, starting and […]
