It’s the most anticipated duel of the upcoming Giro d’Italia: 2013 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins against Italian Vincenzo Nibali, who stepped on the third podium spot in Paris and has now set his sights on the famous maglia rosa. 15 days earlier Wiggins vs. Nibali will be the […]
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2013 Paris-Nice Stage 4
Brioude – Saint-Vallier, 199.5km ( 07 March, 2013 )Astana Pro Team rider Maxim Iglinskiy attacked an elite selection of riders in the final kilometers of Thursday’s fourth stage at Paris-Nice, finishing on the podium in second place with teammate Enrico Gasparotto just behind in fourth, giving a positive finish to […]
The Most Vertical Miles and Scenery Possible
Martha Pomares is an incredible athlete. When I first showed her some options for cycling trips to Europe, she wanted to string together the Pyrenees, Dolomites and Alps one right after the other. Many Americans would look at the trips based on not too much effort, lots of European ambiance, […]
Marcel Kittel outsprints everyone in second stage of Paris-Nice
Team Argos-Shimano rider Marcel Kittel won the second stage of Paris-Nice today with an impressive sprint and strong teamwork. Elia Viviani (Cannondale) took second place ahead of Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge). Viviani takes the lead in the general classification. Even the wind couldn’t prevent four riders from escaping out of the […]
Yellow Jersey Abandons Paris Nice
The yellow jersey being worn by Nacer Bouhanni from the Francaise des Jeux team was caught up in a crash on stage 2 and had to abandon the race. He had won the stage at Nemours but today slid on a white line on a turn. He hit his face […]
2013 Paris-Nice
Today was the start of the prestigious French race, Paris-Nice. It kicked off with a 2.9 km short but technically difficult prologue. The time difference between the fastest ten riders was because of distance minimal, but it was Damien Gaudin, who was fastest, and he did the route one second […]
CAS Confirms 12 year suspension for Riccardo Ricco
Lausanne, 1 March 2013 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal of the Italian cyclist Riccardo Riccò against the decision of the Anti-Doping Tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) which imposed a suspension of twelve years on him, beginning on 19 April 2012, due […]
Tayler’s First win on Specialized-Lululemon
Tayler blogs about the Merco Cycling Classic February 28th, 2013, Merced, California -I was so excited to see the women’s stage race return to Merco Cycling Classic this year! When I raced the Merced Irrigation District road race in 2011 it was my very first race as a professional and […]
Ellen van DIijk Solo Win Le Samyn des Dames
Ellen Van Dijk wins Le Samyn des Dames in Belgium today. Carmen Small tells how: February 28th, 2013, Belgium – It’s cold, it’s raining, it’s grey, the mood is meh….but we are professionals so what do we do, we put on a smile, get dressed, HTFU and head out to […]
Armstrong To Challenge USPS
According to an article in USA Today, Armstrong is forming his defense. They say he’s going to argue that he never submitted a false claim to the government and the case is too old to pursue. They’re reporting that the government either knew or should have known what was going […]