George Hincapie announced Monday that this will be his final season of professional cycling. The three-time U.S. national road champion said the Tour de France and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in August will be the last two races of his 19-year career. Hopes To Stay Involved In Cycling Hincapie […]
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Andy Schleck Abandons Dauphine
Andy Schleck had to quit the Criterium du Daupine in Stage 6 because of the crash in the time trial on Thursday. After 63km, pain prevented him from continuing. “This is a big disappointment,” said Andy Schleck in Morzine. “While I was sitting in the car and I saw the […]
Evans Into Third Overall at Dauphine
BMC Racing Team’s Cadel Evans continued his climb up the overall classification Saturday at the Critérium du Dauphiné, first by matching the pace of race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) on the final climb, then by using his descending skills to get away from him. The BMC Racing Team leader […]
Lagutin & Oltre Dominate GP Gippingen
Vacansoleil-DCM’s Uzbekh Sergey Lagutin on Bianchi Oltre outsprinted fellow escapees Vladimir Gusev and Georg Preidler to top Swiss semi-classic GP Kanton Aargau, raced in Gippingen on Thursday, June 7th. Androni Giocattoli’s Riccardo Chiarini and Emanuele Sella, both on Bianchi Oltre, also finished in the day’s top-10, placing sixth and […]
BMC Tour de Suisse Objectives
Dual Objectives For BMC Racing Team At Tour de Suisse The BMC Racing Team will target stage wins at the Tour de Suisse while also supporting the general classification ambitions of Mathias Frank, who finished sixth a year ago racing in his home country. Burghardt A Past Stage Winner Assistant […]
Verbrugge to Direct U23 BMC Team
BMC Racing Team Assistant Director Rik Verbrugghe will direct the new BMC Under-23 Racing Team, President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced Tuesday. The new team begins competition in 2013. Perfectly Qualified Ochowicz said Verbrugghe’s 13-year professional career which includes stage wins at the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, as […]
Bianchi Bike Academy
Bianchi is proud to announce the new Bianchi Bike Academy, a unique experience in partnership with Forte Village, the Mediterranean’s most luxury resort in Sardinia. Bianchi Bike Academy’s participants, coming from Italy, France, Russia and England, have the opportunity to discover the beauties of Sardinia’s Southern coast riding Road and […]
Hushovd to Skip Tour de France
Thor Hushovd will not compete at the the Tour de France and instead will ride the Tour de Pologne as he recovers from a viral infection that slowed him earlier this season, the BMC Racing Team announced Monday. Program Adjusted Hushovd has not raced since withdrawing from the Giro d’Italia […]
Evans wins Stage 1 of Dauphine
Cadel Evans won stage 1 of the 2012 Dauphine Libere from Seyssins to Saint-Vallier, over 187 km. He got away from the break he was in with Jerome Coppel and Andrew Kashechkin. Bradley Wiggins finished 4 seconds back in the peloton but took the yellow jersey from yesterday’s race leader […]
Fuglsang Secures GC in Luxembourg
Jakob Fuglsang has won the General Classification in the Tour of Luxembourg. Also on the podium were Wout Poels and teammate Frank Schleck. The team also earned top honors in the teams classification, marking a successful week in Luxembourg. Most of the 154k from Mersch to old Luxembourg City was […]