MIchael Rasmussen was suspended again, this time for 18 months by TAS for failure to comply with anti-doping rules. He had previously been acquitted by the Danish National Olympic Committee who had decided there was a procedural error on the part of the UCI. The UCI wanted a two year […]
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Stage 4 2012 Tour de France
Evans Escapes Danger Again For the second consecutive day at the Tour de France, BMC Racing Team’s defending champion Cadel Evans narrowly avoided a crash near the finish while teammate Tejay van Garderen was caught behind Wednesday’s pile-up but received the same time as the winner to keep his lead […]
Fuglsang Takes Yellow in Austria
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK riders animated stage 4 in the Tour of Austria, executing a well-crafted plan that saw Jakob Fuglsang win the stage and earn the yellow jersey. “I’m super happy with this win and the overall,” said a joyous Jakob Fuglsang. “It is certainly defendable and we’re going to […]
Cavendish Wins 21st Tour Stage
Mark Cavendish edged Greipel in Tournai to take his 21st Tour de France stage win. Peter Sagan finished sixth, Cancellara held onto the yellow jersey and Tejay VanGarderen is still in the white jersey. The break of the day consisted of Lorrian, Morkov, Kern and Habs. Tomorrow the race goes […]
Gwin Wins 4th Consecutive MTB World Cup Downhill
Aaron Gwin (Temecula, CA/Trek World Racing) recorded his fourth consecutive world cup downhill victory on Sunday at the RockyRoads.net UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Windham, N.Y. His victory at thehelped him grow his overall series lead to a near-insurmountable 195 points with only two events remaining. Gwin, the last rider […]
Gilbert Finishes 4th in Stage 1
Philippe Gilbert sprinted to fourth place for the BMC Racing Team Sunday after a furious chase to the lead trio that escaped on a short climb near the finish of the opening road stage of the Tour de France. Nervous Day Gilbert took advantage of the chasing efforts of teammate […]
Sagan First TdF Win
Sagan took his first Tour de France win on Stage 1 against Cancellara and Boassen Hagen in Seraing. The three of them went out on the last hill in the last kilometer. He’s only 22 years old and is the youngest stage winner since Lance Armstrong’s first win in Verdun […]
Dirk Bockel Wins Chiemsee Triathlon
Dirk Bockel took the start in beautiful Chieming with precaution. “We’re one month away from the ITU World Championships in Spain, a very important goal on my calendar. I was a bit hesitant to go ‘all-in’, especially on the run, because it always takes you some time to recover from […]
Argos-Shimano’s Gretsch Finishes 8th in prologue
‘Mission accomplisched’ for Gretsch in Tour de France prologue Patrick Gretsch finished eighth in the prologue of the Tour de France. Beforehand he had hoped for a place in the top ten. He succedeed in that objective. On the 6.4k course through downtown Liège, Gretsch clocked a time of seven […]
BMC Tour Prologue
Tejay van Garderen finished fourth and earned best young rider honors and Philippe Gilbert was ninth as the BMC Racing Team put five riders in the top 25 in the prologue Saturday and began defense of Cadel Evans’s Tour de France title. Evans Happy To Get Things Started Evans […]