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Dan Martin on worlds: ‘This is normally my time of year, I can be really good’ by Shane Stokes - Sunday, September 23, 2012 Irish climber speaks about the course, his chances and the dangermen Irish rider Dan Martin is one of the outsiders for today’s world road race championships but as his second place in last year’s Giro di Lombardia proved, when he’s on good form he’s one of the best hilly Classics riders in the bunch.After riding his ... → Read More
Marianne Vos ends five years of hurt with a home World championship victory by Ben Atkins - Saturday, September 22, 2012 World number one takes her second rainbow jersey at last as the Netherlands rules Limburg raceMarianne Vos of the Netherlands ended five years of agony as she finally took her second road rainbow jersey on her home roads, emulating 2008 champion Nicole Cooke as she added the World title to her Olympic gold. The world number one, who had taken... → Read More
Lutsenko wins bunch gallop to take under-23 word championship title by Shane Stokes - Saturday, September 22, 2012 Kazakh 20 year old triumphs ahead of Coquard and Van Asbroeck Timing his final sprint perfectly to hold off those behind, Kazakhstan’s Alexey Lutsenko grabbed the gold medal in the under 23 world road race championship in Valkenburg. He was quickest in a chaotic final gallop, reaching the line just ahead of a f... → Read More
Jungels booked for two years at RadioShack Nissan by VeloNation Press - Saturday, September 22, 2012 Top under 23 talent to make step up to WorldTour levelAfter a stunning season where he won the under 23 Paris-Roubaix, took the overall classification in the Flèche du Sud and the Triptique des Monts et Châteaux and scooped the under 23 national time trial championship title, Bob Jungels has now secured... → Read More
Bennett hoping for strong Under 23 worlds ride despite knee niggle by Shane Stokes - Saturday, September 22, 2012 O’Loughlin believes big result is possible if race goes to planIrish rider Sam Bennett is a dark horse for a big result in today’s under 23 world championship, having the talent and past results to clock up a strong finish but also having disrupted preparation due to a knee niggle which flared up during the Tour... → Read More
UCI rules out cycling truth and reconcilliation commission for doping by Shane Stokes - Friday, September 21, 2012 McQuaid: ‘We need to concentrate on the sport today and not so much the past’Two weeks after Pat McQuaid suggested that an amnesty or truth and reconcilliation commission might be introduced to cycling, the UCI President said today that the sport would be better served by concentrating on the future rather than revisiting the... → Read More
World championships: Can Marianne Vos win at home? by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 21, 2012 World number one seeks to end incredible run of five straight silvers on a course made for herMarianne Vos has never finished worse than second in a World championship road race. The Dutch phenomenon took the junior race as a 17-year-old in Verona, Italy, back in 2004, but then was beaten into silver the next year by Denmark’s Mie Bekker. In ... → Read More
Silver lining for Pinotti as operation believed unnecessary by Shane Stokes - Friday, September 21, 2012 Italian gets small boost after world championship spill Two days after he crashed hard during the elite time trial at the world championships and fractured his collarbone, Marco Pinotti has received some welcome news. Contrary to first expectations, his BMC Racing Team has said that he will not now need a... → Read More
Lucy Garner successfully defends World junior road race title by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 21, 2012 2011 winner emulates Nicole Cooke as race finishes in bunch sprintGreat Britain’s Lucy Garner has done what only her compatriot Nicole Cooke had managed before her, and successfully defended her junior women’s road race World title. The 18-year-old - who had celebrated her birthday the day before - sprinted to vict... → Read More
Cancellara said set to stay with RadioShack, but wanted to leave by VeloNation Press - Friday, September 21, 2012 Lawyers unable to find way out Top Classics rider and former world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara looks set to remain with the RadioShack Nissan team in 2013, despite indications that he is dissatisfied with the set-up.
Cancellara had a tough season due to the multiple f... → Read More
Cavendish said to be on verge of Omega Pharma Quick Step move by VeloNation Press - Friday, September 21, 2012 Release fee and high salary reduce list of contendersAmid rumours that a verbal agreement has already been made, the move of Mark Cavendish to the Omega Pharma Quick Step team is said to be moving closer to being finalized.
The world champion has already confirmed that he is leaving Team Sky, sayin... → Read More
After NetApp-Endura move, Downing sets higher targets for 2013 by Shane Stokes - Friday, September 21, 2012 Motivated British rider welcomes opportunity to again ride top racesRussell Downing has said that he is ready to seize the second chance at top-level international racing he has secured, the Briton determined to make the most out of the Pro Continental licence he will compete under next year.
Downing was one of ... → Read More
UCI confirms 2013 WorldTour calendar by Ben Atkins - Thursday, September 20, 2012 July/August races revert to original pre-Olympic slots; Hangzhou returns despite 2012 cancellationThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed the dates of the races that will make up the 2013 WorldTour series, which it refers to as “the best of road cycling.” The series of events, which run from January to October, are identical to those... → Read More
UCI court action sees Kimmage summoned to appear before Swiss court in December by Shane Stokes - Thursday, September 20, 2012 Anti-doping journalist sued by cycling’s governing body Although USADA’s reasoned judgement on the Lance Armstrong case will shortly be delivered to the UCI and WADA and is expected to include serious claims about a 2001 doping positive, the UCI is pressing ahead with a legal action against anti-doping jo... → Read More
Giro d’Italia announces stage finish on the Galibier in tribute to Pantani by Ben Atkins - Thursday, September 20, 2012 Short, sharp Alpine stage into France to mark 15 years since il Pirata’s most devastating attackWith the full 2013 route to be announced on September 30th, Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has released news of the 15th stage, which will see the race cross the border into France for the first time in six years. The short, shart, 150km course w... → Read More
Operacion Puerto trial to finally begin in January by Shane Stokes - Thursday, September 20, 2012 Contador, Basso, Scarponi, Beloki and Manzano amongst witnesses calledThe case has rumbled on since May 2006 but now, finally, it appears that the Operacion Puerto affair might be nearing a conclusion. Grand Tour winners Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and Michele Scarponi are amongst 35 witnesses which have been called t... → Read More
2011 Giro di Lombardia winner Zaugg to Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank by VeloNation Press - Thursday, September 20, 2012 Swiss climber speaks of new motivation with moveAlmost a year on from his dominant display in the Giro di Lombardia, where he soloed to the biggest victory of his career, Swiss rider Olivier Zaugg has inked a deal to compete with the Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank setup from 2013.
The 31 year old co... → Read More
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team to debut in 2013 by VeloNation Press - Thursday, September 20, 2012 New title sponsorship for current Liquigas Cannondale backerSix years after it began supplying to the team and three after it graduated to secondary backer, Cannondale will take over sole title sponsorship of the current Liquigas-Cannondale squad in January 2013.
The American manufacturer will considerabl... → Read More
Contrasting fortunes for van Garderen and Pinotti in world championship TT by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, September 19, 2012 “I knew this time I was going to reach the podium…this sport is cruel”Aside from runner up Taylor Phinney, BMC Racing team riders Tejay van Garderen and Marco Pinotti also contested today’s Elite trial at the world championships and had very different fortunes.
Van Garderen rode strongly to earn a career-bast fourt... → Read More
UCI awards 2016 World road championships to Doha, Qatar by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Race to be held in Middle East for first time in sprinters’ paradise; 2014 Spanish Worlds under threatThe International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee, meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands, during the World road championships, has awarded the 2016 Worlds to the city of Doha, Qatar. This will be the first time in the event’s history that it wi... → Read More
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