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Giro d’Italia video: Stage 15 details by VeloNation Press - Sunday, May 20, 2012 Analysis of tough mountain stageFollowing on from today’s first big summit finish, another such ending is in store for the riders on stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia. This stage is regarded as being tougher, though, with a very lumpy second half comprising the first category Valico di... → Read More
Fränk Schleck withdraws from Giro d’Italia with shoulder injury by Ben Atkins - Sunday, May 20, 2012 Pain too much for Luxembourg champion despite strong finish on Cervinia mountaintopFränk Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) has withdrawn form the Giro d’Italia, suffering from a shoulder injury, just 28km into the 15th stage between Busto Arsizio and the Pian dei Resinelli. The Luxembourg champion crashed on the climb towards the end of... → Read More
Clara Hughes emphasises Olympic credentials with Chrono Gatineau victory by Ben Atkins - Sunday, May 20, 2012 Specialized-lululemon dominates Canadian time trial with four in the top fiveClara Hughes (Specialized-lululemon) emphasised her credentials as one of the riders to beat in this summer’s Olympic Games time trial with a successful defence of her Chrono Gatineau title. The Canadian champion - who returned to cycling last seaso... → Read More
Tour of California: Robert Gesink grabs yellow jersey on Mt. Baldy by Kyle Moore - Saturday, May 19, 2012 American race likely to have second non-American winner after Gesink takes stage and overall lead Robert Gesink (Rabobank) marked his return to good form with a sparkling performance on the steep summit finish on Mount Baldy. The Dutchman took stage seven of the Tour of California in stylish fashion, grabbing the leader’s jersey from Dave Z... → Read More
Rodriguez, Scarponi pledge to fight back tomorrow by Shane Stokes - Saturday, May 19, 2012 Riders lose time to new leader HesjedalJoaquim Rodriguez may have lost his Maglia Rosa to an impressive Ryder Hesjedal today, but the Katusha rider insists that there is plenty of racing left and that he believes he can return to the top of the leaderboard in the days ahead.
Hesjedal s... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Ryder Hesjedal attacks into pink on the Cervinia mountaintop by Ben Atkins - Saturday, May 19, 2012 Andray Amadar holds on to take the stage as Canadian wins the overall battle behind himAn attack in the final three kilometres of stage 14, on the climb to Cervinia, saw Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) seize back the Maglia Rosa that was taken from him in Assisi. The Canadian jumped away from a select group of riders, which had been ... → Read More
Georges celebrates biggest career win while Velits looks forward by VeloNation Press - Saturday, May 19, 2012 D-day today in Tour of CaliforniaAg2r La Mondiale rider Sylvain Georges has described his stage win on yesterday’s sixth stage of the Amgen Tour of California as his most important achievement thus far in the sport, and sees it as a just reward for his team after some recent aggress... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Pozzovivo ready to seize his chance on today’s mountain stage by Shane Stokes - Saturday, May 19, 2012 Italian climber warns that tomorrow’s finish will be even better for himHe’s already won a stage and is being spoken of as a potential winner of the race; climbing specialist Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF Bardiani) has one week to gain as much time as possible prior to the final time trial in the Giro d’Italia, and is ... → Read More
Renshaw, Goss and Haedo exit Giro d’Italia prior to toughest mountains by VeloNation Press - Saturday, May 19, 2012 Rivals emphasise importance of recovery prior to Tour, but Cavendish will keep goingAlready dominating the sprints in the Giro d’Italia and clocking up his third win yesterday, Mark Cavendish’s competition has diminished by three today as his former HTC Highroad leadout men Mark Renshaw and Matt Goss have withdrawn from the race, as... → Read More
Tour of California: Sylvain Georges escapes to grueling win in stage six by Kyle Moore - Friday, May 18, 2012 With no wins yet in 2012, Ag2R-La Mondiale breaks through to get two in a dayNo one in the western United States knew his name when stage six of the Tour of California got underway, but no one is likely to forget Sylvain Georges (Ag2R-La Mondiale) after his escape to win the day with just a handful of seconds over the bunch k... → Read More
Van Garderen gunning for Amgen Tour of California victory by Shane Stokes - Friday, May 18, 2012 BMC Racing Team rider set for all out battle on Mt. Baldy stageHaving jumped up to second overall in the race after his strong third place in yesterday’s time trial, Tejay Van Garderen has identified the main obstacles to his winning of the race, pinpointing the rivals that he must beat in order to take the yell... → Read More
Ag2r La Mondiale’s long wait ends with two victories in one day by Shane Stokes - Friday, May 18, 2012 Hinault and Georges turn things around for French squadThe old adage about buses is a well known one; important victories sometimes also follow the same rule, with a cluster coming at once. Earlier today Sébastien Hinault (pictured) ended a long, somewhat embarrassing drought for the Ag2r La Mondiale tea... → Read More
Joaquim Rodríguez: “Tomorrow will be the first crucial climb” by Ben Atkins - Friday, May 18, 2012 Catalan looks forward to carrying his Maglia Rosa into the mountainsRace leader Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) finally enjoyed a quiet day in the Giro d’Italia in today’s thirteenth stage. The 121km course took the race a little bit closer to the mountain stages of the weekend, but featured just one 4th category climb ... → Read More
Michal Golas proud to be the first Pole in Giro d’Italia mountains jersey by Ben Atkins - Friday, May 18, 2012 Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider determined to hold on to blue jersey classificationHaving come so close to taking the Maglia Rosa, after being part of the stage-long break on stage six, Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has managed to get himself into the Maglia Azzurra climbers jersey in the Giro d’Italia. The Polish rider ha... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Mark Cavendish relaunches himself to take stage thirteen by Ben Atkins - Friday, May 18, 2012 World champion takes the shortest stage of the race as the mountains loom in the distanceMark Cavendish (Team Sky) proved once again that he is the sprinter to beat in this year’s Giro d’Italia, with his third victory on stage thirteen, between Savone and Cevere, on the shortest road stage of the race. The World champion - wearing the re... → Read More
Tour of California: Zabriskie to fight to keep yellow ‘until he’s almost dying’ by Shane Stokes - Friday, May 18, 2012 Time trial winner ready to fight on upcoming climbsGrabbing the yellow jersey after his dominant win in yesterday’s time trial and heading into the race’s two mountain stages with a buffer over the other GC riders, Dave Zabriskie has vowed to give it everything to try to win the Amgen Tour of Califor... → Read More
Voigt turns back the clock to take second in Tour of California TT by VeloNation Press - Friday, May 18, 2012 Superb ride for veteran RadioShack Nissan rider While he remains one of the strongest riders at dragging a bunch along, as well as the one of the most exciting to watch, it’s been quite some time since Jens Voigt won a time trial; the 2007 Deutschland Tour, in fact.
Because of that, seeing the... → Read More
Kristin Armstrong wins Amgen Tour of California Women’s Time Trial by Ben Atkins - Friday, May 18, 2012 Olympic champion beats mainly domestic field as bid for London qualification continuesKristin Armstrong (Exergy-TWENTY12) scorched to victory in the second edition of the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Time Trial, on the same 29.7km Bakersfield course that would be used by the men. The Olympic champion completing the rolling out and... → Read More
Russell Downing Interview: Lincoln GP winner motivated about upcoming goals by Shane Stokes - Friday, May 18, 2012 Briton speaks about Tour of Norway, Sky split, Endura racing, future targets and moreIt’s been an eventful past few days for Russell Downing, the former Tour of Ireland winner and Sky Procycling rider, who is now competing with an Endura Racing team.
On Sunday he soloed to a record fourth victory in the Lincoln Grand Prix in Engla... → Read More
Tour of California: Zabriskie grabs TT stage win and yellow jersey by Shane Stokes - Thursday, May 17, 2012 Voigt, Van Garderen second and third; highlights video addedUSA champion Dave ‘Captain America’ Zabriskie grabbed both the stage win and the overall lead in the Amgen Tour of California, dominating the stage five time trial with a superb performance.
The Garmin Barracuda rider beat the surprisingly-good v... → Read More
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