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...]
GreenEdge Signs Vaitkus
August 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Aug 24, 2011 - Australia's new cycling team GreenEdge announced its latest recruit on Monday, Lithuanian Tomas Vaitkus. The 29-year-old former junior world time trial champion becomes the 14th rider to join the outfit, joining the likes of Australians Baden Cooke, Matt Wilson and Simon Clarke and veteran Canadian champion Svein Tuft. … [Read more...]
Vaitkus Breaks Shoulder, Out For Season
September 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PARIS - Lithuanian cyclist Tomas Vaitkus will be out of action for the rest of 2010 after fracturing his left shoulder, his RadioShack team announced on Monday. Vaitkus initially hurt his shoulder during the Tour of the Algarve in February, forcing him to withdraw from the event. … [Read more...]
Steegmans and Vaitkus in Belgium’s Opening Weekend
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Gert Steegmans and Tomas Vaitkus will race in the opening weekend’s races of the Belgian cycling season. Their participation was questionable after crashes in the third and first stages of last week’s Tour of Algarve. Gert Steegmans suffered a concussion after landing on his head in stage three. After three days rest he did a 50 kilometer training ride on Tuesday, followed by a 6 hour … [Read more...]
An Aggressive Armstrong Attack, Another Greipel Win
January 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 22, 2010 (AFP) - An audacious Lance Armstrong attack failed to break Andre Greipel's stranglehold on the Tour Down Under on Friday as the German claimed his third stage win in emphatic style. Armstrong and RadioShack team-mate Tomas Vaitkus broke forward with about 16 kilometres (10 miles) to go, but were caught by the pack in hot and windy … [Read more...]
Tomas Vaitkus of Astana Becomes Lithuania’s National Road Champion
June 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
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 road race on Saturday. Both races were held in Ignalina. “The road race was a big goal of mine, which all my competitors knew coming into the race and made me an easy target. I was lucky there was a crosswind, making the race harder … [Read more...]