COPENHAGEN, Sept 23, 2011 (AFP) - The last 10 winners of the road world championships' rainbow jersey, ahead of Sunday's 266 km race: Men 2001 (Lisbon, Portugal): Oscar Freire (ESP) 2002 (Zolder, Belgium): Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003 (Hamilton, Canada): Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004 (Verona, Italie): Oscar Freire (ESP) 2005 (Madrid): Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006 (Salzburg, … [Read more...]
Goss Says He Could Edge Out Cav On Way To Rainbow Jersey
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Justin Davis Copenhagen, Sept 23, 2011 (AFP) - Australia's Matt Goss believes he could have the edge over HTC-Highroad teammate Mark Cavendish if the pair come to duel for cycling's coveted rainbow jersey at the road world championships on Sunday. The 266 km men's road race is the blue riband event of the week-long competition with the likes of Cavendish, Philippe Gilbert, … [Read more...]
Sprinters Eye Rainbow Jersey Prize In Copenhagen
September 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
by Justin Davis PARIS, Sept 18, 2011 (AFP) - Trade team niceties are set to be thrown to one side and replaced with enmity on a national scale next week when the cream of the peloton descend on Copenhagen to battle it out for cycling's coveted rainbow jersey. And Mark Cavendish, the Briton who has taken sprinting to new levels in five years Tour de France domination, is the man … [Read more...]
No Boonen As Gilbert Leads Belgian World Championship Bid
September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
BRUSSELS, Sept 12, 2011 (AFP) - World number one Philippe Gilbert will spearhead Belgium's hopes of winning cycling's coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race championships later this month, it was announced Monday. Gilbert has arguably been the most successful and consistent rider in the peloton this season and his status as team leader for the September 25 race comes amid injury to … [Read more...]
Team-Mates Rally As Hushovd Seeks Elusive Win
June 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
GRINDELWALD, Switzerland, June 13, 2011 - Garmin-Cervelo are rallying behind teammate Thor Hushovd as the Norwegian seeks to honor his status as world champion by ending his victory famine at the Tour of Switzerland Tuesday. Hushovd, who won the world road race title in Australia last September, started the season with big hopes of honoring his rainbow jersey but failed to live up to … [Read more...]
Mind Games Begin Ahead of Rainbow Jersey Battle
October 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis GEELONG, Australia - Italy coach Paolo Bettini is keeping rival teams guessing as the mind games gather pace ahead of Sunday's battle for cycling's coveted rainbow jersey. The men's road race, held over a grueling 262.7 kilometres (160 miles), will bring the curtain down on the five-day world road race championships. And while Belgian Philippe Gilbert … [Read more...]
Cavendish’s World Title Hopes Looking Down
September 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
GEELONG, Australia - Mark Cavendish's hopes of becoming Britain's first world road race champion in 45 years have been crushed after the Isle of Man rider previewed the course for Sunday's race. Cavendish, a 15-time stage winner on the Tour de France, had high hopes of emulating Tom Simpson's feat of 1965 and winning the coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race cycling championships in … [Read more...]
Evans Lifted By Strong Tour Showing
January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2010 (AFP) - Australia's world champion Cadel Evans on Sunday targeted "unfinished business" in the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France after a surprise sixth place in the Tour Down Under. Evans, a two-time runner-up in France, had not expected to figure strongly in Adelaide but he shot up the standings with a third-place finish in searing heat on day three and a … [Read more...]
Evans Says World Title Won’t Affect Tour Ambitions
October 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
NAZARETH, Belgium, Oct 1, 2009 (AFP) - Recently-crowned world road race champion Cadel Evans said winning the coveted rainbow jersey will not change his ambitions to win the Tour de France. Evans, a former two-time runner-up on the world's toughest bike race, made history for Australia when he won the elite men's road race at the world championships near his home in Mendrisio, Switzerland … [Read more...]
World Champion Evans Crowns Aussie Successes
September 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SYDNEY, Sept 28, 2009 (AFP) - Cadel Evans's breakthrough victory in the men's road race at the world cycling championships is a turning point for Australian cycling, the sport's governing body said on Monday. Evans, 32, grabbed Australia's first gold medal in the event beating Russian Alexandr Kolobnev and Joaquin Rodriguez of Spain over the demanding 262.2km course in Mendrisio, Switzerland, … [Read more...]