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GP Ouest France: Bole bowls others over with plucky final kilometre move

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, August 28, 2011
Past winners Gerrans and Voeckler go close, Gilbert out of results

Powering clear from a five man group inside the final kilometre, Slovenian national champion Grega Bole grabbed the biggest win of his career when he took the WorldTour GP Ouest France in Plouay this afternoon. The Lampre-ISD rider timed his effort t... → Read More


Vuelta a España: Daniel Martin climbs to stage nine victory on Covatilla as Rodriguez cracks

by Ben Atkins - Sunday, August 28, 2011
Bauke Mollema takes over the red jersey after the first really tough mountaintop finish of the race

Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervélo) took his first ever victory in a Grand Tour, taking stage nine of the Vuelta a España between Villacastín and Sierra de Bejar, La Covatilla. The 25-year-old English born Irishman, who is the nephew of 1987 triple-crown ... → Read More


Vuelta a España: Rodriguez aiming to bolster lead today in advance of time trial

by Shane Stokes - Sunday, August 28, 2011
Scarponi wants to try for win but concedes Catalan rival may be stronger

After winning yesterday’s stage to San Lorenzo de El Escorial and taking the red jersey of race leadership, Spanish rider Joaquim Rodríguez wants to seize today’s opportunity to take more time. He’s a known weak time trialist, losing all hope of winn... → Read More


Schleck believes USA Pro Cycling Challenge sets him up for a strong end of season

by VeloNation Press - Sunday, August 28, 2011
Leopard Trek rider enthusiastic about first year of Colorado race

Speaking after being in a stage-long break on yesterday’s penultimate day of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck has said that he believes that his time at the race has been a very worthwhile one, and should hopefully... → Read More


Viviani grabs his second stage win in USA Pro Cycling Challenge

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Basso and Schleck part of the day’s long breakaway move

One day after blasting home first into Steamboat Springs, Italian road and track rider Elia Viviani once again showed his speed to outpace Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega (EPM – UNE) plus the rest of a 50 man lead group at the USA Pro Cycling Challeng... → Read More


Scarponi satisfied with stage 8 showing, Nibali only 23rd

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Defending champion says today’s aim was not to blow up on final climb

Although Joaquim Rodriguez was clearly the strongest on today’s dauntingly-steep climb to the summit at San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Michele Scarponi also showed that he in the sort of shape to fight for the final victory in the Vuelta a España. T... → Read More


Vuelta a España: Joaquim Rodriguez puts himself into the red on steep stage eight finish

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Purito takes his second stage of the race on Flèche Wallonne style finish to move into the lead

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) rode himself into the lead of the Vuelta a España on the cobbled climb to the finish of the eighth stage, between Talavera de la Reina and San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The Catalan rider attacked on the steepest section of ... → Read More


Annemiek van Vleuten secures World Cup title with GP Plouay victory

by Ben Atkins - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Nederland Bloeit completes domination of 2011 competition after Emma Pooley tries for a hat trick in Breton race

Annemiek van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) completed her team’s domination of this year’s World Cup, with victory in the Grand Prix Plouay. The Dutchwoman, already dressed in the jersey of World Cup leader, easily managed to outsprint breakaway companio... → Read More


Tyler Farrar forced to quit stage 8 of Vuelta a España

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Garmin-Cervélo rider starts but then pulls out of today’s stage

Although he started today’s stage, the injuries from yesterday’s sprint crash have proven to be too much and Tyler Farrar has been forced to quit the race. The American Garmin-Cervélo rider suffered what his team termed ‘severe contusions on his... → Read More


CAS confirms that Contador case will be held in three month’s time

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Precise dates finally set for anti-doping hearing

Having twice been delayed, the Alberto Contador appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport will finally be held in just under three months time. CAS announced the new dates on its website today, giving notice of when the long-awaited matter wou... → Read More


Chavanel not hopeful in Vuelta today: ‘I expect to lose the red jersey’

by Shane Stokes - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Frenchman states gruelling final climb will be too much for him

He’s held the race leader’s red jersey since Tuesday but Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel has admitted that he believes his legs will finally crack on what is being billed by some as the steepest finishing climb ever in a Grand Tour. Today’s eighth sta... → Read More


Golas out of Vuelta after Friday’s crash, Farrar continues

by VeloNation Press - Saturday, August 27, 2011
Fallout continues from yesterday’s sprint pileup

Vacansoleil rider Michal Golas was one of the riders most badly injured in yesterday’s pileup at the Vuelta a España. The 27 year old Pole collided with American sprinter Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) close to the line, with both riders being thrown ... → Read More


Vuelta a España: GC contenders injured in crash but able to continue

by VeloNation Press - Friday, August 26, 2011
Nibali, Scarponi and Van den Broeck involved in pileup


Normally staying close to the front is seen as the best tactic to avoid trouble, but a touch of wheels inside the final 100 metres meant that some of the riders right at the head of the peloton came down in a large crash. Aside from the American spri... → Read More


Vuelta a España: Sylvain Chavanel just manages to stay upright in finish line crash

by Ben Atkins - Friday, August 26, 2011
French champion survives the carnage at the end of stage seven but expects to lose the race lead on stage eight

Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) came very close to coming down in the crash that hit the peloton in the finishing straight of stage seven of the Vuelta a España. The French champion, who has been wearing the red jersey of race leader since the mountai... → Read More


GreenEDGE adds Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson to 2012 roster

by Ben Atkins - Friday, August 26, 2011
Experienced home riders to be reunited at new Australian team

GreenEDGE Cycling has announced the signing of Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson. The two Australian riders will be reunited once more, having ridden for Mercury-Viatel together in 2001, before heading to Française des Jeux from 2002 through 2005, and Uni... → Read More


Injured Farrar to attempt to continue in Vuelta a Espana

by Shane Stokes - Friday, August 26, 2011
US Rider and Garmin-Cervélo will decide Saturday morning if he can start

Having hit the ground heavily inside the final metres of today’s seventh stage of the Vuelta a España, Tyler Farrar was one of the most badly affected of the riders who were involved in the mass pileup in Talavera de la Reina. Initial indications ... → Read More


Bruised hip for Nibali after Vuelta a España crash

by Kyle Moore - Friday, August 26, 2011
Italian couldn’t avoid pileup in final meters

Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) was among a host of overall contenders who were unable to stay upright after a high-speed crash in the closing meters of stage seven of the Vuelta a España. Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Tyler Farrar (Garmi... → Read More


USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Elia Viviani steams into Steamboat Springs to take stage four

by Ben Atkins - Friday, August 26, 2011
Levi Leipheimer holds on to race lead as the stage finishes in a bunch sprint

Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the fourth stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge between Avon and Steamboat Springs, as it finished in a bunch sprint. The 22-year-old Italian was delivered to the line by teammate Daniel Oss at the end of the... → Read More


Vuelta a España: Relief for Tom Boonen as he crashes without consequences

by Ben Atkins - Friday, August 26, 2011
Quick Step sprinter goes down in finishing straight chaos but escapes injury this time

One of the many riders to hit the tarmac in the finishing straight of the seventh stage if the Vuelta a España in Talavera de la Reina was Quick Step’s sprinter Tom Boonen. The Belgian former World champion was unable to avoid the carnage in front o... → Read More


Grand Prix Plouay: 2011 World Cup closes with Breton race

by Ben Atkins - Friday, August 26, 2011
Overall will be decided between teammates Annemiek van Vleuten and Marianne Vos

The 2011 Women’s World Cup comes to its somewhat premature end with the Grand Prix Plouay this Saturday. The 114.6km race, arguably the toughest round of the season-long series, will be run over six laps of a hilly 19.1km circuit, based on the cyclin... → Read More

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