Volta ao Agarve: Contador nervous about Tony Martin in tomorrow’s time trial
Spaniard pledges to try but is uncertain about form Defending champion Alberto Contador has said that he is most worried about the German time trial specialist Tony Martin in tomorrow’s final stage of the Volta ao Algarve, recognising that the […]
Oman to bid for 2015 world road race championships
Tour of Oman prompts organisers to think bigger With the Tour of Oman proving to be a big early success in the second year of its existence, the authorities there have confirmed that the Gulf country intends to bid to […]
Cummings will take Volta ao Algarve race leadership ‘one day at a time’
Briton says yesterday’s stage win is his biggest career victory Given the quality of the field and the nature of yesterday’s final climb of Malhao, the success of Steve Cummings came as a surprise to many. The 29 year old […]
Ricco fired from Vacansoleil with immediate effect over doping case
Dutch team drops controversial climber One day after being released from hospital, Italian climber Riccardo Riccò has been sacked from the Vacansoleil team on the grounds that he has violated the team’s regulations in relation to anti-doping. The Dutch squad […]
Tour du Haut Var: Samuel Dumoulin wins first stage bunch kick
Cofidis sprinter celebrates second victory of young season Cofidis’s Samuel Dumoulin took his second win of the season today in the first stage of the Tour Du Haut Var. The Frenchman, already a winner in the Etoile de Besseges’s third […]
Pietropolli finally wins the Trofeo Laigueglia
Italian success in early season semi-Classic Three weeks after his victory in the three-stage Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Lampre-ISD rider Daniele Pietropolli won a ten man sprint to take the Trofeo Laigueglia today. He beat Simone Ponzi (Liquigas-Cannondale), […]
Volta ao Algarve: Greipel clocks up first victory of 2011 season on stage four
Cummings crashes twice but keeps race lead heading into final stage He’s gone close with two second places in the Santos Tour Down Under, and today André Greipel finally got this 2011 winning campaign off to a start when he […]
Cell C Tour of South Africa: House powers to solo victory in race opener
British rider comes out on top in his first race of the season Kristian House of the Rapha Condor Sharp team began his time under the African sun on a high note, by riding himself to a solo victory in […]
Unexpected time trial win sets Gesink up for likely Tour of Oman victory tomorrow
Stage win strengthens Dutchman’s grip on red jersey of race leadership Spurred on by the red jersey on his back, thoughts of overall victory and most of all the memory of his late father, Robert Gesink today pulled off the […]
Omega Pharma's Jürgen Roelandts hoping to get back to the top of the podium in 2011
2008 Belgian National Champion dreaming of success in the semi-classics and sprints It has been more than a little bit of time since Jürgen Roelandts’s last victory – his last one came on October 4, 2008 to be exact. The […]
