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Pieter Serry attacks through the pain after Genting Highlands crash by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Belgian suffers deep elbow gash and extensive road rash but makes the key break in stage sixPieter Serry (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) crossed the line at yesterday’s Genting Highlands finish covered in blood and his jersey and shorts badly torn. The Belgian had been the one victim of a freak crash just before the final climb had begun, but man... → Read More
Tour de Langkawi: Tom Leezer solos through the monsoon to take stage six by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Blanco leadout man escapes the break to take Dutch team’s third victory of the raceTom Leezer (Blanco) took his first ever professional victory in the sixth stage of the 2013 Tour de Langkawi, between Mentakab and Kuantan, under monsoon conditions, as he escaped a breakaway of sixteen riders with just seven kilometres to go. The 27... → Read More
ASO announces wildcard teams for Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 25, 2013 Six Professional Continental teams for each race after WorldTour expansionRace organiser ASO has announced the list of teams that have been invited to ride its two Ardennes Classic races, la Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. As events in the UCI WorldTour, all ProTeams are automatically invited - which since the C... → Read More
Garmin-Sharp not giving up after a hard day on Genting Highlands by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 25, 2013 Nathan Haas and Peter Stetina both still in the top ten following Langkawi’s Queen stageGarmin-Sharp went on the offensive on the steep climb to Genting Highlands, at the end of the fifth stage of the Tour de Langkawi and, despite coming away empty handed, the American team is not giving up the fight. The stage was won by Colombian Jul... → Read More
Fuglsang ready to prove himself in Paris-Nice by Kyle Moore - Monday, February 25, 2013 Astana transfer passing early tests in SpainJakob Fuglsang made the transfer to Astana in the offseason, after two underwhelming years with the Radioshack outfit. The Dane could even be granted leadership in the team for the Tour de France, as Astana’s other high-profile transfer, Vincenzo Ni... → Read More
Offredo ready for a big victory, according to team-mate Boucher by Kyle Moore - Monday, February 25, 2013 FDJ rouleurs gradually learning new rolesDavid Boucher and Yoann Offredo (FDJ) are both adapting to roles within the team that they have not yet had, and Boucher likes the maturity he has seen in the younger Offredo, and believes he could be in for a very big victory very soon.
Offredo c... → Read More
Darach McQuaid video: Giro 2014 start in Ireland ‘full of positive symbolism’ by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 25, 2013 Hoping race brings about renewal of Tour of IrelandOver a decade after it was hoped that a North/South Tour of Ireland might be established and act as a symbolic indication of the peace process, a major international race crossing the border in the island will happen next year after the confirmation ... → Read More
Tour de Langkawi: Julian Arredondo soars into the lead on Genting Highlands by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 25, 2013 Colombian climber takes stage and yellow jersey on the Malaysian mountainJulian Arredondo (Team Nippo-De Rosa) seized control of the 2013 Tour de Langkawi on the Queen Stage to the summit of Genting Highlands with a late solo attack. The Colombian climber escaped from Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) inside the final two ... → Read More
Weekend Round-up: Navarro wins Vuelta a Murcia for Cofidis by Kyle Moore - Monday, February 25, 2013 Spaniard off to a good start in first season with French squadIt was just the rain in Spain that fell mainly on the riders in the Vuelta a Murcia on Saturday, and it was Dani Navarro (Cofidis) who continued a strong opening month in his first season with the French team. Navarro broke away on the final climb o... → Read More
Michele Acquarone Video: It’s very important for the Giro d’Italia to go global by Shane Stokes - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Race chief talks about Belfast start, logistical challenges, growth of race and the big starsA little over a year and a half after he took over from Angelo Zomegnan as the central figure in the organisation of the Giro d’Italia, Michele Acquarone has said he believes the race is breaking new ground.
“I am very, very happy,” he said of the... → Read More
Renshaw holds off Van Rensburg to take Clasica del Almeria by VeloNation Press - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Blanco Pro Cycling sprinter nets first victory of current seasonClocking up his first win since stage four of last year’s Presidential Tour of Turkey, Australian sprinter Mark Renshaw was quickest at the end of today’s Clasica del Almeria in Spain.
The Blanco Pro Cycling rider did things perfectly in a large ... → Read More
Albert sews up Bpost Bank Trophy with Oostmalle victory by Kyle Moore - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Takes the former GvA series, adding to World Cup victory in a banner seasonNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) soloed to victory in the Sluitingsprijs-Oostmalle on Sunday, grabbing the final cyclocross event of the season. The Oostmalle race was the final round of the Bpost Bank Trophy, which Albert finished off by a wide margin... → Read More
Andrea Guardini: “Now I have the jersey, and it’s very good, but it’s not enough for me.” by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Tour de Langkawi’s record-breaking stage winner still searching for first victory in 2012Andrea Guardini (Astana) came to this year’s Tour de Langkawi as a record-breaking stage winner, having taken eleven victories in his two appearances in the Malaysian race to date, but is still awaiting his first in 2013. The 23-year-old Italian - w... → Read More
Pierre Rolland Interview: “For me all of the mountaintop finishes are objectives” by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 24, 2013 French climbing star hunting victory in Langkawi on the long road to the TourPierre Rolland (Europcar) is currently one of France’s biggest hopes for glory in its biggest race, as it searches for its first homegrown winner of the Tour since Bernard Hinault. The climber from near Orleans, in the Loire valley of central France,... → Read More
World cyclo cross champion Nys to continue racing for at least another two years by VeloNation Press - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Belgian backtracks on earlier declaration that he was likely to stop next yearAlthough he’s approaching his 37th birthday and had talked about possible retirement earlier this winter, Sven Nys has now declared that he will continue at least two more years in the sport, and could even remain active for three.
Motivated no d... → Read More
Kuurne Brusssel Kuurne cancelled due to snow, GP di Lugano also called off by Shane Stokes - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Freezing conditions affect European racesFollowing yesterday’s enforced decision to cancel the La Drôme Classic in France due to snow, races in Belgium and Switzerland have been hit by the same problem. In the past few minutes the organisers of the Belgian semi-Classic Kuurne Brusssel Kuurn... → Read More
Tour de Langkawi: Francesco Chicchi takes stage three in the hottest sprint so far by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Italian continues giallo fluo tradition in Malaysian raceFrancesco Chicchi (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) continued his giallo fluo team’s tradition of taking stage wins in le Tour de Langkawi as he sprinted to victory in the fourth stage, between Tapah and Kapar. The Italian managed to position himself on th... → Read More
Jos van Emden: “I think I pulled for 100km, but it was the temperature that killed me!” by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 24, 2013 The engine room behind the success of Theo Bos copes with the heat of LangkawiBlanco Pro Cycling’s Jos van Emden has come to le Tour de Langkawi for one reason, and one reason only: to chase down breaks for super sprinter Theo Bos. Although there are a number of big name sprinters in the 2013 race, Blanco is the only team tha... → Read More
Boonen ‘has a lot of work to do,’ will miss Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne by VeloNation Press - Saturday, February 23, 2013 Belgian rider still believes he can be in strong shape for the ClassicsWhile he pronounces himself as satisfied with how his performance went in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, Tom Boonen has decided to give tomorrow’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne a miss in favour of doing more training.
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Video – World scratch race champion Martyn Irvine greeted by supporters at Dublin airport by Shane Stokes - Saturday, February 23, 2013 First Irish track gold medallist in over 100 years speaks, Cycling Ireland’s president gives velodrome updateOne day after he took Ireland’s first track world championship gold medal in 117 years, Martyn Irvine arrived back to a warm reception yesterday evening in Dublin airport, where a group of supporters waited to welcome him back.
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