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Tour of Britain: Leigh Howard sprints to victory in Knowsley on stage two by Ben Atkins - Monday, September 10, 2012 Australian beats Mark Cavendish in untidy sprint after long wet Peak District stageLeigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) took the second stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, between Nottingham and Knowsley Safari Park, as he won an untidy sprint to the line ahead of former teammate Mark Cavendish (Team Sky). Howard and Boy van Poppel (Unite... → Read More
Giro d’Italia stage winner Konovalovas signs for growing MTN Qhubeka team by Shane Stokes - Monday, September 10, 2012 Former Cervélo Test Team rider joins up again with Campana and ZemkeThree years after he won the final time trial in the Giro d’Italia while with the Cervélo Test Team, Ignatas Konovalovas has signed an agreement to race with the expanding, ambitious MTN Qhubeka squad.
The South African setup is pushing to becom... → Read More
Hansen to keep racing after completing all three Grand Tours this season by Shane Stokes - Monday, September 10, 2012 No let-up yet for Australian hardman after ‘stupid hard’ featHe succeeded in his goal yesterday of becoming the only rider this year to finish all three Grand Tours, has amassed over 15,000 kilometres and has completed almost 100 days of racing, but Adam Hansen has no intention of stopping thus yet.
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‘Team Canada’ shows well in Québec and Montréal by Kyle Moore - Sunday, September 9, 2012 Hesjedal does his best, Veilleux hoping for bigger selections, Barry marks retirementEver since Ryder Hesjedal’s big victory in the Giro d’Italia, Canada has been especially tuned in to the Garmin-Sharp rider’s exploits, as well as Canadian cycling in general. With the entire country in the spotlight over the past three days, Canadi... → Read More
Contador says strength of mind is what made the difference in the 2012 Vuelta a España by VeloNation Press - Sunday, September 9, 2012 Having tried, and failed repeatedly to take the red jersey from Joaquim Rodriguez and then finally succeeding with an unexpected, unorthodox attack far from the finish on Wednesday’s stage to Fuente Dé, Alberto Contador has said his stubbornness is a... → Read More
Lars Petter Nordhaug nails career best win in GP Cycliste de Montréal by Kyle Moore - Sunday, September 9, 2012 Outduels Moser and Kolobnev in late breakLars Petter Nordhaug (Sky Procycling) nabbed the biggest victory of his career in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal on Sunday, coming back on Moreno Moser (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Alexander Kolobnev (Katusha) in the closing meters.
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Brain Wash Ladies Toer: Marianne Vos snatches overall victory on World championship course by Ben Atkins - Sunday, September 9, 2012 Olympic champion outsprints Evie Stevens to take fourth straight Ladies ToerIn what she surely hopes is a forecast for the World championships, Marianne Vos (Rabobank) took the final stage, and overall race victory, in the sixth and final stage of the Brain Wash Ladies Toer in Berg en Terblijt, on a course based on that to b... → Read More
Vuelta a España: John Degenkolb gets number five on final stage as Contador wins by Ben Atkins - Sunday, September 9, 2012 German sprinter the class of the field once more after mostly ceremonial stageJohn Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) took his fifth victory of the 2012 Vuelta a España, in the largely ceremonial final stage between Cercedilla and the Paseo de la Castellana boulevard, in the Spanish capital Madrid. The German sprinter was once again t... → Read More
Rowe salvages Tour of Britain stage win for Sky after Cavendish crashes by Shane Stokes - Sunday, September 9, 2012 World champion ends up with torn rainbow rather than gold jerseySwiftly moving to Plan B after world road race champion Mark Cavendish went down inside the final two kilometres, Luke Rowe (Team Sky) powered home to take stage one of the Tour of Britain. The Briton beat Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare) in a drag ... → Read More
Video preview: Daniel Lloyd details stage one of Tour of Britain by VeloNation Press - Sunday, September 9, 2012 Huge crowds expected for first day of actionAs he did earlier this year on key stages of the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, British pro Daniel Lloyd has ridden the opening stage of the Tour of Britain and previewed the characteristics of this first day of the race.
The Team IG Sigma... → Read More
Mark Cavendish confirms he wants to leave Team Sky by Ben Atkins - Saturday, September 8, 2012 World champion hopes for an amicable separation and that British team doesn’t demand a release feeAfter weeks of speculation and gossip from everybody but the man himself, Mark Cavendish has finally confirmed that he does want to leave Team Sky at the end of the year. The World champion Manxman is coming to the end of the first year of a three-ye... → Read More
Brain Wash Ladies Toer: Ina Teutenberg wins stage five as the breakaway sticks by Ben Atkins - Saturday, September 8, 2012 German sprinter shows versatility in defence of teammate Charlotte Becker’s overall leadIna Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) showed her versatility in the fifth stage of the Brain Wash Holland Ladies Toer, in Bergeijk, in the southern Netherlands, as she outsprinted the rest of a 14-rider break. The veteran former German champion, wh... → Read More
Vuelta a España: Alberto Contador clings on to confirm overall victory on the Bola del Mundo by Ben Atkins - Saturday, September 8, 2012 Denis Menchov takes breakaway stage; race leader bends under pressure but doesn’t breakAlberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) bent, but did not break, under pressure from both Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) on the steep climb to the top of the Bola del Mundo, at the finish of the 20th stage of the 2012... → Read More
Paris-Brussels: Tom Boonen takes his first ever edition of the historic semi-Classic by Ben Atkins - Saturday, September 8, 2012 Belgian champion outsprints Mark Renshaw and Oscar Freire after a long day of breakawaysThe Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) domination of the 2012 Classics continued in Paris-Brussels as the Belgian champion added the race between the two European capitals to his palmares. Boonen sprinted to victory in the shadow of Brussels’ famou... → Read More
Vuelta a España: All eyes on the Bola del Mundo finish to stage 20 by Ben Atkins - Saturday, September 8, 2012 Biggest climb of the race to decide three-way Spanish battle for the raceWith 19 stages down, all eyes in the Vuelta a España are now firmly trained on today’s finish on the top of the Bols del Mundo. The 2247 metre high mountain just outside Madrid will see the final battle for the race’s red jersey fought out between ... → Read More
Simon Gerrans takes breakaway sprint victory in GP Québec by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 7, 2012 Australian champion outpaces Greg Van Avermaet on false flat finishing straightSimon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec in a two-up sprint in the capital of French-speaking Canada. The Australian champion outpaced Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) after the two of them escaped on the climb to ... → Read More
Brain Wash Ladies Toer: Marianne Vos takes stage four in breakaway sprint by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 7, 2012 Charlotte Becker takes second and holds lead as the wind finally hits the Dutch raceMarianne Vos (Rabobank) won the fourth stage of the Brain Wash Holland Ladies Toer in the town of Zaltbommel, just north of 's-Hertogenbosch, southern Netherlands, as she outsprinted the rest of a breakaway group of three. Second to the Olympic cham... → Read More
Vuelta a España: Philippe Gilbert takes second stage victory on complicated finish at La Lastrilla by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 7, 2012 Former Belgian champion leaps away from the pack on long uphill dragPhilippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) took his second victory of the 2012 Vuelta a España on the “complicated” uphill finish of stage 19 between Peñafiel and La Lastrilla. The former Belgian champion burst from the chasing peloton to overtake former Irish ch... → Read More
Grischa Niermann to hang up his wheels to become coach at Rabobank by Ben Atkins - Friday, September 7, 2012 36-year-old German to continue with the team he’s called home since 1999Rabobank’s Grischa Niermann is to retire after the Vuelta a España and take up a coaching role with the team. The 36-year-old German is currently riding the Spanish Tour, but, after he climbs off his bike at the end of Sunday’s final stage in Madrid... → Read More
Thor Hushovd finds explanation for poor season by Xylon van Eyck - Friday, September 7, 2012 Former world champ “relieved” and looking forward to next seasonBMC Racing Team has found a prognosis for Thor Hushovd’s poor performance this season. After four days of testing at the Salt Lake City Health and Fitness Institute with the team’s doctor Max Testa, results showed the former world champion suffered f... → Read More
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