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FAYENCE, France, March 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez, riding for the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race here on [...]
MONTAGNE DE LURE, France, March 13, 2009 – Spain’s Alberto Contador, riding for the Astana team, won the sixth stage of Paris-Nice cycling race on Friday to take the leader’s [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11, 2009 (AFP) – Italian Mattia Gavazzi of team Diquigiovanni-Androni won the third stage of the Tour de Langkawi Wednesday which ended in the historic Malaysian port [...]
NARBONNE, France, Feb 11, 2009 (AFP) – Belarussian sprinter Yauheni Hutarovich of the Francaise des Jeux team claimed the opening stage win in the Tour of the Mediterranean here Wednesday. [...]
DOHA, Feb 10, 2009 (AFP) – The Tour of Qatar has won its place in the international cycling calendar and it could one day host a Tour de France stage, [...]
Results from the sixth and final stage of the Tour Down Under, held over 90km here Sunday: Stage 6: 1. Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Liquigas 1hr 42min 00, 2. Robbie McEwen [...]
ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 25, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step sprinter Allan Davis secured overall victory in the Tour Down Under here Sunday after the final stage victory of Italian Francesco [...]
by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2009 (AFP) – Australian sprinter Allan Davis tightened his grip on the ochre leader’s jersey at the Tour Down Under after winning his [...]
by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 22, 2009 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong avoided a potential fall in Thursday’s third stage of the Tour Down Under that was marred by crashes, [...]
Tour of Lombardy results on Saturday: 1. Damiano Cunego (ITA/Lampre) 5 h 37:04, 2. Janez Brajkovic (SLO/AST) at 24 sec, 3. Rigoberto Uran (COL/GCE) 24, 4. Giovanni Visconti (ITA/QST) 33, [...]
ROME, Oct 13, 2008 (AFP) – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong confirmed Monday he will race in next year’s Tour of Italy for the event’s centenary event. Speaking [...]
On Sunday Matthew Goss won the preface in Herald Sun Tour and on Monday the young Australian followed up with another victory in the 130-kilometer first stage from Traralgon to [...]
by Justin Davis Former Tour of Flanders champion Alessandro Ballan heralded a new era for the Italians at the world championships by upstaging Paolo Bettini to win the coveted rainbow [...]
by Justin Davis VARESE, Italy, Sept 27, 2008 (AFP) – History-chasing Paolo Bettini and Oscar Freire are being tipped to cast a rainbow haze over the world championships on Sunday [...]
Results from the 19th stage of the Tour of Spain, a 145.5km ride from Las Rozas to Segovia on Friday: 19th stage 1. David Arroyo (ESP/GCE) 3hr 27min 03sec, 2. [...]
SEGOVIA, Spain, Sept 19, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s David Arroyo won the 19th stage of the Tour of Spain on Friday, the third stage win for Caisse d’Epargne, though Alberto [...]
Spain’s Imanol Erviti edged Ireland’s Nicholas Roche to win the 18th stage of the Tour of Spain Thursday, as his compatriot Alberto Contador kept his overall lead. Erviti of the [...]
ZAMORA, Spain, Sept 16, 2008 (AFP) – Belgium’s Tom Boonen dominated a bunch sprint on the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain, held over 186.4km between Pontferrada and here [...]
PONFERRADA, Spain, Sept 15, 2008 (AFP) – Alberto Contador continued his march towards claiming his third major Tour within 14 months after the Tour of Spain’s 15th stage won by [...]
FUENTES DE INVIERNO, Spain, Sept 14, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who rides for Astana, won the 14th stage of the Tour of Spain [...]
MADRID, Sept 10, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s three-time world champion Oscar Freire of Rabobank won the 11th stage of the Tour of Spain on Wednesday, a 178 km ride from [...]
LONDON, Sept 9, 2008 (AFP) – France’s Emilien Berges won the third stage of the Tour of Britain on Tuesday, a victory which saw him take the overall leader’s yellow [...]
SABINANIGO, Spain, Sept 8, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Egoi Martinez of Euskaltel took the overall lead after Belgian rider Greg van Avermaet of the Silence team won the ninth stage [...]
BREMEN, Germany, Sept 6, 2008 (AFP) – Yellow-jersey holder Linus Gerdemann won the Tour of Germany on Saturday after the eighth and final stage in Bremen as Columbia team-mate and [...]
BERLIN, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) – France’s Stephane Auge, of the Cofidis team, won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Tour of Germany from Neuss to Georgsmarienhutte on Friday [...]
NEUSS, Germany, Sept 4, 2008 (AFP) – Finland’s Jussi Veikkanen won the sixth stage of the Tour of Germany on Thursday after winning the sprint finish on the 188.8km route [...]
Gerald Ciolek was the surprise winner of the last mountain stage of the Tour of Germany on Wednesday on the 218.4km route from Mainz as team-mate Linus Gerdemann kept the [...]
CORDOBA, Spain, Sept 1, 2008 (AFP) – Italy’s Daniel Bennati of Liquigas took the overall race leader’s golden jersey in the Tour of Spain on Monday despite finishing the third [...]
JAEN, Spain, Aug 31, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team took the overall race lead after winning the second stage of the Tour of Spain [...]
Written by: Myles Mc Corry NUJ Everyone was delighted that the Conor pass loomed today on stage four of the Tour of Ireland (TOI) today. Everyone bar Magnus Backsted (Garmin). [...]
HOCHFUGEN, Austria, Aug 30, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Linus Gerdemann of the Columbia team won the first stage of the Tour of Germany on Saturday from Kitzbuhel to Hochfugen. Gerdemann [...]
Italian team Liquigas won the first stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, a time trial of 7.7 kilometres in the southwestern city of Granada, that saw Filippo Pozzato [...]
by Denholm Barnetson MADRID, Aug 29, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alberto Contador will be aiming for a unique treble when the third of the year’s Grand Tours gets underway in [...]
On Saturday August 30th we’ve reached this year’s final Grand Tour, Vuelta a España. The race kicks off in the Southern part of Spain – more specifically in Andalucía with [...]
Report Filed by Team Type 1 Greenville, S.C. -– There will be no waiting and watching when it comes to Team Type 1′s approach to Sunday’s Greenville Hospital System USA [...]
On September 17th 2008 in Brentwood, CA. the super club Kahala La Grange pulled off the impossible. They were able to get the city to agree to close the ever [...]
Waterford, Ireland — When Team Type 1 signed Matt Wilson, it was assumed the 2004 Australian national road champion would be a pillar of experience for the first-year professional team. [...]
San Luis Obispo, CA, 28 August 2008 – Team Columbia’s Mark Cavendish made his return to road racing at the Tour of Ireland on Wednesday and immediately won again and [...]
BRUSSELS, Aug 27, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Jose Ivan Gutierrez, riding for Caisse d’Epargne, won the Eneco Tour here as Latvia’s Raivis Belohvoscicks (Saunier Duval) won Wednesday’s final stage, an [...]
ROME, Aug 26, 2008 (AFP) – Former Tour of Italy winner Danielo Di Luca will try to secure a place on Italy’s World Championship team by competing at the Giro [...]
Astana Cycling Team General Manager Johan Bruyneel and Sports Director Alain Gallopin announced the nine riders who will participate in the Tour of Spain, starting this Saturday, August 30th, in [...]
OSTEND, Belgium, Aug 25, 2008 (AFP) – German rider Carlo Westphal of the Gerolsteiner team won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour of Benelux on Monday. Compatriot Andre Greipel [...]
San Luis Obispo, CA, 24 August 2008 – Team Columbia took first and second in the overall classification at the Eneco Tour on Sunday thanks to some intelligent race tactics. [...]
by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 22, 2008 (AFP) – It was fast, spectacular and had plenty of thrills and spills. And despite some big medal favourites failing to live up [...]
by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) – Newly-crowned Olympic keirin champion Chris Hoy is primed for a semi-final clash with three-time world sprint champion Theo Bos as he [...]
by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Rebecca Romero made Olympic history here Sunday when she became just the second woman to claim medals in two different [...]
by Justin Davis BEIJING, Aug 16, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Joan Llaneras produced a stunning display of endurance and sprint riding at the Laoshan Velodrome here Saturday to reclaim his [...]
France, 12 August 2008 – Team Columbia absolutely dominated the third day of racing at the Tour de L’Ain stage race in France on Tuesday, winning both stages and taking [...]
PARIS, France, July 27, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian Gert Steegmans of the Quick Step team won the final stage of the Tour de France here on Sunday. Steegmans claimed his [...]
by Justin Davis SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – Carlos Sastre had conflicting emotions as he crossed the finish line of the Tour de France’s 20th stage time trial [...]
by Justin Davis SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Carlos Sastre virtually wrapped up the Tour de France yellow jersey here Saturday after stunning victory favourite Cadel Evans [...]
by Justin Davis MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Scott Sunderland has spent three weeks trying to make sure compatriot Cadel Evans loses the Tour de France. Now [...]
ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – Leaving the Alps behind for another year will be a pleasure for most of the Tour de France peloton, but some will [...]
World-Class Professional Cyclists Will Return to California in February to Compete Across 800 Miles of the State in Nine-Day Stage Race LOS ANGELES (July 23, 2008) – The record-setting Amgen [...]
by Justin Davis JAUSIERS, France, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – The reputation of Australia’s Cadel Evans is going in two directions at the Tour de France. After the second of [...]
This Bicycle.net video is brought to us by our friends at Versus.com One for the French By Bob Roll One of the most exciting mountain stages in recent memory unfolded [...]
BERLIN, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – The Saunier Duval cycling team look set to be excluded from the Tour of Germany because of doping, race organizers revealed on Tuesday. The [...]
JAUSIERS, France, July 22, 2008 (AFP) – The threat of being caught cheating at this year’s Tour de France has proved a major deterrent, according to the chief of France’s [...]
CUNEO, Italy, July 21, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde has declared his intention to fight for a podium place on the Tour de France despite languishing down in ninth [...]
CUNEO, Italy, July 21, 2008 (AFP) – Former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis doesn’t need to dig too deeply into his memory to know that the next two stages [...]
PRATO NEVOSO, Italy, July 20, 2008 (AFP) – Australian rider Mark Renshaw pulled out of the Tour de France before the halfway point of the 15th stage, the first day [...]
DIGNES LES BAINS, France, July 19, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Oscar Freire, riding for Rabobank, won the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, a 194km ride from [...]
Menyuan, China — Rock Racing’s Tyler Hamilton won his first race in nearly four years Friday while grabbing the overall lead at the Tour of Qinghai Lake with only two [...]
Standings from the 13th stage of the Tour de France, a 182.0km ride from Narbonne to Nimes on Friday: 1. Mark Cavendish (IDM/COL) 4h25min 42sec 2. Robbie McEwen (AUS/SIL) at [...]
FOIX, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Italian racer Riccardo Ricco, kicked off the Tour de France for doping, was Friday remanded in custody for “using a poisonous substance,” the [...]
CSF Group Navigare, SouthAustralia.com and Joker-Bianchi are all heading to the Emerald Isle for the start of the UCI 2.1 ranked Tour of Ireland next month. CSF Group Navigare return [...]
LAVELANET, France, July 17, 2008 (AFP) – Italian rider Ricardo Ricco of Saunier Duval has tested positive for blood booster erythropoietin (EPO), the French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) confirmed on [...]
by Justin Davis FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – CSC’s Kurt-Asle Arvesen is digesting his maiden stage win on the Tour de France as quickly as he can. After [...]
FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – British-registered Tour de France team Barloworld lost their fourth rider from the race Wednesday after Colombian Felix Cardenas pulled out during the 11th [...]
FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Cadel Evans spent a relaxing first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey Wednesday as the peloton reeled from a second [...]
by Justin Davis PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – CSC have promised a repeat of the collective power which virtually eliminated Alejandro Valverde from yellow jersey contention once the [...]
HAUTACAM, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – Leading Spanish contender Alejandro Valverde’s hopes of winning the Tour de France yellow jersey suffered a huge blow on a thrilling second day [...]
Successful Weekend: Yellow In Oregon, Podiums In Austria More than ten years after his first stage victories in the Cascade Cycling Classic (1996, 1997) Levi Leipheimer claimed the overall victory [...]
Bend, Ore. — Team Type 1’s Shawn Milne finished second on the final stage of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic Sunday, capping an emotional five days for the [...]
TEAM COLUMBIA’S TEUTENBERG FINISHES THE GIRO WITH FOUR STAGE WINS AND THE POINTS JERSEY Desio, Italy, 13 July 2008 – Columbia’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the final stage of the Giro [...]
This Bicycle.net stage 9 recap video is supplied by our friends at Versus.com First Taste of the Mountains By Paul Sherwen The first taste of the mountains in any grand [...]
There are still two days to go, but Levi Leipheimer has taken an option on the final victory in the Cascade Cycling Classic. It is the 29th edition of America’s [...]
by Justin Davis TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish wrote a notable page in the history of British cycling at the Tour de France when he [...]
TOULOUSE, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France president Patrice Clerc has backed the news of the first positive doping test at this year’s race, and said it [...]
From June 11-15, I certainly was playing the role of a sponge. I learned sooo much and had sooo much fun with Kristin, her teammate Emma Rickards, Emma’s fellow aussie [...]
Race: CBR Memorial Day Crit? Where: Long beach? What: Women’s Cat 4? Who: Turbo Chicken?Place: 1st? Today was a day for the NOW sprinters. Our own Turbo Chicken put the [...]
A ‘deceivingly tougher’ Tour of Missouri will challenge the field of 120 worldclass cyclists from 15 elite professional teams when they line up for the September 8th – 14th Tour [...]
This connecting stage to the Pyrenees has no major difficulties. Some riders will use this stage to recover from the Massif Central stages, but others might try hard to seize [...]
Astana Cycling Team stays with its winning style. Austrian rider René Haselbacher won the 5th stage of the Tour of Austria from Wiener Neustadt to Bad Vöslau. He beat his [...]
Bend, Ore. – Team Type 1’s Matt Wilson made good on a pre-race promise to himself to win Thursday’s stage of the Bend Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic for teammate [...]
SUPER-BESSE, France, July 10, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Carlos Sastre said he is looking ahead to the first Tour de France stage in the Pyrenees this Sunday after losing more [...]
This Bicycle.net video is brought to you by our friends at Versus.com Attack Mode By Bob Roll Super-Besse, as we thought it would, provided to be a thrilling stage full [...]
Bend, Ore. — Rock Racing’s Santiago Botero may have his sights set on next month’s Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, but his focus Wednesday was on winning in Bend, Ore. [...]
by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde played down the effects of a crash which came close to ending his yellow jersey bid during [...]
by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Quick Step sprinter Gert Steegmans admitted the absence of teammate Tom Boonen is adding to his woes on what he [...]
CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish labelled himself the best sprinter in the world after claiming his first Tour de France victory on the race’s fifth [...]
by Justin Davis CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – As far as Tour de France cyclists go, Adam Hansen would admit he sticks out from the bunch. But the [...]
CHATEAUROUX, France, July 9, 2008 (AFP) – Colombia’s Mauricio Soler, who won the “King of the Mountains” title last year, was forced to pull out of the Tour de France [...]
This Bicycle.net video is brought to you by our friends at Versus.com Schumacher Remains in Top Form By Paul Sherwen This Tour has been unpredictable since the start and that [...]
by Justin Davis CHOLET, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans struck a first blow to Alejandro Valverde at the Tour de France here Tuesday after leaving his [...]
by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans was reminded of just what it takes to win, and lose, the Tour de France after a hectic [...]
TEUTENBERG WINS ANOTHER STAGE AT THE GIRO Rosolina Mare, Italy, 7 July 2008 – Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took her second consecutive stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile today, defending the Maglia [...]
by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Russian Denis Menchov became the first victim of the Tour de France’s yellow jersey contenders here Monday when he got [...]
Overall standings after the 3rd stage of the Tour de France, a 208.0km ride from Saint Malo to Nantes on Monday: 1. Romain Feillu (FRA/AGR) 13h27min 05sec 2. Paolo Longo [...]
by Justin Davis NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Britain’s David Millar is quietly building hopes of ending his eight-year wait to pull on the Tour de France yellow [...]
NANTES, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France third stage was momentarily held up by demonstrators here on Monday. Race chief Christian Prudhomme was forced to stop [...]
by Justin Davis SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 7, 2008 (AFP) – Robbie McEwen’s bid for a first stage win on this year’s Tour de France was postponed for another day [...]
Class standings from the 2nd stage of the Tour de France, a 164.5km ride from Auray to Saint-Brieuc on Sunday: Points: 1. Kim Kirchen (LUX/COL) 54 pts 2. Alejandro Valverde [...]
It’s Sprinters -vs- Punchers For Tour’s Second Stage BREST, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France sprinters are hoping to officially announce their race entry with a [...]
by Justin Davis PLUMELEC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans was given a glimpse of the kind of climbing power he might be up against at this year’s [...]
PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Colombia’s Tour de France ‘King of the Mountains’ Mauricio Soler is a doubt for the rest of the race after a crash on [...]
Overall standings after the 1st stage of the Tour de France, a 197.5km ride from Brest to Plumelec on Saturday: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 4h36min 07sec 2. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/FDJ) [...]
by Justin Davis PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde drew first blood in his bid to win the Tour de France by pulling on the yellow [...]
PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych, one of race favourite Cadel Evans’ key teammates for the mountain stages, crashed in the first stage of the Tour [...]
Frenchman’s Tour ends on first stage PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Herve Duclos-Lassalle of the Cofidis team was forced out of the Tour de France after a crash [...]
You Can Beat So Does Team Garmin by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – This time last year David Millar came back to the Tour de France [...]
by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans will saddle up as the Tour de France favorite this Saturday with a chance of making history [...]
by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France kicks off here Saturday for what organisers pray will be a scandal-free three weeks of racing. [...]
BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – The 20 Tour de France teams and their ambitions for this year’s July 5-27 race: Agritubel (FRA) As one of the few non-Pro [...]
The 21 stages of this year’s July 5-27 Tour de France in detail: Stage 1: Brest to Plumelec (197.5km) One of the first innovations this year is the lack of [...]
This photo sequence was taken at the 2008 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix Pro race. The fan favorite and local rider “Fast” Freddy Rodriquez of Rock Racing is taken out by [...]
by Justin Davis PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – With names like ‘Kamakazi’ and ‘Real McHoy’ competing in the Olympic cycling events, there’s no doubt the two-wheeled battle for gold [...]
PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, one of the favourites for next month’s Tour de France, has the distinction of a former champion helping him in his [...]
PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Hubert Dupont and Christophe Riblon have taken the final two berths in the AG2R team to contest the Tour de France in July. [...]
PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – Russia’s Yuri Trofimov, who won a stage of the Dauphine Libere earlier this month, has been named in the Bouygues Telecom team to contest [...]
Manhattan Beach, Calif. — Rahsaan Bahati won his sixth race of the season in convincing fashion Sunday, scoring an impressive second straight victory at the 47th edition of the Chevron [...]
PARIS, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – The Lampre team, which will support 2004 Tour of Italy champion and team leader Damiano Cunego in the Tour de France next month, was [...]
SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Newly-crowned French cycling champion Nicolas Vogondy will ride for Agritubel at next weekend’s Tour de France, alongside last-minute inclusions Freddy Bichot and David [...]
SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – French outfit Francaise des Jeux on Sunday announced that Philippe Gilbert and Sandy Casar would lead its team, which includes three Tour novices, [...]
SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 28, 2008 (AFP) – French outfit Cofidis on Saturday announced that Sylvain Chavanel would lead its team, which includes four Tour novices, at next month’s Tour de [...]
KNOKKE-HEIST, Belgium, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian Jurgen Roelandts, of the Silence team, was on Sunday crowned Belgium road race champion here, beating Sven Vanthourenhout and Nico Eeckhout in [...]
ROME, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Veteran Filippo Simeoni, of the Flaminia-Bossini team, won the Italian national road race title at Bergamo on Sunday. The 36-year-old, who made a break [...]
[29.06 18:50] After a strong effort by Andy Schleck, big brother Fränk Schleck on Sunday won the Luxembourg Road Race Championship for the third time in his career. “Andy was [...]
MADRID, June 29, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, one of the favourites for next month’s Tour de France with the Caisse d’Epargne team, won the Spanish road race national [...]
Tomas Vaitkus had two successful days in his homeland of Lithuania. After he took the silver medal in the time trial on Friday, he won the national title in the [...]
Sérgio Paulinho is the new time trial champion of Portugal. The only Portuguese Astana Cycling Team rider was the fastest rider on the 27.6 K long circuit in Paredes. Paulinho [...]
Only two of the 180 riders in the Russian championship were Astana Cycling Team riders but a Team rider won. Sergey Ivanov was the strongest rider in the Russian championship [...]
by Julian Guyer LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) – The man behind the British cycling squad hotly tipped for multiple medal success at the Beijing Olympics has said he wants [...]
DRAMATIC SPRINT FINISH GOES TO AMERICAN JAMIE DRISCOLL IN STAGE 3 (CAMP HILL TO BEDFORD) OF AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS® TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESENTED BY HIGHMARK HEALTHY HIGH 5® BEDFORD, Pa. [...]
Devolder for a first, but no Boonen for Quick Step PARIS, June 26, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian superstar Tom Boonen is the major absence from the Quick Step team’s Tour [...]
[25.06 18:56] For the fifth year in a row and for the sixth time in the last seven years Fabian Cancellara won the Swiss time trial championship Wednesday. Cancellara has [...]
BONN, June 25, 2008 (AFP) – The High Road Sports on Wednesday named their team for the July 5-27 Tour de France with Luxembourger Kim Kirchen the rider who will [...]
Jun. 24, 2008 The recently renamed Garmin-Chipotle Professional Cycling team announced their Tour de France roster. Included on the list are the three American Riders Will Frischkorn, Danny Pate, and [...]
THE HAGUE, June 24, 2008 (AFP) – Russian Denis Menchov, one of the pre-race favorites, has been named as team leader for the nine-man Rabobank squad for the July 5-27 [...]
PARIS, June 24, 2008 (AFP) – Italian Riccardo Ricco has been named in Saunier Duval’s nine-man Tour de France team for the July 5-27 race as a replacement for Spaniard [...]
COPENHAGEN, June 23, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Carlos Sastre and Luxembourg brothers Andy and Franck Schleck will spearhead the CSC team’s bid for the Tour de France yellow jersey from [...]
In what was an amazing day for bicycle racing in America, the third stage of the “Coolest Bike Race in America,” the Tour de Nez, unfolded in downtown Truckee. Conditions [...]
BERLIN, June 23, 2008 (AFP) – German duo Markus Fothen and Stefan Schumacher, together with Austria’s Bernhard Kohl, will head up the Gerolsteiner team for this year’s Tour de France [...]
by Benoit Petit BERNE, June 22, 2008 (AFP) – Czech rider Roman Kreuziger of the Liquigas team won the 72nd Tour of Switzerland here on Sunday, despite losing out to [...]
Final results from the Tour of Switzerland after the ninth and final 168km stage between Altdorf and here on Sunday: 1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC) 4hr 01 min 07sec, 2. Philippe [...]
Germert, Holland, 21 June 2008 – Mark Cavendish scored a strong bunch sprint win in the Ster Elektrotoer race when he romped home in first place on the final stage. [...]
Renesse, Holland, 21 June 2008 – High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won her second stage of RaboSter “Zeeuwsche Eilanden” today, again beating Holland’s Kirsten Wild in bunch sprint. Winning the first [...]
Results from the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on Saturday, a 25km time-trial between Altdorf and Klausen: 1. Roman Kreuziger (CZE) LIQ 1hr 22sec, 2. Jose Rujano [...]
ALTORF, Switzerland, June 21, 2008 (AFP) – Czech rider Roman Kreuziger, of the Liquigas team, won the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on Saturday to seize the [...]
(June 20, 2008) Truckee, CA – Roman Kilun of the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis was the driving force at the front of a three-man break in [...]
Matti Breschel in Point’s Jersey [20.06 16:37] Tom Boonen (Quick Step) took the victory in the third stage of Ster Elektrotoer and with a result just short of a podium [...]
Results from the 171km seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland between Gruyeres and here on Friday: Stage Seven 1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC) 3hr 47min 09sec, 2. Erik Zabel (GER/MRM) [...]
LYSS, Switzerland, June 20, 2008 (AFP) – Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara, of the CSC team, powered to victory at the seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland here Friday, but Kim [...]
Under clear skies and breezy summer conditions in Reno, Nevada, seventy five top professional cyclists embarked on a five stage, four day journey, starting at the Grand Sierra Resort in [...]
CHEVRON MANHATTAN BEACH GRAND PRIX SET FOR JUNE 29 MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – June 18 – The 47th Annual Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix will be held on Sunday, June [...]
VERBIER, Switzerland, June 19, 2008 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen, riding for the High Road team, surged into the overall lead of the Tour of Switzerland after keeping his cool [...]
CASLANO, Switzerland, June 18, 2008 (AFP) – Germany’s Markus Fothen, riding for the Gerolsteiner team, won the 189.7km fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Wednesday. Russian Serguei Ivanov [...]
MARTIN CLINCHES OPENING PROLOGUE OF STER ELEKTROTOER Netherlands, 17 June 2008 – Talented young German rider Tony Martin blasted to an unexpected but nonetheless welcome win in the six kilometer [...]
DOMAT/EMS, Switzerland, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Robbie McEwen, of the Silence team, won a sprint finish in the 170km fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on [...]
Ivan Stevic secures 3rd place overall at the Nature Valley Grand Prix Bend, OR– Justin England makes late solo attack to claim his first win as a member of the [...]
GOSSAU, Switzerland, June 16, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Robbie McEwen of the Silence team sprinted to victory under the rain in Monday’s 155km third stage of the Tour of Switzerland. [...]
Levi Leipheimer held on to his 3th place on the final podium of the Dauphiné Libéré. The whole team performed well and defended with success its first place in the [...]
PARIS, June 16, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen will compete for the first time since the revelation of his positive test for cocaine, when he takes part in [...]
Harlem, N.Y. — Rock Racing’s Rahsaan Bahati was edged at the line by Erik Barlevav (TIME Pro Cycling) in an exciting finish to the 35th annual Skyscraper Harlem Cycling Classic [...]
FLUMSERBERG, Switzerland, June 15, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Igor Anton pulled on the leader’s yellow jersey after climbing to victory in Sunday’s second stage of the Tour of Switzerland to [...]
Results from the seventh and final stage of the Dauphine Libere race held over 128km here Sunday: Final Stage 1. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/C.A) 3hr 17min 21sec, 2. Jurgen Van de [...]
GRENOBLE, France, June 15, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team won the Dauphine Libere cycling race here on Sunday after the seventh and final stage. [...]
Results from the sixth and penultimate stage of the Dauphine Libere race held over 233km here Saturday: Stage Six 1. Chris-Anker Sorensen (DEN/CSC) 6hr 15min 53sec, 2. Pierrick Fedrigo (FRA/BTL) [...]
LANGNAU IM EMMENTAL, Switzerland, June 14, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Oscar Freire, riding for the Rabobank team, sprinted to victory in the first stage of the Tour of Switzerland here [...]
by Jean Montois LA TOUSSUIRE, France, June 14, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alejandro Valverde showed some of the composure that could prove crucial in July’s Tour de France as he [...]
Results from the first stage of the Tour of Switzerland, held over 146km here Saturday: Stage One 1. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 3hr 42min 35sec, 2. Martin Elmiger (SUI/A2R), 3. Kim [...]
San Luis Obispo, 13 June 2008 – Second in the Tour of Switzerland last year, High Road’s Kim Kirchen will be aiming for the overall again in the nine day [...]
Results from the fifth stage of the Dauphine Libere stage race here on Friday: 1. Yury Trofimov (RUS/BTL) 3hr 07min 46sec, 2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 18sec, 3. Alejandro Valverde [...]
MORZINE, France, June 13, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans’ bid to become the first Australian winner of the Tour de France’s yellow jersey has been given a boost, following his [...]
MORZINE, France, June 13, 2008 (AFP) – Former mountain bike specialist Youry Trofimov of the Bouyges Telecom team claimed a prestigious alpine victory on the fifth stage of the Dauphine [...]
ANNEMASSE, France, June 12, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Cyril Dessel of the AG2R team won the fourth stage of the Dauphine Libere on Thursday, following an impressive solo attack on [...]
strong>UCI ink Pro Tour race for Sochi SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France, June 11, 2008 (AFP) – World cycling’s ruling body offically announced Wednesday the creation of a UCI-backed race in Russia. It [...]
SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France, June 11, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France green jersey champion Tom Boonen has been barred from next month’s race in the wake of a positive test for [...]
VIENNE, France, June 10, 2008 (AFP) – American George Hincapie sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Dauphine Libere here on Tuesday but Thor Hushovd retained the overall [...]
Results in the second stage of the Dauphine Libere on Tuesday, a 184km ride from Bourg-Saint-Andeol to here: 2nd stage 1. George Hincapie (USA/THR), 4hr 32min 38sec. 2. Sebastien Chavanel [...]
Teutenberg wins the Triple Crown Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, 8 June 2008 – High Road’s Chantal Beltman won the 2008 Liberty Classic race in Philadelphia, with a jaw-dropping solo effort in the [...]
Astana Cycling Team continues winning top races. Levi Leipheimer was the fastest rider in the 5.6 K prologue of the Dauphiné Libéré. Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) was second, one second [...]
AVIGNON, France, June 8, 2008 (AFP) – American Levi Leipheimer won the opening prologue of the Dauphine Libere, which usually serves as an appetizer for the Tour de France, here [...]
AVIGNON, France, June 7, 2008 (AFP) – Astana have watered down pre-race predictions that their team leader for the Dauphine Libere, Levi Leipheimer, will emerge triumphant after a week of [...]
San Luis Obispo, California, 7 June 2008 – High Road will take to the Dauphine Libere this weekend determined to snap up as many stage wins as possible. “We don’t [...]
The following race report was emailed to me by one of my team mates. We have a team tradition that the team member that places the highest in the overall [...]
AVIGNON, France, June 7, 2008 (AFP) – The respective form of some of this year’s Tour de France contenders, notably Australia’s Cadel Evans, will come under close scrutiny at the [...]
Reading, Penn. — Rock Racing scored its biggest victory of the season Thursday when Oscar Sevilla soloed to victory in the Commerce Bank Reading Classic. The Spaniard attacked a trio [...]
Astana Cycling Team, with Team Director Alain Gallopin, comes with a strong team to the 60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré to defend its first place in the ProTour Team Classification. [...]
Reading, Pennsylvannia, 5 June 2008 – High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg successfully defended her title as winner of the Commerce Bank Reading Classic in 2007 winning the second round of the [...]
MADRID, June 3, 2008 (AFP) – Recently-crowned Tour of Italy champion Alberto Contador said on Tuesday that he could be considered one of the greats of the sport. The 25-year-old [...]
(June 3, 2008) Allentown, PA – After a solid 3rd place Sunday in the CSC Invitational, Karl Menzies of the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis noted that [...]
Three days after capturing the 91st Giro d’Italia title, Alberto Contador gets his deserved rest. The last days were well filled with celebrations. At a press meeting in Pinto, he [...]
Allentown, Pennsylvannia, 3 June 2008 – High Road’s Ina-Yoko Teutenberg has won the first round of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown, which took place in Allentown, Pennsylvania today. Teutenberg went [...]
Ivan Stevic and Hilton Clarke Score Four Wins at Tulsa Tough Omnium Series Dominique Rollin Wins Ricola Twilight Criterium, Places 2nd at CSC Invitational and 3rd at Kelly Cup Chris [...]
‘Rock Racing Wall’ To Highlight Philadelphia International Championship On June 8 Culver City, Calif. — Rock Racing is going “all-in” for one of the most prestigious weeks of professional bicycle [...]
PARIS, June 3, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) have threatened sanctions against riders and teams competing in this year’s Tour de France after organizers announced Tuesday that [...]
Milan, Italy – 1 June 2008 – The High Road team ended the Giro d’Italia on a high on Sunday, taking a first and second double in the final time [...]
ALBERTO CONTADOR OF ASTANA WINS THE 2008 GIRO D’ITALIA Results in the 21st and final stage of the Tour of Italy on Sunday, a 28.5km time trial from Cesano Maderno [...]
MILAN, June 1, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Alberto Contador of Astana won the Tour of Italy on Sunday following the final stage, a 28.5km time trial won by Italian Marco [...]
The 2008 Planet Ultra King of the Mountains Century Challenge was awesome! 3 days, 323 miles. And 30,800 ft. of climbing; what more could any cyclist ask for? From the [...]
(May 30, 2008) Race report filed by Team High Road Würzburg, Germany – High Road fastman Gerald Ciolek has used his fine turn of speed to see off the opposition [...]
MONTE PORA, Italy, May 30, 2008 (AFP) – Belarussian Vasil Kiryienka, of the Tinkoff team, won the 19th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Friday following a long [...]
Evergreen Voigt wins maiden Tour of Italy stage VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) – Veteran German rider Jens Voigt won his first ever stage in the Tour of Italy [...]
San Luis Obispo, CA 28 May 2008 – Gerald Ciolek blasted past the opposition in the opening stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt on Wednesday for victory in a tough uphill [...]
VARESE, Italy, May 29, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s 2003 world road race champion Igor Astarloa, who retired from the Tour of Italy after just one stage following a blood test [...]
Report filed by Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling Minneapolis, Min., – Canadian David Veilleux of the Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast team showed the kind of sprinting yesterday that made him U23 [...]
Results from the Tour of Italy following Wednesday’s 17 stage, a 146km ride from Sondrio to here: Stage 17 1. Andre Greipel (GER) THR 3hr 27min 05sec, 2. Mark Cavendish [...]
MADRID, May 25, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Gustavo Cesar, riding for the Karpin Galicia team, won the Tour of Catalonia after Sunday’s sixth and final stage was secured by Jose [...]
ALPE DE PAMPEAGO, Italy, May 24, 2008 (AFP) – Italian mountain specialist Emanuele Sella came home alone to win in the 14th stage of the Tour of Italy on the [...]
La Union, Colombia: Victor Hugo Pe?na scored Rock Racings second victory at the Vuelta a Colombia by attacking out of a 12-man breakaway three miles from the finish of a [...]
PARIS, April 25, 2008 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen may be a marked man after claiming victory in the Fleche-Wallonne classic which precedes the Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Sunday’s finale to cycling’s spring [...]