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Video: Guardini confirms he’ll make Giro debut this year by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 27, 2012 Italian’s post race press conference also onlineHaving redisplayed the sprinting speed which earned him five stage victories last year and three in this edition of the Tour de Langkawi, Italian fastman Andrea Guardini has confirmed that he will compete in his first Giro d’Italia this year, and tha... → Read More
Philippe Gilbert leads an all-star cast to Saturday’s Strade Bianche race by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 27, 2012 BMC Racing the team to beat with last year’s winner, Montalcino Giro stage winner, and huge Classics pedigreePhilippe Gilbert will start this Saturday’s Strade Bianche race, wearing number one as defending champion, at the head of the BMC Racing team. While the Belgian champion will doubtless be the team leader in the race, which celebrates the iconic Tusc... → Read More
UCI reports 36.5% increase in investment in top flight men’s cycling by Ben Atkins - Monday, February 27, 2012 Ernst & Young report “shows that cycling is in a healthy position and resisting the effects of the current global economic downturn”; many races not so lucky howeverA report from auditors Ernst & Young, commissioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) shows that, while the number of top flight men’s teams remains relatively stable, there has been an increase in total budgets of 36.5% since 2009. According ... → Read More
Guardini on top yet again at the Tour de Langkawi by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 27, 2012 Breakaway rider caught right before finish lineMoving to within one win of Grame Brown’s record at the Tour de Langkawi, Andrea Guardini clocked up his eighth stage triumph in two years when he hit the line first today. As was the case in the past two days, the Farnese Vini – Selle Italia rider w... → Read More
Injured Danielson continues in Tour de Langkawi by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 27, 2012 Sore after crash, but able to remain in raceThe victim of a big crash approximately two kilometres from the end of yesterday’s stage, Garmin-Barracuda rider Tom Danielson was fortunately able to continue on today’s fourth stage of the race.
The 2003 race winner was covered in cuts and brui... → Read More
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne Roundup: Kenny Van Hummel satisfied with third place by Kyle Moore - Sunday, February 26, 2012 Greipel frustrated with poor positioning in sprint finale, capping rough weekend for Lotto-BelisolThough several breakaways gave it a shot, Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne once again came down to the expected sprint finish, which Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) took ahead of Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-BigMat). Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM)... → Read More
Niko Eeckhout enjoys breakaway day in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne by Kyle Moore - Sunday, February 26, 2012 Belgian veteran ultra-aggressive as usual for Sean Kelly’s teamNiko Eeckhout (An Post-Sean Kelly) was the 120th rider to cross the finish line at the end of the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne semi-classic, but the 41-year-old Belgian spent nearly the entirety of the 198-kilometer race at the head of the field, as one of ... → Read More
Bling Matthews sprints to Clasica de Almeria victory by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 26, 2012 Young Australian fast man takes Rabobank’s long-awaited first win of 2012Michael “Bling” Matthews (Rabobank) won the Clasica de Almeria at the head of a bunch sprint, to take his - and his team’s - first victory of the season. The 21-year-old Australian was delivered to the line by his teammates to finish clear of Sloveni... → Read More
Guardini takes seventh Tour de Langkawi stage win of career by Shane Stokes - Sunday, February 26, 2012 Italian sprinter beats Garmin Barracuda’s Raymond Kreder into Parit SulongTwo road race stages completed, two sprints won. As he did in the 2011 edition, young Italian sprinter Andrea Guardini is once again showing that he is the fastest rider in the Tour de Langkawi.
Twenty four hours after winning into Melaka, the Fa... → Read More
Eros Capecchi solos to victory in the GP Lugano by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 26, 2012 Tuscan climber escapes the favourites to take hilly Swiss raceEros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the GP Lugano, in the Swiss lakeside city, after a final lap attack that escaped the rest of the leading group. The 25-year-old Umbrian jumped away on the final climb with 4km to go, opening up a lead of half a... → Read More
Mark Cavendish makes sprinting look easy as he takes Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 26, 2012 World champion powers to victory after Team Sky controls a race littered with breakawaysMark Cavendish (Team Sky) won Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the second race of the traditional Belgian Openingsweekend, in a manner that looked all too easy. The World champion was delivered to the final 270 metres by his teammates, and then launched his sp... → Read More
Evie Stevens wraps up tight Tour of New Zealand as Linda Villumsen solos to final stage by Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 26, 2012 Day of breakaways sees local former-Danish rider escape alone; time bonus for Shara Gillow makes overall as close as possibleLinda Villumsen (GreenEDGE-AIS) took yet another victory for the new Australian team, as she soloed to a lone victory in the final stage of the Women’s Tour of New Zealand. The Danish-born New Zealander bridged across to a breakaway group, midway th... → Read More
Video: Peiper leaning towards Danielson as Garmin-Barracuda’s protected rider by Shane Stokes - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Says it’s uncertain how race leader Zabriskie will fare on Genting Although Dave Zabriskie has said that he isn’t ruling himself out of contention for the final victory in the Tour de Langkawi, with his buffer of over a minute on the GC contenders giving him room for manoeuvre on the crucial sixth stage to Genting H... → Read More
Videos: images and post-stage reactions of Guardini and Zabriskie by Shane Stokes - Saturday, February 25, 2012 American in zany humour as yellow jersey defence continuesFirst on today’s stage and first overall in the race, Andrea Guardini and Dave Zabriskie had quite different reactions at the end of today’s second stage of the Tour de Langkawi.
Guardini was elated to clock up his first win of the season, having... → Read More
Video: Savio says he’s content for his riders to wait until Genting Highlands by Shane Stokes - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Androni Giocattoli manager rules out early attacks in Tour de LangkawiHaving six riders in the top 33 and Jose Rujano poised in fifth overall, Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela manager Gianni Savio has said that he is prepared to wait until the climb of the Genting Highlands before pushing for the yellow jersey of race le... → Read More
Tom Boonen miscalculates complicated sprint to deny himself Omloop victory again by Ben Atkins - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Omega Pharma-Quick Step Classics captain positive about form ahead of the big races to come; will go for a third Kuurne victory tomorrowWith his victories in the Tours of San Luis and Qatar showing that he is back to something like his former self, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Tom Boonen started today’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with the well-deserved status of red hot favourite. His should... → Read More
Sep Vanmarcke outsprints Tom Boonen to take Omloop Het Nieuwsblad by Ben Atkins - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Juan Antonio Flecha third after Classic edition of Flemish opening raceSep Vanmarcke proved that Garmin-Barracuda’s Classics team has not suffered the departure of Thor Hushovd in the winter, with a three-up sprint victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The 23-year-old from Kortrijk managed to outpace Tom Boonen (Omega P... → Read More
Tour de Langkawi: Guardini shows speed once again in Malaysia by Shane Stokes - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Zabriskie retains race leader’s jerseyHaving gone close to victory on stages of the Tour de San Luis in January and then being one of several strong riders fighting for victories in the Tours of Qatar and Oman, Andrea Guardini stepped up a level on today’s second stage of the Tour de Lan... → Read More
Loes Gunnewijk wins Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in two-rider sprint by Ben Atkins - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Former Dutch champion outsprints compatriot Ellen van Dijk in women’s European season openerLoes Gunnewijk (GreenEDGE-AIS) got the new Australian pro team’s first ever European season off to a perfect start with victory in the elite women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The former Dutch champion outsprinted her compatriot Ellen van Dijk (Speciali... → Read More
Jon Tiernan Locke Interview: Haut Var and what comes next by Ed Hood - Saturday, February 25, 2012 Rising British star remains hungry after latest winsVeloNation last interviewed Endura’s Jonathan Tiernan-Locke earlier this month, after his two stage wins and overall triumph in the Tour of the Mediterranean.
This week there was cause to talk to the man from Devon once again, on the subject of hi... → Read More
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