Romain Bardet gets France’s win on the summit of Le Salève in Avenir stage five
Canada’s David Boily clings on to the race lead after a tough stage across the Jura Mountains Romain Bardet (France) took the home country’s first stage of the 2011 Tour de l’Avenir on the biggest stage of the race to […]
Maaike Polspoel wins Holland Ladies Tour stage four as Vos holds her comfortable lead
22-year-old beats Trixi Worrack in breakaway allowed by Nederland Bloeit team Maaike Polspoel (Topsport Vlaanderen 2012-Ridley) won the fourth stage of the Profile Holland Ladies Tour in Papendrecht, outsprinting Trixi Worrack (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) in a two-up sprint at the end […]
Igor Antón: “This is an historical win for Euskaltel-Euskadi!”
Basque rider takes the first stage in his home region for 33 years after having to rethink his Vuelta The Vuelta a España’s return to the Basque Country for the first time in 33 years was greeted by a victory […]
Québec victory finally sees Philippe Gilbert in World number one spot
Belgian champion now almost certain to win UCI WorldTour Victory in the GP Cycliste de Québec has finally meant that Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) takes over at the top of the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour rankings once more. The […]
Gilbert moves to top of UCI rankings with strong GP Cycliste de Québec win
Gesink battles all the way to the line, Uran nets third Seizing first place in the UCI WorldTour classification in style, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma Lotto) shrugged off his own pre-race sentiments of tiredness to battle to a strong victory […]
Juan José Cobo: “Today was a perfect day”
Geox-TMC rides out what could be the final punches from classification rival Chris Froome Juan José Cobo (Geox-TMC) survived another day in the red leaders jersey of the Vuelta a España, as the race entered the Basque region of the […]
Vuelta a España: Igor Antón takes the race home on attacking stage nineteen
Fairlytale home victory in Bilbao for the Basque rider; Team Sky tries and fails to take the final opportunity to unseat Juan José Cobo Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) marked the Vuelta a España’s first visit to the Basque Country in 33 […]
Jens Voigt extends for a year, will race with RadioShack Nissan Trek in 2012
German rider wants to aid Schlecks to win Tour de France Charismatic 39 year old rider Jens Voigt has reached an agreement with the current Leopard Trek team to remain on board for an additional year, and will therefore be […]
Vuelta riders Martin and Roche named to Irish team for world championships
Nine riders selected, but no women going to Copenhagen Vuelta a España stage winner Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervélo) and his first cousin Nicolas Roche (Ag2r La Mondiale) will both hope that the Vuelta a España guarantees them good form for the […]
UnitedHealthcare brings back Sutherland and Förster for 2012
American team re-signs top talent Rory Sutherland and Robert Förster, perhaps the two most recognizable names on the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team, have been re-signed by the squad for the 2012 season. Sutherland, the Australian veteran with the team for […]
