Lieuwe Westra soars to take Paris-Nice stage five on the Montée Jalabert
Ever-aggressive Dutchman jumps away from leaders group to move up to second overall Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) continued his irresistible march up the overall Paris-Nice rankings, taking an impressive solo victory in the fifth stage between Onet-le-Château and Mende. The ever-aggressive […]
GreenEdge joins MPCC, movement wants international sanctioning body introduced
Eight teams part of tougher anti-doping regulations for 2012 The new Australian GreenEdge team has been confirmed as a member of the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC), the initiative which is made up of teams willing to go beyond […]
Peiper: Haussler feels he has the legs of 2009
‘No chain’ sensations in training While he’s yet to clock up his first victory of 2012, Heinrich Haussler has been working hard to return to his best form and, according to Garmin Barracuda’s performance director Allan Peiper, appears on track. […]
Farnese Vini general manager rules out Cipollini return
“I respect him, but this must be a joke” With the UCI already stating that Mario Cipollini’s talk of returning to the peloton in this year’s Giro d’Italia is not realistic due to his not being part of the testing […]
Video: Peiper says Garmin-Barracuda’s Classics team is stronger than 2011
Haussler is feeling as strong as in 2009 Garmin Barracuda’s director of competition Allan Peiper has warned that he believes that the team’s Classic campaign will be a stronger one than that of 2011, when it won Paris-Roubaix. “This year […]
Goss into lead as GreenEdge dominates Tirreno-Adriatico opener
BMC Racing Team off pace in Italy Clocking up its first WorldTour win since Simon Gerrans took the Santos Tour Down Under, the GreenEdge team upended the leaderboard and dominated the opening team time trial today at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Australian […]
Gianni Meersman times it right to take Paris-Nice stage four
Punchy Belgian goes two better than the day before; Bradley Wiggins holds onto yellow Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) managed to go two better than his third place of the day before, to take victory on the tough uphill finish of the […]
Taylor Phinney regrets being forced out of Paris-Nice
Illness and injury strike five riders off today’s start list After Andy Schleck’s exit from Paris-Nice yesterday due to gastroenteritis, young American talent Taylor Phinney is one of several who have not started today’s stage of the race. The BMC […]
Tirreno-Adriatico: Defending champ Evans heads powerful BMC Racing Team
Tour de France winner Cadel Evans begins Tirreno-Adriatico as both the defending champion and as a rider who will use the event to measure his condition relative to last year. While success is not crucial to his Tour buildup, a […]
Hair analysis “proves Bart Wellens was not doping” before Belgian championships
Hospitalisation was not due to banned substances, Gazet van Antwerpen reports; wider investigation continues, however Analysis of hair samples taken from Belgian cyclocross rider Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has proved that his hospitalisation on the eve of the national championships was […]
