While Tony Martin and Cadel Evans were the headliners this past week for their overall victories at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico respectively, the biggest news was the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to uphold two-year suspensions on Italian racers Franco Pellizotti and Pietro Caucchioli.
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy (VN) - World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) capped a week in Italy with a stage win on the final day of Tirreno-Adriatico Tuesday. Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) defended his maglia azzura with a solid ride to earn his place atop the final podium.
Cadel Evans weathered a late storm to consolidate his Tirreno-Adriatico lead with an impressive victory on stage 6 of the Italian race on Monday.
MACERATA, Italy (VN) – Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) is taking a good look at three of his top Tour de France rivals this week in Italy. The overall leader at Tirreno-Adriatico said Sunday, however, that his focus was squarely on winning the final GC in his first stage race of the year.
CASTELRAIMONDO, Italy (VN) ─ Classics star Philippe Gilbert didn't miss the decisive moment at Tirreno-Adriatico Sunday. Instead, the Omega Pharma-Lotto rider out-kicked a 13-rider group in Castelraimondo to capture stage 5 of the 'race of the two seas.'
CHIETI, Italy (VN) ─ Michele Scarponi landed the first blow in the GC battle, his Lampre-ISD teammate Damiano Cunego close behind, in stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico. Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) nearly closed a 10-second gap on the 19-percent ramp into Chieti, but came up just short, with Cunego passing him and both taking same time in the final meters.
Cadel Evans and George Hincapie get their seasons started this week in Italy. The BMC Racing veterans each delayed the starts to their 2011 campaigns to take advantage of warm weather training and remain fresh for midseason objectives.
Despite the swelling negative public opinion over the Alberto Contador acquittal Tuesday in Spain, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) is taking a wait-and-see approach.
With Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans expected at the start, the 16.8km team time trial will also offer the year’s first good look at the Tour de France contenders’ form.
Relentlessly attacking in the final laps of Sunday’s elite men’s road race, defending world champion Cadel Evans did everything he could to become the sixth back-to-back rainbow warrior.
Cadel Evans assesses Sunday's road course, shares his favorites and reacts to Alberto Contador's positive doping result.
Evans, Cancellara and Farrar say the race radio ban at Sunday's road race is a bad idea
The defending champ predicts that the Belgian and French teams will make sure the pure sprinters don't make it to the finish at the front.
Riders boasting two of the most distinctive jerseys in the peloton – George Hincapie and Cadel Evans – both return to action this weekend following some serious injuries.
Defending champion Cadel Evans will lead the home team at the world road championships next month.
Reigning world champion Cadel Evans (BMC) will not be among the field for a pair of upcoming ProTour races in Canada.
Cadel Evans admits his number one priority in this year's Tour de France is to just finish the thing
The world road champ is feeling better, but plans to have his elbow checked out once more, just to be sure.
Casar wins the stage as Schleck and Contador shake off all the GC contenders; Evans cracks, Armstrong bounces back.
Cadel Evans had a good reason why he saw his yellow jersey dream fade to black: he was racing with a broken elbow.
"We have our work cut out for us, but there couldn’t be a better inspiration than having your team leader at the top of the standings in the biggest bike race in the world."
The world champion reflects on his 2008 stint in yellow: 'It was a bit different today."
Schleck outkicks the favorites in the final kilometer, Evans takes over the jersey as Armstrong is involved with three crashes and loses nearly 12 minutes.
After an encouraging first mountain stage, Omega Pharma's Matthew Lloyd will be looking for more opportunities to 'get creative'
"To take the jersey today would have put a lot of pressure on the guys, and there's a long way to go," says the world champ, who sits second overall.
Cadel Evans and Andy Schleck expect attacks from Lance Armstrong as the ground tilts upward.
2009 Tour runner-up Andy Schleck doesn't think world champ Cadel Evans can stick with the other favorites in the mountains.
The Australian rides to a safe 23rd, but will continue with one fewer teammate.
Cadel Evans looked decidedly less upbeat and confident the day before he begins his bid to relaunch his Tour de France career after a disappointing performance in 2009.
A strong performance in the Giro d’Italia earned Brent Bookwalter a trip to the Tour de France as he was included among the nine starting riders for BMC.
Johann Tschopp (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) wins the 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia as Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) defends his overall lead.
Report from Tuesday's stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia, the Plan de Corones time trial.
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Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) triumphed in stage 15 of the 2010 Giro d’Italia, shedding world champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) in the final 3km of a hellishly mountainous race after a five-man break came to grief on the steeps of the Monte Zoncolan.
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Rewind to one of the most epic Giro stages ever when the 2010 edition tackled the grime and mud of the white roads of Tuscany, and heralded a new generation of GC kings.
Cadel Evans (BMC) is back in the pink jersey for the first time since he held it late in the 2002 Giro d’Italia. Evans was a relative newcomer to the road scene when he took the maglia rosa back then, only to lose it the next day in an infamous collapse in stage 17 to Folgaria. Racing the Giro for the first time since then, Evans says he’s now a different rider.
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) wins a very messy second stage of the Giro d'Italia as BMC's Cadel Evans takes the overall lead.
Brent Bookwalter (BMC) came within a few pedal strokes of the biggest win of his career when he stopped the clock just two seconds shy of the maglia rosa in the opening stage of the 2010 Giro d’Italia.
2010 Giro d'Italia: Wide open, with some strong contenders
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John Wilcockson re-caps Flèche Wallonne and compares its victor to the those on the podium at the concurrent Giro del Trentino.
BMC's Cadel Evans wins 2010 Flèche Wallonne
Anthony Tan sits down with George Hincapie to talk about pre-race rituals, Paris-Roubaix, the Giro, Cadel Evans and his new team.
Can world road champ Cadel Evans (BMC) win the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France before it’s too late? He thinks so.
Reporting to us from southern California, Neal Rogers managed to snap a few photos of the sparkling BMC bikes of the eponymous ProTour team.
Casey Gibson spent another day at BMC's January camp in California.
The BMC Pro Cycling Team may not be on the UCI’s list of ProTour teams, but the revamped Swiss/American squad appears to be more than ready to take on the world’s top races on the 2010 calendar.
Photographer Casey Gibson heads to Agoura Hills, California, for BMC's January training camp.
A chat with George Hincapie about his new team, plus photos of his new BMC
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Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has confirmed that he will ride the Giro d’Italia for the first time in eight years next May.
BMC has officially closed its roster for the 2010 season and promises to be competitive in all the major events.
Aussie cycling star was part of Cycling Australia's development program, winning two mountain bike World Cups before his move to the road.
The UCI has approved 19 pro conti team applications. Rock Racing's application is denied.
World road champion Cadel Evans is named the 2009 Australian Cyclist of the Year for the third time.
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