[W:Movistar Team] have won all four Europe Tour stageraces held in Spain in 2012 and aspire to do the same in the last one this weekend: the [W:Vuelta a Madrid]. Movistar Team line up this weekend in the 26th Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid with the goal of completing their spectacular performances, including the…
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Giro d’Italia – Katusha Team Is Ready For 95th Giro d’Italia
In May, Saturday 5th, [W:Katusha Team] will take part to the first of the three world cycling Grand Tours: [W:Giro d’Italia], a stage race competition at its 95th edition. The Russian team will take part to one of the top events of the season with [W:Joaquim Rodriguez] as a leader: in this 2012 the Spanish…
Ben Swift Ruled Out Of Giro d’Italia
Team Sky’s [W:Ben Swift] has been forced to withdraw from the [W:Giro d’Italia] after sustaining a fractured right shoulder whilst on a training ride. Swift, who devoted the start of his season to the track – taking a world title in the scratch race and two further silver medals in the recent World Championships –…
Giro d’Italia – The Favourites Reveal Their Ambitions
The big-name riders of the [W:Giro d?Italia] revealed their hopes and objectives for the 2012 Corsa Rosa in the pre-race press conference held at the MCH Herning Kongrescenter on Thursday. 2011 winner Michele Scarponi, Ivan Basso, John Gadret, Roman Kreuziger, Frank Schleck, Joaquin Rodriguez and Thor Hushovd all took part in the press conference. The…
Giro d?Italia – Movistar Team Unveils Giro Squad
Intxausti, Lastras, Pardilla, Amador, Samoilau, Bruseghin, Ventoso, Visconti and Jos? Herrada will wear the Blue jersey during the 95th [W:Giro d’Italia] starting in Denmark on Saturday. After big success achieved in the competitions held in the last weekend -a stage victory (Jes?s Herrada) and the overall (Intxausti) in Asturias and an overall podium finish (Rui…
GreenEDGE Announce Orica Sponsorship Deal
Following one of the most successful debuts in the [W:WorldTour] of cycling, [W:GreenEDGE] today announced a three-year co-naming sponsorship with leading global mining services company Orica Limited. As of this year?s [W:Giro d?Italia], the team will change its name to Orica-GreenEDGE. ?This is a rare and fantastic opportunity to secure the founding co-naming sponsorship with…
Giro d’Italia – Star Studded Field For 2012 Edition
A total of 198 riders, from 22 different countries, are set to ride the 2012 Giro d?Italia, which begins on Saturday May 5, with a individual time trial in Herning, Denmark. Italian and international riders will battle for overall success and the winner?s final maglia rosa. 2011 winner Michele Scarponi leads the Lampre-ISD team with…
Movistar – Be?at Intxausti Wins Overall At Vuelta a Asturias
Basque climber profits from another teamwork exhibition from Movistar Team -overall winning squad- to notch up the GC in the Vuelta a Asturias, 12th success from the Blues in 2012, on the slopes of the Alto del Naranco. Be?at Intxausti left definitely all bad moments from the 2011 season behind as he returned to the…
UCI – World Tour Rankings; April 2012
Rank Prev. Rider Nat. + Birthdate Team (Code) Points 1 1 BOONEN Tom BEL19801015 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP (OPQ) 366 2 2 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA19841114 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 272 3 3 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP19780205 EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI (EUS) 252 4 4 SAGAN Peter SVK19900126 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (LIQ) 229 5 14 WIGGINS Bradley GBR19800428 SKY PROCYCLING (SKY) 224…
Michael Rogers Ready For Tour of Beijing
Australian Michael Rogers headlines a strong Saxo Bank ? Tinkoff line-up for the 2013 Tour of Beijing. Rogers, a former three-time world time trial champion and overall winner of the Tour of California, is joined at the final WorldTour event of the season by teammates Rory Sutherland, Matti Breschel, Manuel Boaro, Jay McCarthy, Takashi Miyazawa…