Alberto Contador downplays talk of Saxo Bank SunGard/Astana merger
Riis says he’s steadily building his own team As Saxo Bank SunGard team owner Bjarne Riis did recently, Alberto Contador has also dismissed speculation that his team could merge with his former squad Astana next season. “There’s nothing [to stories] […]
Anthony Roux: Honouring the team jersey of France at the worlds
Frenchman wins Grand Prix de la Somme, ready for Copenhagen Though Team France may enter the World Championships as underdogs, it will bring a stable of riders to the road race who are riding with good form. One will be […]
Saxo Bank's Jonas Aaen Jørgensen wins GP d’Isbergues-Pas de Calais
Danish Worlds reserve outsprints Stuart O’Grady Jonas Aaen Jørgensen took out today’s Grand Prix d’Isbergues – Pas de Calais, a French 1.1 race, one of many that act as tune-ups for the World Championships later in the week. The Danish […]
Kevin Pauwels wins cyclo-cross season opener in Belgium
Belgian wins Steenbergcross in debut for Sunweb-Revor In his first race for his new team, and in the cyclo-cross season opener in the country that is mad for the sport, Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) won today’s Steenbergcross in Erpe-Mere, Belgium. After […]
Tour of Britain: Cavendish grabs final stage, Boom takes overall classification
McLaughlin and House ride aggressively prior to another one-two for HTC Highroad One week before the Elite road race at the world road race championships, Mark Cavendish showed his sprinting form is strong with a final-stage triumph in the Tour […]
Robert Gesink has bad training crash, season over due to fractured femur
Dutch rider set to miss Giro di Lombardia again Rabobank’s big hope for the end of season Italian Classics, Robert Gesink, had a bad crash in training today and has been taken to hospital in Doetinchem for treatment. According to […]
Is Sky on verge of announcing Mark Cavendish as a new rider?
Tour of Britain could offer perfect platform to maximise publicity The long silence about Mark Cavendish’s future was initially expected to come to an end weeks ago, with the Tour de France green jersey winner giving that timeframe for news […]
Giro della Toscana: Becker wins HTC-Highroad’s final women's race, Guarnier secures her biggest ever victory
Former German champion outpaces the break on the sprinters’ stage; Guarnier becomes the first American to win the pre-Worlds stage race Charlotte Becker (HTC-Highroad) won the final stage of the Giro della Toscana between Lucca and the Tuscan capital Florence. […]
Tour of Britain: Dowsett grabs time trial victory, Boom extends race lead
Dutchman now 36 seconds clear with one stage remaining Racing on home soil in the Tour of Britain, Sky Procycling’s Alex Dowsett sped to a superb time trial champion on today’s penultimate stage of the race. The national time trial […]
Filippo Pozzato looking for fresh start after signing for Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli
Talented Italian under achiever hoping to reboot career with Pro conti squad After three stressful years at Team Katusha, where he struggled to meet expectations and to deliver on the promise he showed by winning Milan Sanremo at 24, Filippo […]
