Hawthorn Cycling Club – Summer Criterium No.1
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BEIJING (VN) — Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) lines up Wednesday for the inaugural Tour of Beijing as one of the star riders, but he didn't want to start as the No. 1 bib.
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Since my last blog entry in July, the theme of my life has been “all kitted up and nowhere to go.”
Though he's nearly 40, Robbie McEwen still can win a race.
Christian Heule (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) took the victory in day one of the Great Brewers Gran Prix of Gloucester.
"More than once I gave what I thought might be my last ditch effort. The Brits shoved me back into the rotation offering a 'good job' or 'nice pull.' Their sportsmanship impressed me and they were pulling like oxen. ... "
THE HAGUE (AFP) — Dutch cycling outfit Skil-Shimano is set for a name change, and a new sponsor whose aim is to hoist the second division outfit into the World Tour ranks, team chief Iwan Spekenbrink said Tuesday.
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Freire laments missed opportunity to make history.
Jamis-Sutter Home has reloaded the team’s sprinting and climbing corps for 2012, signing American Kyle Wamsley and Dutchman Peter Van Dijk. The squad also announced the return of a number of riders, including Luis Amaran and Tyler Wren.
Great Britain’s only two world elite men’s road champions define their eras
PARIS (AFP) - Paris-Tours organizers ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) have invited Mark Cavendish to become the first world road race champion to compete in the French sprinters' classic next month.
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As a sprinter, Mark Cavendish is the first to admit that without the help and sacrifice of his teammates, he wouldn't win many races. And he certainly would not have become the first British world champion since Tom Simpson in 1965 on Sunday without the help of Team Great Britain.
"I am very disappointed. I missed a big opportunity today," Thor Hushovd told Norwegian journalists. "I felt very good all day and I am not tired now. That's frustrating."
"It's a field sprint for a world championships, it's going to be chaotic. I just didn't ride it as well as I could have," Tyler Farrar told VeloNews.
Great Britain delivered Mark Cavendish to the rainbow jersey in the elite men's world championship road race on Sunday,
Giorgia Bronzini of Italy defends her elite women's title at the road world championships.
Defending champion Thor Hushovd and Belgian ace Philippe Gilbert are downplaying their chances of winning the men's world road title on Sunday.
A late-race crash spoils chances for the Americans as the French power to victory in the junior men's road race.
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COPENHAGEN (VN) — American sprinter Tyler Farrar says he feels surprisingly good despite his high-speed crash at the Vuelta a España, but admits he won't know if he can challenge for the rainbow jersey until he hits the road Sunday.
COPENHAGEN (AFP) — Australia's Matt Goss believes he could have the edge over HTC-Highroad teammate Mark Cavendish if the pair come to duel for cycling's coveted rainbow jersey at the road world championships on Sunday.
COPENHAGEN (VN) — Peter Sagan is hoping his dream season finishes off with a perfect ending with a strong ride in Sunday's elite men's road race.
COPENHAGEN (VN) — Defending road race world champion Thor Hushovd admits winning a second rainbow jersey will prove difficult.
COPENHAGEN (VN) — British rider Lucy Garner blasted her way to the gold medal in the junior women's road race Thursday with a long sprint from just over 200 meters to go.
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Jesse Anthony of Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth was the catalyst for a relentless Univest Grand Prix Doylestown Criterium in Pennsylvania Sunday, winning the race, the sprinters jersey, and the overall weekend title after attacking, staying away for multiple laps, and taking the sprint out of a decimated field.
Bend residents took stars and stripes jerseys in five categories at the 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships
Mark Renshaw briefly stepped out of the shadow of HTC-Highroad teammmate Mark Cavendish to win the fifth stage of the Tour of Britain on Thursday.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (VN) – A young Dutchman rode an impressive surge up the finishing straight Wednesday night to earn props from Elvis in a tactical and most dynamic Cross Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. (VN) – The place: the bowels of Interbike, on the Circulus miniature velodrome. The showdown: Johnson versus Powers. The winner: Tim Johnson.
Milan-San Remo champion Matt Goss will head up a strong Australian team at the world road race championships in Copenhagen, where compatriot Mark Renshaw will sit among the replacements.
PARIS (AFP) ― Tour de France stars Thomas Voeckler and Sylvain Chavanel will spearhead France's bid for the coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race cycling championships in Copenhagen later this month.
The Tour of Britain resumed Tuesday after its unscheduled day off with Lars Boom winning the third stage and taking the leader's gold jersey from Mark Cavendish.
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BRUSSELS (AFP) — World number one Philippe Gilbert will spearhead Belgium's hopes of winning cycling's coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race championships later this month, it was announced Monday.
MONTREAL, Canada (VN) — In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, Ryder Hesjedal finished in eleventh place and took the honors of top Canadian at Sunday’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal.
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On a day when all eyes were on the podium finishers from Friday’s Grand Prix Cycliste Québec City, Portugese rider Rui Costa of Movistar upset the favorites by powering a late-race move in Montréal to win a two-up sprint against Frenchman breakaway mate Pierrick Fedrigo (FDJ).
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) made a winning start to the Tour of Britain with a classy sprint victory in the opening stage in Scotland on Sunday.
Peter Sagan burst down the middle of the road in the final 150 meters to blow past a fading Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) and Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) to round out a superb Vuelta that also included two wins in the first half of the race.
Juanjo Cobo says he cannot breathe easy yet despite only having a short, sprinter-friendly stage standing between him and a surprising Vuelta a España victory.
Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) dashed to victory Saturday just in time to confirm his candidacy for leadership of the hyper-competitive Italian squad ahead of the world road cycling championships.
Leopard-Trek's Daniele Bennati sprinted to victory on Saturday in the 20th stage of the 2011 Vuelta a España. Juan Jose Cobo (Geox-TMC) continues to lead with one stage remaining.
For a rider who has made things look so easy this year, the remainder of Phillipe Gilbert’s 2011 dream season is surprisingly unclear.
Rory Sutherland and Robert Förster are back with UnitedHealthcare in 2012. According to a team representative, the U.S.-based Pro Continental squad will announce the return of their top GC rider and the veteran sprinter Friday.
BILBAO, Spain (AFP) — Basque rider Igor Anton (Euskaltel) on Friday won the 19th stage of the Tour of Spain, a 158.5km ride from Noja to Bilbao in his native Basque country.
QUEBEC CITY, Canada (VN) — Saxo Bank’s Michael Morkov won the inaugural Challenge Sprint Pro Thursday evening in Québec City, besting Enrique Sanz (Movistar), Simon Clarke (Astana) and Robbie Hunter (RadioShack) in a final four-man heat at the crowd-friendly warm-up event held prior to Friday's WorldTour one-day race.
NOJA, Spain (AFP) - Italy's Francesco Gavazzi of the Lampre team Thursday won the 18th stage of the Tour of Spain, but Spain's Juan Jose Cobo kept the leader's jersey with just three stages left.
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PENA CABARGA, Spain (VN) — There was a very tense moment about 500 meters from the finish line in Wednesday's 17th stage when it appeared Juanjo Cobo's dream Vuelta a España was turning into a nightmare.
ROME (AFP) - Former Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso has called for calm after he was slapped and insulted by separatists during the Giro di Padania (Tour of the Po Valley).
AUSTIN, Texas (VN) — With support staff sporting neon orange tank tops and muscle T’s, a race packet containing an assortment of costume mustaches, and a queen stage on the historic grounds of the Austin State Hospital (formally named the Texas Lunatic Asylum), the Tour of Austin, a three-day criterium series over Labor Day weekend, fully embraced the town’s official motto: Keep Austin Weird.
The Green Mountain Stage Race beat the rain. Mostly.
HARO, Spain (AFP) - Argentina's Juan Jose Haedo of the Saxo Bank team won the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain Tuesday while Spain's Juan Jose Cobo of Geox retained the leader's red jersey.