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Breschel and Riis enthusiastic about rider’s return to Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank

by VeloNation Press - Monday, September 17, 2012
Double worlds medallist to target that race plus one day Classics

After two years at Rabobank, Matti Breschel is hoping to return to his best form after signing a contract to head back to the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team he left at the end of 2010, just after finising second in the world road race championships. ... → Read More


Van Poppel beats Cavendish to Tour of Britain points jersey

by Shane Stokes - Monday, September 17, 2012
House savours important King of the Mountains triumph

Bearing the pressure of a famous name, his father being former top pro Jean Paul van Poppel, Boy van Poppel showed he has plenty of speed in his own right with victory in the points classification at the Tour of Britain. While Mark Cavendish won ... → Read More


Tour of Britain: Tiernan Locke reacts to top career victory

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, September 16, 2012
Climbing talent tipped for Team Sky contract

It’s taken nine editions but Jon Tiernan Locke became the first home winner of the modern Tour of Britain today, succeeding where his countrymen missed out before and in doing so, registering the best performance of his career. The 27 year old En... → Read More


Omega Pharma-Quick Step riders delighted with “unexpected” team time trial World title

by Ben Atkins - Sunday, September 16, 2012
Traditional Belgian Classics team strengthened by powerful time triallists proves that teamwork counts

The six victorious riders of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team have all expressed their delight with a victory in the new World team time trial championships, which Belgian road champion Tom Boonen admitted he “didn’t expect”. The Belgian team, whose ... → Read More


Worlds team time trial: BMC falters on the Cauberg

by Kyle Moore - Sunday, September 16, 2012
American squad takes three-second loss after coming apart on final climb

Any three-second defeat in a 53-kilometer team time trial would be painful, but BMC Racing was left wondering what might have been after being bested by Omega Pharma-Quick Step in the team time trial world championship on Sunday. BMC lost by just th... → Read More


Tour of Britain: Cavendish nets final win in rainbow jersey, Tiernan Locke seals overall success

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, September 16, 2012
Double British success on final day of racing, Tiernan Locke makes history

Mark Cavendish celebrated his last day in the rainbow jersey in the perfect fashion, powering home up the cobbled finishing straight in Guildford to land his third stage win of this year’s Tour of Britain. The Sky Procycling rider easily beat Boy ... → Read More


Omega Pharma-Quick Step takes inaugural men’s trade team time trial World title

by Ben Atkins - Sunday, September 16, 2012
Belgian team of individual champion beats BMC Racing Team by three seconds over 53.2km course

The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team of Tom Boonen, Sylvain Chavanel, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra, Kristof Vandewalle and Peter Velits, won the inaugural team time trial World championships for trade teams in the Limburg town of Valkenberg. The Belgian te... → Read More


Japanese riders and personnel out of Tour of China due to international tensions

by VeloNation Press - Sunday, September 16, 2012
Political row having an effect on sporting events

Escalating diplomatic tension between China and Japan over the controversial purchase of islands in the South China Sea – called the Senkaku by Tokyo and the Diaoyo by Beijing – has spilled over into the sporting arena, with the international row hav... → Read More


Specialized-lululemon takes opening team time trial World title

by Ben Atkins - Sunday, September 16, 2012
Favourite lives up to pre-race billing on hilly Limburg course

Pre-race favourite Specialized-lululemon got the 2012 World road championships under way with a convincing victory in the Women’s Team Time Trial between Sittard and Valkenberg. The German-registered team of Charlotte Becker, Amber Neben, Evie Steven... → Read More


Tony Martin feels ready to defend gold medal at world championships

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, September 15, 2012
German rider believes Armstrong should lose titles if proof is there

He’s had a very frustrating few months but Tony Martin believes he can turn things around completely by taking gold in the world time trial championships next week. Runner-up in the Olympic time trial, the German has had smoother preparation for this... → Read More


Farrar out of US team for world championships due to concussion

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, September 15, 2012
Vuelta top ten finisher Talansky takes vacated place

Tyler Farrar’s bad crash during the Tour of Britain and subsequent concussion has led to the Washington rider being forced to withdraw from the USA team for the world road race championships. The Garmin-Sharp rider came down in a stage one fall l... → Read More


Tour of Britain: Pablo Urtasun wins Devon stage as Tiernan-Locke consolidates lead

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, September 15, 2012
Two Euskaltel-Euskadi riders in the break proves decisive on hilly Dartmouth finale

Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the seventh, and penultimate, stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, as it crossed the county of Devon between Barnstaple and Dartmouth. The Basque rider managed to outsprint the four remaining members of a ten-man b... → Read More


Tour of Britain: Tiernan Locke clear on need to reinforce lead

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, September 15, 2012
Major battle brewing in close-fought race

Holding a slender 13 second lead over Leigh Howard (Orica GreenEdge) and 18 on Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp), Tour of Britain race leader Jonathan Tiernan Locke is clear on what he needs to do today: once again light up the race in the finale, explode t... → Read More


Great Britain confirms final line ups for Limburg World championships

by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 14, 2012
Tour of Britain stars to feature in Mark Cavendish’s rainbow jersey defence

After releasing the long lists last week, British Cycling has announced the final line ups for the Great Britain team at the road World championships, to be contested in Limburg, Netherlands, between September 15th and 23rd. The Elite Men’s team will... → Read More


USA Cycling clarifies stance on Armstrong’s appearance in upcoming Alpine Odyssey 100k race

by Shane Stokes - Friday, September 14, 2012
Verifies Texan can ride unsanctioned races only, UCI licence holders can be penalised

With Lance Armstrong set to sidestep his lifetime ban and compete in the Alpine Odyssey 100k mountain bike race in Crested Butte this Sunday, USA Cycling has explained its position on the Texan competing and also on such unsanctioned events. “USA... → Read More


Bennati to Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank, leaves RadioShack Nissan

by VeloNation Press - Friday, September 14, 2012
Multiple Grand Tour stage winner adds speed to Danish squad

Following on from this week’s contract extensions of Jesus Hernandez, Bejamin Noval and Rafal Majka, the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team has announced the addition of the Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati to the lineup. The 31 year old sprinter will mov... → Read More


Tour of Britain: Jonathan Tiernan-Locke attacks into gold over Caerphilly Mountain

by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 14, 2012
Leopold König wins Welsh stage as two break clear on two ascents of final climb

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) attacked into the 2012 Tour of Britain gold jersey over the two climbs of Caerphilly Mountain on the sixth stage, between Welshpool and Caerphilly. Tiernan-Locke was joined by Leopold König (NetApp) on the secon... → Read More


Ciolek adds firepower to MTN Qhubeka lineup for next season

by Shane Stokes - Friday, September 14, 2012
German sprinter aiming to return to his top form with African team

Former world under 23 champion and past Vuelta a España stage winner Gerald Ciolek is the latest signing to a flourishing MTN-Qhubeka line-up, with the Geman joining recently-confirmed Tour of Portugal stage winner Jay Thomson and 2009 Giro TT victor... → Read More


Wiggins out of Tour of Britain due to illness, regrets withdrawal

by VeloNation Press - Friday, September 14, 2012
Sky rider’s worlds participation not thought to be threatened

One day after his overall chances in the race evaporated after he decided to wait for the struggling gold jersey Mark Cavendish rather than push ahead with the race contenders, Bradley Wiggins has withdrawn from the Tour of Britain. His Sky team stat... → Read More


Tour of Turkey winner Gabrovski faces disqualification with B sample also positive for EPO

by Shane Stokes - Friday, September 14, 2012
Astana’s Alexandr Dyachenko set to become race winner

Bulgarian rider Ivailo Gabrovski will lose his Presidential Tour of Turkey title and is set to be handed a lengthy ban after it was confirmed that a B sample analysis has verified a positive test for EPO in this year’s race. On July 18th the UCI ... → Read More

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