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Timmy Duggan solos to USA professional road race title by Kyle Moore - Monday, May 28, 2012 Holds off chase group containing Van Garderen, Danielson on hot South Carolina afternoonTimmy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale) used a well-timed solo move to take the win by himself in the USA professional road race championship. Duggan won the race of attrition on a hot afternoon in Greenville, South Carolina, holding off a chasing group ... → Read More
“I’m still the same Thomas De Gendt but with different ambitions” by Ben Atkins - Monday, May 28, 2012 Homecoming Vacansoleil-DCM rider speaks of his emergence as a Grand Tour contenderAfter overcoming a 27 second deficit to defending champion Michele Scarponi in yesterday’s final time trial, Vacansoleil-DCM’s Thomas De Gendt became the first Belgian to stand on a Grand Tour podium since RadioShack-Nissan’s Johan Bruyneel took thir... → Read More
Pinotti on course for sixth national title and Olympic Games by Shane Stokes - Monday, May 28, 2012 Italian back to full strength one year after breaking femurA year after leaving the race in an ambulance and with a question mark over the future direction of his career, Marco Pinotti has turned things right around. He is gunning for a sixth national time trial title plus Olympic participation, and may yet ... → Read More
Exergy Tour: Ina Teutenberg sprints to win the Queen mountain stage in Idaho City by Ben Atkins - Monday, May 28, 2012 German champion moves up to second overall as the peloton is decimated on the climbs of Boise countyAfter being forced to settle for second on the sprinters stage in Nampa two days before, Ina Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) won the mountain stage of the Exergy Tour, between Crouch and Idaho City, at the head of a peloton reduced to just 35 ride... → Read More
Dario Cataldo: “We raced as a team, all together” by Kyle Moore - Monday, May 28, 2012 Omega Pharma-Quick Step pulls some positives from its first Grand TourAfter a Classics season that could not have possibly gone better, Omega Pharma-Quick Step entered the Giro d’Italia with few lofty expectations. But the Belgian team was pleased with what it had taken away from its first Grand Tour in Milan on Sunda... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Lampre-ISD clocks up mixed results by Kyle Moore - Monday, May 28, 2012 Team classification a consolation with Scarponi unable to podiumAs one of the teams primarily responsible for placing an Italian in the top three, Lampre-ISD failed in the Giro d’Italia in that respect, as no Italian appeared on the podium in Milan for the first time since 1995.
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Rodriguez takes over UCI WorldTour rankings, regrets Giro defeat by Shane Stokes - Monday, May 28, 2012 Hesjedal, de Gendt make big improvements in UCI standingsAlthough he had the disappointment of being pipped for the overall title in the final time trial, Joaquim Rodriguez has the considerable consolation of jumping to the first in the UCI’s WorldTour series, and thus becoming the new world number one.
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Bayern-Rundfahrt: Michael Rogers takes the race as Alessandro Petacchi wins his third stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, May 27, 2012 Australian takes his first stage race in two years as Team Sky controls the final dayA sprint finish at the end of the fifth and final stage of the Bayern-Rundfahrt, between Feuchtwangen and Bamberg, meant that race leader Michael Rogers (Team Sky) was able to secure the overall victory. The 167km stage was taken by Alessandro Petac... → Read More
Tour of Belgium: Tony Martin secures overall victory as Carlos Betancur takes Queen stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, May 27, 2012 Ardennes Classics style stage ends Belgian tour but previous day’s time trial was enough for victoryTony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) secured overall victory in the Tour of Belgium, after the toughest stage of the race between Clavier and Engis. The 212km Ardennes Classic style stage was taken by Carlos Betancur (Acqua & Sapone), ahead of cycl... → Read More
Ryder Hesjedal becomes the first ever Canadian winner of the Giro d’Italia by Ben Atkins - Sunday, May 27, 2012 Marco Pinotti takes Milano time trial but Canadian overcomes Joaquim Rodríguez to take final Maglia RosaRyder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) became the first ever Canadian winner of the Giro d’Italia, as he overcame his 31 second deficit to Maglia Rosa incumbent Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) in the race’s final time trial. The 31-year-old stopped the clock ... → Read More
Rasmussen ready to celebrate in Milan if Hesjedal takes pink by Kyle Moore - Sunday, May 27, 2012 Dane planning to “hold a big party” if Hesjedal can overtake Rodriguez in Milan time trialSince putting in big work in the team time trial that would eventually set up two team-mates – Ramunas Navardauskus and Ryder Hesjedal – for the pink jersey, Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Barracuda) has taken a backseat in his first Grand Tour for the Ameri... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Euskaltel-Euskadi finishes solid race on the attack by Kyle Moore - Sunday, May 27, 2012 Unheralded squad gets a stage win, Nieve cracks the top tenAs a team almost strictly composed of riders specializing in mountainous terrain, Euskaltel-Euskadi often catches a lot of grief when they do not perform well in their element. But in this year’s Giro d’Italia, the Basque squad has quietly put toget... → Read More
Dave Zabriskie nets seventh career US time trial championship by Kyle Moore - Saturday, May 26, 2012 ‘Captain America’ flanked by BMC’s van Garderen and Bookwalter on the podiumIt wasn’t easy, but Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Barracuda) captured his second USA professional time trial championship in a row, and seventh in his career, today in Greenville, South Carolina. Zabriskie bested Tejay van Garderen and Brent Bookwalter, tr... → Read More
Matteo Rabottini secures mountains competition in stage twenty break by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 Mixed fortunes for “giallo fluo” stage winners as Andrea Guardini disqualified for motor pacingMatteo Rabottini (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) secured his overall victory in the Giro d’Italia mountains competition in today’s twentieth stage. By putting himself in the day’s breakaway “Rambo” was able to pick up maximum points over the Passo del To... → Read More
Exergy Tour: Amber Neben stakes Olympic claim as Specialized-lululemon sweeps the podium by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 2008 World time trial champion takes overall race lead as the rain hits Idaho once againAmber Neben (Specialized-lululemon) staked her claim to one the two United States spots in July’s Olympic time trial in London, with a decisive victory in the stage two time trial of the inaugural Exergy Tour. The 2008 World time trial champion comp... → Read More
Bayern-Rundfahrt: Michael Rogers consolidates lead with TT victory by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 Former three-time World champion shows his class against the clockMichael Rogers (Team Sky) extended his overall lead in the Bayern-Rundfahrt with a powerful display in the stage four time trial in Feuchtwangen. The former three-time World time trial champion completed the rolling 26.4km course in a time of 31’14”... → Read More
Tour of Belgium: Tony Martin announces comeback with time trial domination by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 World champion takes overall lead after 20.5km testTony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) confirmed his comeback from the injuries sustained in his April training crash with a dominant victory in the Tour of Belgium’s stage four time trial. The World champion completed the ultra-flat 20.5km course, b... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Thomas De Gendt soars to the foot of the podium with virtuoso Stelvio solo by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 Rodríguez and Hesjedal under pressure as Vacansoleil-DCM rider turns the race on its headThomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) rode himself into a realistic chance of the final podium of the 2012 Giro d’Italia with a virtuoso solo display on the climb to the finish on the Passo dello Stelvio. The 25-year-old Belgian escaped his breakaway com... → Read More
Collarbone fracture confirmed for Marianne Vos after Holland Hills crash by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 X-rays confirm clean break for World number one following incident with race motoPost-race x-rays have confirmed Marianne Vos (Rabobank) fractured her right collarbone in a crash during yesterday’s Parkhotel Holland Hills Classic. The Dutch champion crashed in the first half of the 95km race, which was based on the circuit that w... → Read More
Exergy Tour: Theresa Cliff-Ryan outsprints the field after aggressive stage one by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 Last kilometre crash takes out Giorgia Bronzini; Specialized-lululemon dominates rainy stageTheresa Cliff-Ryan (Exergy-TWENTY12) put smiles back on the faces of the home team, following her captain’s crashing out of the previous day’s prologue, with a sprint victory on stage one of the Exergy Tour in Nampa. The 33-year-old American was fast... → Read More
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