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Wout Poels: “I can now get up the stairs myself” by Ben Atkins - Monday, July 30, 2012 Dutch Vacansoleil-DCM rider speaks for the first time about his horrific Tour de France crash injuriesWout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) was released from hospital last Tuesday, but has now spoken to the press for the first time about his Tour de France crash. The 24-year-old Dutchman, riding in his debut Tour, was one of many riders to come down hard in ... → Read More
Colombia-Coldeportes climbers reemerging in the Vuelta a Burgos by Kyle Moore - Monday, July 30, 2012 Joaquim Rodriguez defending title in five-day Vuelta a España tune-upThe Vuelta a Burgos gets underway in northern Spain on Wednesday, set for five stages of rolling and mountainous terrain. Colombia-Coldeportes makes its return to a high-profile race after a busy spring and quiet early summer, hoping to put some of ... → Read More
Romain Feillu trying to make the most of a lean 2012 season by Kyle Moore - Monday, July 30, 2012 No Vuelta for French sprinter, will target Tour de l’Ain, Tour du LimousinRomain Feillu is one of several sprinters on the Dutch team Vacansoleil-DCM, along with Kris Boeckmans and Kenny Van Hummel, and the Frenchman has struggled to get his 2012 season rolling after a solid campaign last year.
After getting eight wins ... → Read More
Fabian Cancellara still to start Olympic time trial despite road race crash by Ben Atkins - Monday, July 30, 2012 Nothing broken for defending champion but final decision still not made after badly bruising shoulderSwitzerland’s Fabian Cancellara still intends to defend his Olympic time trial crown in the 44km race at Henry VII’s Hampton Court Palace on Wednesday, according to Swiss newspaper Blick. The RadioShack-Nissan rider is still in some doubt however aft... → Read More
The line between failure and success: The differing fortunes of Great Britain’s Olympic men and women by Ben Atkins - Monday, July 30, 2012 How flexibility saw Lizzie Armitstead take silver, while loyalty to Mark Cavendish saw the World champion miss outThe fortunes of the two Great Britain teams at this weekend’s Olympic road races couldn’t have been more different. Lizzie Armitstead took a battling silver medal in Sunday’s pouring rain, the day after the men’s team had gone home empty handed afte... → Read More
Freire expected a Vinokourov-style escape finish would take Olympic gold by Kyle Moore - Sunday, July 29, 2012 injured sprinter praises efforts of the Spanish squadOscar Freire (Katusha) withdrew from the 2012 Tour de France after stage six with a broken rib, eventually ruling him out for a spot on the Spanish national team for the Olympic road race.
Instead, Freire gave his viewpoints after the race in co... → Read More
Lizzie Armitstead “a bit shocked” to take the host nation’s first medal in London 2012 by Ben Atkins - Sunday, July 29, 2012 Great Britain rider unable to outsprint Marianne Vos but over the moon with silverAfter race favourite Mark Cavendish was unable to get a result in the men’s road race the day before, Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead delivered the host nation’s first medal in the women’s event today. The 23-year-old from Yorkshire, in the north ... → Read More
Tony Hurel gets first win for Europcar in Polynormande by Kyle Moore - Sunday, July 29, 2012 Samuel Dumoulin (pictured) grabs Coupe de France lead over Julien SimonThe French team Europcar holds high hopes for 24-year-old Tony Hurel, in his second full season with the team. Hurel delivered with his maiden victory on Sunday in the Polynormande one-day race, taking the sprint ahead of Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis, p... → Read More
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke finishes off the Tour Alsace by Kyle Moore - Sunday, July 29, 2012 Endura Racing star takes two stages and the overallJonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing), the star of the early Continental season in 2012, has taken another stage race, this time the Tour Alsace. It is the third stage race victory of the season for the British rider, after he nabbed the Tour of th... → Read More
Cadel Evans to skip Olympic time trial due to fatigue by VeloNation Press - Sunday, July 29, 2012 Rogers will be Australia's only chance for a medalLast year's Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has opted to take a pass on this week's Olympic time trial, according to Cycling Australia.
The announcement won't come as a major surprise to most, after the BMC Racing rider had a difficult time ... → Read More
Marianne Vos sprints to her Olympic destiny in the London rain by Ben Atkins - Sunday, July 29, 2012 World number one dashes home nations hopes on the Mall as Lizzie Armitstead takes silverMarianne Vos (Netherlands) has gone some way to exorcising the spectre of five successive World championship silver medals, with victory in the Olympic road race, on the Mall in London. The World number one was the class of a very select group of thr... → Read More
Olympic road race: Vos seeking to end silver medal worlds streak with gold today by VeloNation Press - Sunday, July 29, 2012 Bronzini aiming to add Olympic title to rainbow jersey She’s undoubtedly been the dominant rider in women’s cycling, but Marianne Vos has had a frustrating run of near-misses in the world championships ever since she took her rainbow jersey in 2006.
In the years since she has been runner up to Marta ... → Read More
Olympic road race: Jalabert had hoped for more but not frustrated with French riders by VeloNation Press - Sunday, July 29, 2012 Team lacked numbers up front Although the best French rider in yesterday’s men’s road race, Sylvain Chavanel, finished back in twentieth place, French selector Laurent Jalabert has said that he doesn't fault his riders for how the race played out.
The narrow roads and relati... → Read More
No fracture for Cancellara, but Swiss rider could still miss Olympic time trial by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 28, 2012 Shoulder injury threatens RadioShack Nissan competitorFabian Cancellara’s chances of defending the Olympic title he took four years ago in Beijing are up in the air tonight, with the Swiss rider stating that he is 50-50 about being able to take part.
He made it into the crucial break in the Olympic ... → Read More
Tom Boonen: “We have nothing to reproach ourselves for” by Ben Atkins - Saturday, July 28, 2012 Belgians proud of team tactics in Olympic road race despite missing out on the medalsTom Boonen finished today’s Olympic road race on London’s iconic Mall in a disappointed 28th place, some 40 seconds behind Kazakh race winner Alexandre Vinokourov, but was largely pleased with the way that the Belgian team had race. Having put Jürgen... → Read More
Taylor Phinney: “I have to thank the team for my Olympic fourth place” by Ben Atkins - Saturday, July 28, 2012 22-year-old American just misses out on the medals, but goes one better than his fatherTaylor Phinney came within a whisker of taking the United States’ first medal in the men’s Olympic road race since Alexi Grewal took Gold on the nations home roads, in Los Angeles 1984, the year that Phinney’s mother, Connie Carpenter also won the wo... → Read More
Olympic champion Vinokourov says he’ll ride just one more race before retirement by VeloNation Press - Saturday, July 28, 2012 Astana leader determined to go out on topToday’s Olympic road race winner Alexandre Vinokourov proved that he’s still got the legs and mind to win big races but rather than prolong his retirement, he’s said that he’s determined to leave the sport at this point in time: with a big victory to... → Read More
Mark Cavendish pays tribute to GB teammates after missing out on Olympic Gold by Ben Atkins - Saturday, July 28, 2012 World champion critical of rivals’ team tactics as the break stays awayMark Cavendish has paid tribute to his Great Britain teammates, after missing out on Olympic Gold in the London 2012 road race. The World champion started the race as outstanding favourite, should it end in a bunch sprint, but the five-man team was ... → Read More
Vinokourov becomes Olympic road race champion in London by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 28, 2012 Uran and Kristoff take silver and bronze, Cavendish misses out to breakRiding what is expected to be the final season of his long career, Alexandre Vinokourov has turned back the clock and won the Olympic road race in London. The Kazakstan rider beat Rigoberto Uran in a two-up sprint to the line, capitalising on a momen... → Read More
Olympic road race start lists and preview by Shane Stokes - Saturday, July 28, 2012 Men and women slug it out for GoldThe first cycling events in the Olympic Games are this weekend’s road races for men and women, taking place on courses of 250 kilometres and 140 kilometres respectively.
They will travel out from the start/finish area at the Mall in London to a 1... → Read More
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