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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 Terre

Lars 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 positioned

With 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 presumptions

Regarded 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 chances

Peter 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 Clovis

Peter 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’Italia

Omega 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 mountains

Joaquim 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 sprinters

Roberto 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 unfounded

Although 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 exit

Gianni 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 tactics

Professional 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 Olympics

Tom 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 California

He’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 Boonen

Peter 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 best

The 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 race

Having 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 team

Team 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 pink

In 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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