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Eneco Tour: Kittel sprints to stage four as Boonen sneaks into the lead by Ben Atkins - Thursday, August 9, 2012 Bonus seconds see Belgian champion take over after long flat stageMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) sprinted to his second victory of the 2012 Eneco Tour, as he took stage four between Heers, Belgium and Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. The 24-year-old German was the fastest once more, as he had been on stage one, at the e... → Read More
Stefan Wyman Interview Part two: “Why should women settle for five or ten percent" by Ben Atkins - Thursday, August 9, 2012 Matrix Fitness-Prendas manager discusses the future of the women’s sport and his hopes for developing his teamSince we published the first part of our long conversation with Horizon Fitness-Prendas manager Stefan Wyman, one of his former riders - Lizzie Armitstead - has won a silver medal in the Olympic road race, and two others - Dani King and Joanna Rowsel... → Read More
Chris Froome leading Team Sky to la Vuelta a España by Ben Atkins - Thursday, August 9, 2012 Kenyan-born British rider aiming for top step after two straight Grand Tour second placesThe Sky Procycling Team has announced its line up for the upcoming Vuelta a España, where Chris Froome will be aiming to take the overall victory. The Kenyan-born Briton finished a very close second in last year’s edition, where he finished ahead of ... → Read More
Garmin-Sharp nails Tour of Utah team time trial, Vande Velde takes race lead by Kyle Moore - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Leipheimer loses big time with shorthanded teamChristian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) took the race leader’s jersey from stage one winner Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) as Garmin-Sharp grabbed another team time trial, this time in stage two of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
Vande Velde wa... → Read More
USADA permits Pepe Marti’s request for arbitration in US Postal Service case by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Spaniard had previously been banned after not responding to chargesAlthough former USPS team trainer Pepe Marti was handed a lifetime ban last month after he did not respond to doping charges put to him by USADA on June 29th, the Agency has now indicated that it is willing to put that suspension on hold.
The Span... → Read More
Contract Roundup: Baby Giro runner-up Aru to Astana, Martens stays with Rabobank by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela and Bianchi extend current dealOne week after the limitation on contact news for 2013 expired, more details have emerged about team and technology news for next season.
Promising 22 year old Fabio Aru has already got the nod from the Astana team for 2012 and 2013, the Italian ... → Read More
Eneco Tour: Theo Bos takes stage three sprint victory in Genk by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Dutch sprinter just holds on after World championship style Limburg circuitTheo Bos (Rabobank) took his first ever victory in the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the third stage of the 2012 Eneco Tour, between Riemst and Genk, Belgium. The Dutch former track star was t... → Read More
Samuel Dumoulin to boost strength of the Ag2r La Mondiale Team from 2013 by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Two year deal sees return of past Tour de France stage winnerAfter five seasons with the Cofidis squad, French puncheur and fast finisher Samuel Dumoulin has decided to head back to the Ag2r La Mondiale team.
The 31 year old previously competed with the team for four years but then left at the end of 2007.... → Read More
BMC Racing Team crash puts paid to Phinney’s classification ambitions in ENECO Tour by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 American may refocus sights on individual time trialThird overall after Monday’s opening stage, Taylor Phinney’s push for a strong overall result was foiled by a crash involving other BMC Racing Team riders in yesterday’s stage of the Eneco Tour.
Eight kilometres into a team time trial they were de... → Read More
Armstrong/US Postal case: UCI’s jurisdiction claims further undermined by Landis timing by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 International Tennis Federation backs USADA over Del Moral banWADA’s rebuke today of the UCI’s claim of jurisdiction in the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service investigation has made clear that the agency has over-ruled the governing body’s claim that an April 30th email put it in charge.
In a letter sent to ... → Read More
Rory Sutherland surprises the bunch sprint in Tour of Utah opener by Kyle Moore - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 UnitedHealthcare GC leader grabs grueling stage one out of 30-man sprintRory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) surprised Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) from 200 metres out in a select bunch sprint in stage one of the Tour of Utah, grabbing the first leader’s jersey of the race.
Sutherland was part of a group of appr... → Read More
WADA backs USADA’s jurisdiction in Armstrong/USPS doping investigation by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 World Anti Doping Agency rejects UCI’s claims and instructs it to co-operateThe World Anti Doping Agency WADA has warned the UCI to back off on its claims of authority and jurisdiction in relation to the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service investigation, writing to its president Pat McQuaid and also issuing a public statement ... → Read More
London 2012: Australia fights back over Great Britain’s dominance of the velodrome by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Anna Meares beats Pendleton, but Hoy defends Keirin and Trott wins women’s OmniumThe final night in the London 2012 velodrome saw Great Britain on top once again, but the host nation did not have things by any means.
In the women’s Omnium, Great Britain’s Laura Trott, who hails from Cheshunt - less than ten miles from the Lond... → Read More
Eneco Tour: Orica-GreenEdge rides Jens Keukeleire into the lead in team time trial by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Orica-GreenEdge won the second stage of the 2012 Eneco Tour, a 19.9km team time trial in Sittard, Netherlands, putting its Belgian rider Jens Keukeleire into the race lead. The Australian team completed the mostly-flat course in a time of 21’08”, wh... → Read More
Steve Chainel to AG2R La Mondiale on a two-year deal by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 French cyclocross star to add Classics steel to WorldTour teamSteve Chainel is to join AG2R La Mondiale from 2013, on a two-year contract, the team has announced. The 29-year-old from Remiremont, in the Vosges department of eastern France, is one of the country’s top cyclocross riders, but the International Cy... → Read More
Alberto Contador safely negotiates his first day back in the peloton by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank rider kept out of the wind and manages to avoid late crashAlberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) made a safe return to the peloton in yesterday’s opening stage of the Enoco Tour, following his suspension for returning a positive test for Clenbuterol in the 2010 Tour de France. The Spanish rider has only... → Read More
Dominik Nerz and Daniel Oss to BMC Racing Team for 2013 by Ben Atkins - Monday, August 6, 2012 Two more Liquigas-Cannondale riders confirmed in green/blu team ExodusThe BMC Racing Team has announced the signature of both Dominik Nerz and Daniel Oss for the 2013 season. Both riders are currently at Liquigas-Cannondale and are the fourth an fifth riders confirmed to be leaving the green and blue team at the end o... → Read More
Taylor Phinney carries Olympic form into Eneco Tour sprint by Ben Atkins - Monday, August 6, 2012 American loses his sprinter in the lead out but takes third in opening stageTaylor Phinney (BMC Racing) continued the form that saw him take two fourth places in the Olympic Games road race and time trial last week, as he sprinted to third place in the opening stage of the Eneco Tour today. The American was meant to be lead... → Read More
Two year Rabobank contract will see Lars Petter Nordhaug leave Team Sky by VeloNation Press - Monday, August 6, 2012 “I’m ready to develop myself further,” says NorwegianOn the back of the strongest year of his career, Norwegian Lars Petter Nordhaug has inked a deal to move from the British Team Sky to the Dutch Rabobank squad. The 28 year old has signed a two year contract, and will compete there until the end of 20... → Read More
London 2012: Jason Kenny turns Beijing silver into London gold on day five in the velodrome by Ben Atkins - Monday, August 6, 2012 Briton sees off Baugé in two legs; Pendleton and Meares still heading for final clash; Trott and Hammer lead women’s OmniumGreat Britain’s Jason Kenny turned his silver medal from the Sprint competition in the Beijing Olympics four years before - where he finished second behind compatriot Chris Hoy - to gold in London as he beat reigning World champion Grégory Baugé of F... → Read More
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