Wouter Weylandt’s daughter is born
Belgian rider’s girlfriend gives birth four months after his passing Almost four months after Wouter Weylandt tragically passed away in the Giro d’Italia, his daughter has been born. The Leopard Trek rider’s girlfriend Sophie De Graeve’s gave birth yesterday to […]
Romain Feillu to return to racing next week
French sprinter has recovered from Tour of Poland collarbone break; looking to build for Worlds Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) is set to return to racing at the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen in Aartselaar, Belgium, next Wednesday. The French sprinter crashed in […]
A lesson learned in Poland lifts Frederik Kessiakoff into the Vuelta podium positions
Swedish rider careful not to get caught behind the split on the tricky sprint to Pontevedra Frederik Kessiakoff (Astana), along with Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) was the key beneficiary of a split in the peloton on the tricky, uphill sprint into […]
Vuelta a España: Attentiveness and awareness earn Bauke Mollema eleven seconds
Dutch climber edges closer to regaining the red jersey on a flat, sprinters’ stage On what should have been a relaxing day for the overall contenders of the Vuelta a España, race leader Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) found himself losing […]
Tom Boonen pleased with Vuelta form despite extreme saddle pain
Quick Step sprinter building well towards Copenhagen World championships but first week heat has caused him problems Tom Boonen (Quick Step) was able to contest his first sprint of this Vuelta a España on stage twelve between Ponteareas and Pontevedra. […]
Vuelta a España: Peter Sagan takes his second victory on a rare sprinters’ stage to Pontevedra
Flat stage goes to type as long break is reeled in by the sprinters’ teams in the finale Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) sprinted to his second stage of this year’s Vuelta a España, winning stage twelve between Ponteareas and Pontevedra as […]
Vuelta a España: Sprinters all believe they’ve got winning chances
Sagan, Sutton, Bennati, Petacchi and Haedo fancy their chances Recent days in the Vuelta a España have all been for the climbers and time trialists, but the sprinters finally have another chance to shine on today’s 167.3 kilometre stage […]
Tejay van Garderen and Marco Pinotti to BMC Racing Team
American ProTeam squad adds to formidable lineup With today being the September 1st deadline for the announcement of the future destinations of HTC Highroad riders, the BMC Racing Team has confirmed that it has secured the signatures of two big […]
Marcel Kittel to quit the Vuelta a España after stage twelve
Young German sprinter exhausted after first half of debut Grand Tour Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) will be quitting the Vuelta a España and heading home after today’s twelfth stage, despite initially declaring his intention to make it all the way to […]
Cobo says Menchov is the leader and can still win the Vuelta
Spaniard concerned about having bad day and lack of Grand Tour participation Despite being higher than the Russian in the general classification, Juanjo Cobo maintains that Denis Menchov is still the Geox-TMC leader at the Vuelta a España. Cobo is […]
