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Giro d’Italia: Lars Bak escapes the break to take stage twelve in Sestri Levante by Ben Atkins - Thursday, May 17, 2012 Danish rider unbeatable on the Ligurian coast after a short, hard ride across the Cinque TerreLars Bak (Lotto-Belisol) escaped the rest of a stage-long breakaway group inside the final two kilometres of the eight stage of the Giro d’Italia, between Seravezza and Sestri Levante, to take his first individual stage victory in the race. The 32-ye... → Read More
UnitedHealthcare – Maxxis takes flexible approach to leadership in Tour of California by Shane Stokes - Thursday, May 17, 2012 Louder, Deignan, Sutherland and De Maar all well positionedWith the Amgen Tour of California heading towards the three most important stages in terms of determining the general classification, the UnitedHealthcare – Maxxis team has said that it will take a ‘wait and see’ approach in terms of who should be th... → Read More
Wiggins: Certainly not a foregone conclusion that I can win the Tour by VeloNation Press - Thursday, May 17, 2012 Briton pleased with progress, but doesn’t want to make presumptionsRegarded by many as a big favourite for the Tour de France on the basis of his wins in Paris-Nice and the Tour de Romandie, Bradley Wiggins has said that he believes he’s on course to target success in the race, but that it would be an error to have ... → Read More
Tour of California: Sagan dominating, but doesn’t believe he’ll keep yellow today by VeloNation Press - Thursday, May 17, 2012 Slovakian plays down time trial chancesPeter Sagan has kept a perfect record to date in the Amgen Tour of California, with the Slovakian clocking up his fourth consecutive stage win yesterday in Clovis, but he believes that his winning streak plus his tenure in the race leader’s jersey wi... → Read More
Tour of California: Peter Sagan sprints again to go four from four by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Slovakian champion’s total domination of US race continues into ClovisPeter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) made it an incredible four from four in the Tour of California as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the 209.6km between Sonora and Clovis. The Slovakian champion was the pick of the sprinters once more at the ... → Read More
Michal Kwiatkowski dreams of Tour of Poland victory by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Polish captain preparing for his home race on the roads of the Giro d’ItaliaOmega Pharma-Quick Step’s Michal Kwiatkowski is currently riding the Giro d’Italia, where he is supporting the overall ambitions of Italian teammate Dario Cataldo, but his own personal ambitions lie elsewhere. As a second-year pro, the focus of the ... → Read More
Joaquim Rodríguez: “I want to prove I’m the strongest and win the Giro d’Italia” by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 ‘Purito’ wants to emulate a Spanish climbing legend when the race hits the mountainsJoaquim Rodríguez’ first day in the Giro d’Italia’s Maglia Rosa was a very simple affair for 245 of the 255 kilometres of today’s Assisi to Montecatini Terme stage. The Katusha captain could even be seen, in the more relaxed periods, passing among h... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Roberto Ferrari powers into Montecatini Terme for stage eleven victory by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Italian sprinter quickest out of final corner as another crash hits the sprintersRoberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) took the biggest victory of his career to date in the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia between Assisi and Montecatini Terme, as another final kilometre crash brought down, or disrupted, a number of hi... → Read More
Europcar backs Turgot, who contests claims of three whereabouts violations by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Paris-Roubaix runner-up says two of the strikes against him are unfoundedAlthough his Team Europcar boss Jean Rene Bernaudeau referred to him earlier as ‘an idiot,’ and someone who had been ‘incredibly careless,’ it appears the circumstances of Sebastien Turgot’s alleged whereabouts violations may be more complex than L’E... → Read More
Gianni Meersman diagnosed with fractured wrist by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Further injury woes for Belgian climber following Giro d’Italia exitGianni Meersman’s injury woes continued today, as it has transpired that the Lotto-Belisol climber has also fractured bones in his left wrist and elbow. The 26-year-old Belgian crashed in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia; the first road stage, ... → Read More
Video: Dan Lloyd and Dario Cioni preview today’s stage 11 of Giro d’Italia by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Pro riders ride race route and talk tacticsProfessional rider Dario Cioni (Sky Procycling) and Dan Lloyd (IG Sigma Sport) have taken part in some of the biggest races in cycling and use that knowledge to discuss today’s eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia. The duo give their thoughts on how t... → Read More
Turgot blasted over whereabouts violations, awaiting possible suspension by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Paris-Roubaix runner-up in hot water Just over five weeks after his career soared with a second place finish in Paris-Roubaix, French rider Sebastien Turgot is looking at a possible lengthy ban plus dismissal from his Europcar team over whereabouts violations.
L’Equipe reported today... → Read More
Boonen insists Sagan is beatable at Tour of California by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Belgian confirms that he’ll miss Tour de France in order to prepare for OlympicsTom Boonen showed that he could be the one to end Peter Sagan’s winning streak at the Amgen Tour of California, the Belgian displaying a very strong finishing kick at the end of yesterday’s third stage. He finished behind Liquigas-Cannondale rider Sa... → Read More
Sagan not getting carried away with hype about his potential by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Liquigas Cannondale rider doesn’t rule out trying for overall classification in CaliforniaHe’s dominated the Amgen Tour of California thus far with three stage wins plus a grip on the leader’s jersey for the general classification, the points standings and the best young rider. Peter Sagan’s performance has earned him plenty of praise plu... → Read More
Tour of California: Peter Sagan powers to another win in stage three by Kyle Moore - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Slovak leaves just enough room to come around Haussler and hold off BoonenPeter Sagan’s sprint wins have become almost as much of a tradition in the Tour of California as Levi Leipheimer's standing on the winner’s podium in previous years. The 22-year-old sprinter on Liquigas-Cannondale took his third win in as many ... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Tom-Jelte Slagter “a whole lot wiser” after coming close in Assisi by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Three attacks on the final climb surprise Rabobank second-year pro as he finishes with the bestThe most aggressive rider by far on the final climb to Assisi’s Piazza del Comune was Rabobank’s Tom-Jelte Slagter. The 22-year-old second-year pro from Groningen in the far-north of the Netherlands put in three separate attacks on the two-part climb... → Read More
Tour of California: Streak of ill luck continues for Steve Cummings by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Briton and Swiss team-mate Morabito out of American raceHaving broken his pelvis in mid-February and then fractured his wrist five and a half weeks ago, Steve Cummings has been forced to take a premature exit from another race. The Briton was one of a half-dozen riders who crashed close to the finish of y... → Read More
Bartosz Huzarski comes within metres of Team NetApp’s biggest ever victory by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Polish veteran takes second in Giro’s Assisi stage for surprise wildcard teamTeam NetApp’s Bartosz Huzarski was a surprise second place, behind Katusha’s stage winner Joaquim Rodríguez, at the hilltop finish of the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia in the Mediaeval city of Assisi. The Polish veteran, riding only his second Gi... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Schleck suffers on final climb, loses time by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 RadioShack Nissan rider slips out of top ten More a fan of longer climbs, Frank Schleck’s strong third place finish on the ramp to Rocca di Cambio on stage seven of the Giro d’Italia wasn’t reproduced on today’s sharp, steep finishing ascent in Assisi.
The RadioShack Nissan rider had started... → Read More
Giro d’Italia: Joaquim Rodríguez takes Tappa e Maglia Rosa on the cobbles of Assisi by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Purito outsprints the other attackers on the steep climb to the finish; time bonuses see him in pinkIn the most widely predicted stage finish in the race so far, Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) outsprinted the rest of the peloton at the top of the climb to the Piazza del Comune in the centre of the Mediaeval city of Assisi. The Catalan winner of April’... → Read More
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