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Sánchez outduels Purito Rodríguez in Vuelta a Burgos opener by Bjorn Haake - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 All-Spanish podium in stage one of one-week stage raceSamuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has come off a terrific sixth place in the Tour de France to win stage one of the Vuelta a Burgos. Sánchez outsprinted Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) and Sergio Pardilla (Movistar) on the third category climb to Mirand... → Read More
Tour de Pologne: Peter Sagan blasts to stage win and yellow jersey by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Defending champion Dan Martin takes second into CieszynLiquigas-Cannondale rider Peter Sagan showed impressive strength to win today’s fourth stage of the Tour of Poland, rocketing clear approximately 600 metres from the finish in Cieszyn and hitting the line well ahead of the next rider.
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Koen De Kort agrees new contract with Skil Shimano by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Two year extension for Dutch rider Former Under 23 Paris-Roubaix winner and Tour de l’Avenir stage victor Koen de Kort is set to wear the distinctive Skil-Shimano colours until 2013. The 28 year old Dutchman has signed a new deal and will remain part of the team he has represented sin... → Read More
UCI extends Santos Tour Down Under’s WorldTour licence until 2015 by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Big show of confidence in eventOne day after the UCI awarded a WorldTour license to the new Tour of Beijing, it confirmed that the Santos Tour Down Under will be granted an extension to the license it currently holds.
The event will remain part of the top series until at least... → Read More
Wouter Mol ready to rectify disappointing season by Xylon van Eyck - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Dutchman seemingly over virus that has hampered his performanceVancansoleil-DCM’s Wouter Mol has had a disappointing season that he attributes to a virus he picked up last year. The Dutchman’s best result so far was finishing the national championship in twelfth place but, apart from that, has seemed only a figu... → Read More
Jesse Sergent Interview: Winning his first professional race and going to the Olympic Games by Xylon van Eyck - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 New Zealander hoping to make it to the London OlympicsJesse Sergent has had a successful debut season in the professional cycling ranks. The New Zealander signed for Team RadioShack this year and didn’t take long to impress, taking out the opening stage and overall victory at Driedaagse van West-Vlaande... → Read More
Mark Cavendish: “The fact that people are getting caught means that cycling is a clean sport” by Xylon van Eyck - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Sprinter reflects on Tour de France glory and winning the green jerseyAfter winning the green jersey in this year’s Tour de France, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) spent a week racing the traditional post Tour criteriums in Holland and Belgium. From there the Manx Missile took some time out to recuperate with family befo... → Read More
Sébastien Rosseler signs for Garmin-Cervélo by Xylon van Eyck - Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Belgian brought to the team for team time trial championshipsSébastien Rosseler has signed a two-year deal with Garmin-Cervélo that will see the Belgian ride in Argyle colours through 2013. According to his personal website, Rosseler was lured to the team by Jonathan Vaughters, particularly to be part of the t... → Read More
Stijn Vandenbergh and Martin and Peter Velits to Quick Step for 2012 by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Slovakian twins become the latest riders to leave HTC-HighroadThe Quick Step team has announced the acquisition of three more riders for the next two seasons, in the shape of Belgian Stijn Vandenbergh, and Slovakian twins Martin and Peter Velits, all three on two year contracts. Vandenbergh joins a Belgian tea... → Read More
Tour of Poland: Triple-Kittel as German sprinter takes stage three by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Skil-Shimano sprinter unbeatable on third successive day to hold race leadMarcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) is proving unbeatable in the sprint in this year’s Tou of Poland, taking his third stage in a row, between Będzin and Katowice, by a similar clear margin. The 23-year-old German left his sprint late, as he had done on th... → Read More
Patrick Gretsch to Skil-Shimano for two years by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 German time trial specialist adds strength to Dutch Pro-Continental squadDutch Professional Continental team Skil-Shimano has strengthened its 2012 line-up with the acquisition of Patrick Gretsch on a two-year contract. The 24-year-old German time trial specialist has spent the last two years at ProTeam HTC-Highroad.
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Valverde has been training hard, believes he can fight for future Grand Tour victories by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Murcian approaching end of two year banSpanish rider Alejandro Valverde is eligible to return to racing in five months time, and reports that things are on schedule for him to be able to resume at a high level. He has been training hard during his two year suspension and believes that he ... → Read More
Sylvain Chavanel extends with Quick Step for two years by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 French champion to stay with Belgian team through 2013Sylvain Chavanel has signed a two-year extension to his contract with Quick Step, meaning that the Frenchman will be with the Belgian team – which will merge with Omega Pharma next year – through 2013. The French champion has been with Quick Step si... → Read More
Thomas Voeckler tops European Tour standings despite non-inclusion of Tour performance by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Ten days in yellow and fourth overall count for nothing in rankings for Continental riderThomas Voeckler (Europcar) tops the International Cycling Union (UCI) European Tour ranking for a second successive month, despite not scoring any points in the intervening period. The former French champion enjoyed ten days in the yellow jersey in ... → Read More
McQuaid insists Tour of Beijing didn’t get preferential WorldTour status by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 UCI President says full independent evaluation was carried outFollowing the earlier news that the Tour of Beijing has been granted full WorldTour status in its first year of existence, UCI President Pat McQuaid has insisted that the race had full independent assessment and receives top billing on its own merits... → Read More
Dutch magazine claims Van Heeswijk admitted EPO use, rider denies by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Former US Postal Service rider allegedly took recording of interviewThe Dutch NUSport magazine has claimed that former US Postal and Discovery Channel rider Max van Heeswijk has admitted to using EPO during his career, saying that the 38 year old accepted during the June 17th interview that he used the banned substan... → Read More
Tour de Pologne to continue without former race winner Ballan and Janiaczyk by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Knee injury rules out 2009 victorAs a result of the massive crash inside the final three kilometres of yesterday’s first stage of the Tour de Pologne, the 2009 race winner Alessandro Ballan has been forced to withdraw from what was one of his big goals of the year.
Also out is a... → Read More
Tour of Beijing confirmed as UCI WorldTour event by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Little surprise as UCI/ASO race begins at highest levelAs anticipated, the Tour of Beijing has officially been given UCI WorldTour status, making it the first such event in Asia and one of the few examples of a completely new race being handed cycling’s top ranking.
Organised by the UCI in conjunction... → Read More
Kashechkin to sign contract ‘soon’ with Astana team by Shane Stokes - Monday, August 1, 2011 Released by Lampre, rider aiming for top five in Vuelta a España Shortly after it was confirmed that a mutual agreement had been reached with Andrey Kashechkin for him to leave the Italian Lampre squad, it was announced that he looks highly likely to move back to the Astana team.The latter has released a statement... → Read More
Green Edge states it has Tour de France and Giro participation guarantees by Shane Stokes - Monday, August 1, 2011 Claims O’Grady signing, but rider says no contract has been finalisedGreenEdge had a team bus and cars at the Tour de France this year, hovering close to the bubble of the official vehicles in order to show its presence, but next season the squad believes firmly it will be a bona fide part of the race.Chief financial ... → Read More
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