PARIS, Sept 9, 2011 (AFP) - Australian cycling outfit GreenEdge have added up-and-coming Belgian Jens Keukeleire to their line-up, it was announced on Friday. GreenEdge are set to become the first Australian-registered team in the elite peloton and hope to acquire a UCI ProTour licence in order to compete in the 2012 season -- which should be helped by the signing of top names so far. … [Read more...]
Dutchman Weening Signs With Team GreenEdge
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Aug 10, 2011 - Nascent Australian cycling team GreenEdge continued their impressive recruitment campaign by signing Dutchman Pieter Weening on Tuesday. Rabobank rider Weening, 30, has experience of most of the world's biggest races and has won stages on both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He was the last Dutchman to win on the world's premier cycling event when he won a … [Read more...]
Ventoso Wins 6th Giro Stage, Weening Holds Pink Jersey
May 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
FIUGGI, Italy, May 12, 2011 - Spain's Francisco Ventoso won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia here on Thursday, while Dutch rider Pieter Weening of Rabobank held on to the overall leader's pink jersey. Ventoso won a sprint finish on a slight hill ahead of Italy's Alessandro Petacchi, winner of Sunday's second stage at Parma, after the 216km hilly run around the Latium region of … [Read more...]
Millar Loses Pink Jersey, As Weening Wins Fifth Stage
May 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Millar loses Giro lead as Weening wins fifth stage ORVIETO, Italy, May 11, 2011 - Dutchman Pieter Weening capped a brave solo attack with victory in the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia Wednesday to take the race leader's pink jersey from Britain's David Millar. A day after the peloton held a 216 km procession to honor stricken Belgian Wouter Weylandt, who died in a crash on … [Read more...]