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Euskaltel Euskadi heads to Paris-Nice and the Vuelta a Murcia by VeloNation Press - Thursday, March 1, 2012 Sanchez will look to open up his 2012 accountThis weekend the Euskaltel Euskadi squad will look to divide and conquer as they send strong teams to both Paris-Nice in France and the Vuelta a Murcia on home turf in Spain.
For Paris-Nice, the Basque team will hunt stage wins with Igor Antón lea... → Read More
Paris-Nice: Omega Pharma-Quick Step looking to repeat Martin's 2011 success by VeloNation Press - Thursday, March 1, 2012 Boonen will have cards to play for the sprintsOmega Pharma-Quick Step is heading into this weekend's 70th edition of Paris-Nice with the aim of keeping its momentum securing the overall victory for the team. The Belgian squad picked up last year's victor, world time-trial champion To... → Read More
Video: Beamon says Craig Lewis is back on track by Shane Stokes - Thursday, March 1, 2012 Encouraged by rides by Lewis, Butler, and Champion System teamHaving broken his femur last June and undergone a complex bone graft operation in December, Craig Lewis’ showing at the Tour de Langkawi has been given a thumbs up by his team manager Ed Beamon.
The 27 year old American rider has had a very disru... → Read More
Danielson withdraws from Tour de Langkawi by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 American fighting leg infection, quits Malaysian race as a resultHaving lost a chunk of time yesterday and any chance of winning his second Tour de Langkawi, Tom Danielson has taken the decision today not to continue in the race. The American was the only non-starter on today’s seventh stage, the longest of the ev... → Read More
CAS upholds Russian Federation decision to clear Alexandr Kolobnev by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Rider had taken product containing HCT for medical reasons, not for performance; UCI appeal unsuccessfulThe Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has decided to uphold the decision of the Russian Cycling Federation (RCF), to reprimand and fine Alexandr Kolobnev for his positive test for Hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) at last year’s Tour de France. The Inter... → Read More
Italian teams “pronto” for Saturday’s Strade Bianche by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Half of those invited from the home nation; keen to impress in RCS Sport’s first race of the yearSaturday’s Strade Bianche will be the first of this year’s races run by Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport. The 190km course between Gaiole in Chianti and the Piazza del Campo in Siena will cross 57.2km of Tuscany’s iconic white roads, which has alre... → Read More
Video: Danielson talks of disappointment of cracking on Genting by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Garmin Barracuda rider keeps eye on bigger pictureOn a day he had earmarked for a long time as being the one where he would make a push for what would have been his second Tour de Langkawi title, Tom Danielson instead had the disappointment of finishing way off the pace at the summit of Genting High... → Read More
Team Type 1-Sanofi and Colombia-Coldeportes thrilled with WorldTour race invitations by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Diabetes team invited to Tour of Poland and both Ardennes Classics for the first time; Colombian team add La Flèche Wallonne to long list of invitationsAfter being named in the list of wildcard teams invited to the Tour of Poland yesterday, Team Type 1-Sanofi learned this afternoon that it had also been invited to ride both La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Since all three are part of th... → Read More
ASO announces wildcard invitations for Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Belgian teams favoured for Ardennes Classics; French teams miss out; Team Type 1 invited to bothRace organiser ASO has announced the teams that have been invited to its two Ardennes Classics, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, which will run on April 18th and 22nd respectively. Both races are part of the International Cycling Union (U... → Read More
Arnaud Démare sprints to Le Samyn victory by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 World under-23 champion takes a simple win after an aggressive race of breaks and attacks; Adrie Visser takes first ever women's raceArnaud Démare (FDJ-BigMat) sprinted to his second victory of the season in Le Samyn, at the end of a race dominated by attacks and counterattacks. The French under-23 World champion cruised past Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil-DCM), as the Belgian attemp... → Read More
BMC hints it may expect more from Ballan than Gilbert in Strade Bianche by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Defending champion yet to hit formThe BMC Racing Team has sought to slightly downplay expectations relating to defending champion Philippe Gilbert in this Saturday’s Strade Bianche race in Italy, with both a directeur sportif and the rider himself suggesting that team fans may have t... → Read More
Serpa beats Nino Corridor to take Genting Highlands stage and yellow jersey by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Tour de Langkawi classification shaken upIt was expected to be a showdown between Jose Rujano and Tom Danielson (Garmin Barricuda) but, in the end, Rujano’s Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela team-mate Jose Serpa was man of the moment on the ferocious climb of Genting Highlands.
Serpa won ye... → Read More
Video: Peiper states it’s all about positioning Danielson for Genting Highlands by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Showdown beckons at Tour de LangkawiWith Dave Zabriskie’s overall challenge evaporating dramatically on yesterday’s fifth stage of the Tour de Langkawi, the Garmin-Barracuda team has thrown its full weight behind Tom Danielson today.
The American squad had intended having two leade... → Read More
Video: Savio celebrates Serpa’s win, says he’s confident about Rujano by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Tour de Langkawi heads to crucial battleground of Genting HighlandsTaking stage five and ending the day with two riders in the top seven and a total of four in the top fourteen, Gianni Savio had something to smile about at the Tour de Langkawi on Tuesday.
The race will tackle the cruel slopes of the Genting High... → Read More
Niels Albert made an honorary citizen of Koksijde by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Cyclocross World champion honoured after his triumphant win in the sand dunes of northern BelgiumNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has been made an honorary citizen of the Belgian town of Koksijde, following his victory in last month’s World cyclocross championships. It had already been announce that the winner of the tough race across the sandy co... → Read More
Tour of Poland announces four out of five wildcard teams by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Polish National Team to ride WorldTour race again, along with Colnago-CSF Inox, Team Type 1 Sanofi and Caja Rural; no Polish trade teams eligibleThe Tour of Poland - the Tour de Pologne - has announced four of the five teams that will be granted wildcard invitations to the race. The Tour is part of the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour, and so all eighteen ProTeams will automatical... → Read More
Tour de Langkawi: Serpa wins, Lapthorne swoops, Zabriskie folds by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Two man sprint at end of very aggressive stage [video of finish now added]Having said yesterday that he believed he would get through today’s fifth stage of the Tour de Langkawi in yellow, overnight race leader Dave Zabriskie instead cracked on the 190 kilometre route between Ayer Keroh and Pandan Indah, losing 19 minutes ... → Read More
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke’s phenomenal February gives him an early lead in the UCI Europe Tour by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Méditerranéen and Haut-Var victories put British rider far ahead in the season’s first rankingVictories in the Tour Méditerranéen and Tour du Haut-Var earlier in the month have given British rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) an early lead in the International Cycling Union (UCI) Europe Tour rankings. The 27-year-old, who switched ... → Read More
Videos: more quirkiness from Langkawi race leader Zabriskie by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Garmin Barracuda rider ‘not freaking out’ about climbs on today’s stageDave Zabriskie is making headlines this week as the leader of the Tour de Langkawi but at the race itself, he’s also gaining considerable attention for his offbeat sense of humour and at-times peculiar logic.
He’s also come across as very relaxed... → Read More
Video: Danielson ‘pretty good’ despite crash, feeling confident by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 27, 2012 Says he’s ‘not too scared’ of RujanoTom Danielson was surprisingly upbeat after stage four of the Tour de Langkawi, despite being covered in bandages on his right side following his stage three fall. He spoke to VeloNation shortly after the finish in Muar and said that he felt better t... → Read More
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