Petacchi and Cunego to lead Lampre-ISD’s Tour de France campaign
Yellow and green jerseys both in Italian team’s sights Lampre-ISD will go to next month’s Tour de France with the dual objectives of defending the green jersey with Alessandro Petacchi, and taking the yellow on with Damiano Cunego. The blue […]
Europcar all French and all around Voeckler in the Tour de France
Vendée-based team sure to be aggressive in race’s early stages Since its 22-man roster only includes two riders from outside ‘the Hexagon’, it’s hardly surprising that Europcar will be fielding an entirely French team at the Tour de France, which […]
Contador insists he’s still unsure about his form heading to Tour
Despite silver medal yesterday, says he’ll have to wait until race starts to know how he’s going Third in Friday’s time trial and second in yesterday’s road race, Alberto Contador heads away from the Spanish national championships saying that he […]
Brammeier takes photo finish ahead of Martin in Irish road race championship
HTC Highroad competitor beats Garmin-Cervélo rider by one centimetre After seven laps of a rolling circuit and four hours of racing, one centimetre was the winning margin in the Irish road race championships, where defending champion Matt Brammeier beat Dan […]
Wiggins aces final test, nets British road race championship
Sky Procycling rider adds road gold to time trial title With less than a week to go to the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins has taken his second major victory this month, adding the British road race title to his […]
Rojas beats Contador in Spanish road race Championships
Ligthart takes Dutch title – Schlecks decide on Fränk Spain – Rojas beats Giro champion José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar) beat Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) for the Spanish road race title in a two-up sprint. Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Koldo Fernandez De Larrea […]
Cancellara becomes Swiss road champion for second time in career
Robert Wagner in Germany and Matthias Krizek in Austria the other winners in German-speaking countries Fabian Cancellara of the Leopard Trek team beat his breakaway companion Steve Morabito (BMC) to take his second Swiss road title, after 2009. The duo […]
Sylvain Chavanel finally gets French road title
The Frenchman takes extraordinary race with 25km solo Sylvain Chavanel used a 25km solo to take the French road race title on Sunday. He had over half a minute on the chasing duo of Anthony Roux and Thomas Voeckler. Chavanel […]
Philippe Gilbert takes his first Belgian road title with solo move
Attack two kilometers from the line leaves Boonen, Devolder, others behind Philippe Gilbert used a timely attack on a slightly rising cobble section two kilometers from the line to become Belgian road race champion. Gianni Meersman was second and Jelle […]
HTC Highroad announces Tour de France roster around Mark Cavendish
American team eyes stage wins but keeps overall contender Martin in the program HTC Highroad announced its team roster for the Tour de France in one week’s time. Sprinters Mark Cavendish and Matt Goss will have the biggest chance for […]
