LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2012 (AFP) - Australian cycling star Robbie McEwen retired on Sunday after the final stage of the Tour of California, concluding a 17-year professional career saw him capture 12 Tour de France stage victories. The 39-year-old from Brisbane was among the world's greatest sprinters at the peak of his career, which also saw him win 12 stages of both the Giro d'Italia … [Read more...]
Aussies Savour “Historic” Moment
January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 14, 2012 (AFP) - Australia's steady rise up the world cycling hierarchy will reach its peak on Sunday when the GreenEdge team makes its debut at the Tour Down Under. Since the pioneering Phil Anderson became the first non-European to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey in 1981, Australians have been consistently ranked among … [Read more...]
Wallonie Good Soil For Robbie McEwen
September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Team RadioShack’s Robbie McEwen seems to like the races in the French speaking part of Belgium. After winning a stage in this year’s Tour de Wallonie, he won today’s opening stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge (or Tour de Wallonie Picarde), a four-day stage race around the Belgian-French border. In a mass sprint he was clearly faster than last year’s overall winner Adam Blyth (Omega Pharma … [Read more...]
GreenEdge Adds Belgian Classics Hopefuls To Roster
September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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...]
McEwen Concerned By Lack of Tour Sprint Stages
July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CAP FREHEL, France, July 6, 2011 - Australian Robbie McEwen said he is concerned about what he feels is a recent trend to reduce victory opportunities to sprinters on the world's biggest cycling races. RadioShack team sprinter McEwen is not competing on the world's premier cycling event this year. But even if he was he would likely have few chances to add to his tally of 12 stage wins … [Read more...]
Tiago Machado Can Surprise In The Tour of Italy
May 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Team RadioShack’s Portuguese rider Tiago Machado will start as the leader of the squad in the Tour of Italy that begins on Saturday May 7th in Torino. As a climber and good time trial rider, Machado (25) has the perfect skills to be a good stage race rider. With Robbie McEwen (with twelve Giro stage wins on his palmares), Robbie Hunter and Manuel Cardoso, the team also has the potential to … [Read more...]
McEwen Predicts Fireworks As Ocre Jersey Fight Begins
January 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
ADELAIDE, Australia - Veteran sprinter Robbie McEwen expects a fight to the death for the Tour Down Under title as the lead changed hands again Friday two days before the race finale in Adelaide. Fellow Australian Cameron Meyer, a world track cycling champion in his second elite year with road team Garmin-Cervelo, claimed the ochre jersey after a gutsy stage win in Strathalbyn in the … [Read more...]
Goss Leads Down Under, Matthews Wins Stage 3
January 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia - HTC-Highroad's Matthew Goss reclaimed the leader's ochre jersey at the Tour Down Under as fellow Australian Michael Matthews romped to victory on stage three on Thursday. Goss started the 129-kilometre (80-mile) stage from Unley to Stirling in the Adelaide Hills on the same time as but behind overnight leader and Australian … [Read more...]
Robbie McEwen In Leader’s Jersey In Santos Tour Down Under
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Team RadioShack’s Robbie McEwen will start in the ochre leader’s jersey in Stage 3 of the Santos Tour Down Under. After two 3rd place finishes in the open days, Robbie McEwen claimed second place on Wednesday’s Stage 2 behind stage winner Ben Swift of Team Sky. Consistency paid off as bonus seconds and points placed him squarely in the race leader’s jersey on his third day of racing in the … [Read more...]
Cav Goes Down, As Swift Swoops The Win
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis Team Sky sprinter Ben Swift claimed his first major win of the season after surviving the crash-marred finale to the second stage of the Tour Down Under on Wednesday. British tyro Swift was one of the few sprinters to emerge unhindered in the final few hundred metres of the 146-kilometre stage from Tailem Bend to Mannum after a series of late spills caused … [Read more...]