Vuelta a España: Sylvain Chavanel just manages to stay upright in finish line crash
French champion survives the carnage at the end of stage seven but expects to lose the race lead on stage eight Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) came very close to coming down in the crash that hit the peloton in the […]
GreenEDGE adds Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson to 2012 roster
Experienced home riders to be reunited at new Australian team GreenEDGE Cycling has announced the signing of Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson. The two Australian riders will be reunited once more, having ridden for Mercury-Viatel together in 2001, before heading […]
Injured Farrar to attempt to continue in Vuelta a Espana
US Rider and Garmin-Cervélo will decide Saturday morning if he can start Having hit the ground heavily inside the final metres of today’s seventh stage of the Vuelta a España, Tyler Farrar was one of the most badly affected of […]
Bruised hip for Nibali after Vuelta a España crash
Italian couldn’t avoid pileup in final meters Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) was among a host of overall contenders who were unable to stay upright after a high-speed crash in the closing meters of stage seven of the Vuelta a España. Michal […]
USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Elia Viviani steams into Steamboat Springs to take stage four
Levi Leipheimer holds on to race lead as the stage finishes in a bunch sprint Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the fourth stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge between Avon and Steamboat Springs, as it finished in a bunch sprint. […]
Vuelta a España: Relief for Tom Boonen as he crashes without consequences
Quick Step sprinter goes down in finishing straight chaos but escapes injury this time One of the many riders to hit the tarmac in the finishing straight of the seventh stage if the Vuelta a España in Talavera de la […]
Grand Prix Plouay: 2011 World Cup closes with Breton race
Overall will be decided between teammates Annemiek van Vleuten and Marianne Vos The 2011 Women’s World Cup comes to its somewhat premature end with the Grand Prix Plouay this Saturday. The 114.6km race, arguably the toughest round of the season-long […]
Vuelta a España: Marcel Kittel comes of age as a crash hits the stage seven finish
Young German sprinter wins as Tyler Farrar comes down at the head of the peloton Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) delivered on the promise he has shown so far this season by taking a stage victory in his first ever Grand Tour. […]
Freire, Haussler, Kittel psyched for bunch finish in Vuelta
Former world champion feeling better after early illness Yesterday’s sixth stage of the Vuelta a España was one which some felt might have led to a big group sprint, but the Liquigas-Cannondale team had other thoughts and wrested clear on […]
Stef Clement time trials well again for Rabobank
Dutchman fifth in Colorado TT Fighting amongst a strong contingent of American time trial specialists in Colorado yesterday, Stef Clement (Rabobank) finished as the best placed European, earning a solid fifth place. Levi Leipheimer (Radioshack) won the uphill test. Clement […]
