Lund longs for Grand Tours
Saxo Bank | February 2, 2012
Anders Lund is thankful to be back in Saxo Bank and is eyeing a return to Grand Tour racing. After a year at team Leopard and missing out on the big, three-week events, Saxo Bank's Bjarne Riis has Lund down for the Giro ...
Worrack Takes First UCI Win of Season for Specialized-lululemon
Specialized-Lululemon | February 2, 2012
Trixi Worrack took the first UCI stage win of 2012 for Specialized-lululemon on Thursday, winning the second stage of Tour of Qatar from a two person break. Worrack, who also made the break of the day on Wednesday ...
Specialized-lululemon women launch season in Qatar
Specialized-Lululemon | January 30, 2012
The Specialized lululemon women will begin the 2012 season at the UCI 2.1 ranked Women's Tour of Qatar on Wednesday the 1st of February and director Jens Zemke wants to make an impression, "We want to show that we are ...
Masciarelli refocus on points and week-long races
Astana | January 30, 2012
Francesco Masciarelli will help keep team Astana towards the top of the WorldTour and focus on week-long stage races this spring. The Italian from Pescara just returned from Australia, where he began his season ...
Boonen Wins Stage 7, Levi Wins Tour de San Luis
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step | January 29, 2012
Tom Boonen capped off a highly successful week for Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team, winning stage 7 of Tour de San Luis in a circuit race sprint finish. Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini -Selle Italia) placed ...
Contador Conquers Argentinean Mountains
Saxo Bank | January 27, 2012
Once again, Team Saxo Bank's Alberto Contador demonstrated world class by winning his second mountain stage in the Argentinean stage race, Tour de San Luis ahead of Levi Leipheimer (Omega-Pharma Quick ...
Levi Wins Stage 4 TT, Takes Overall Lead
January 26, 2012
Levi Leipheimer earned the third race victory in four stages for Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team, winning the Tour de San Luis Stage 4 time trial by 23 seconds on Thursday with a time of 22 minutes, 33 seconds. He ...
Contador Takes First Victory of the Season
Saxo Bank | January 25, 2012
Once again, Team Saxo Bank took the initiative during the 168 kilometer long mountain stage of the Argentinean stage race, Tour de San Luis from Estancia Grande to Mirador del Potrero de Los Funes. A single rider ...
Chicchi, Boonen Go 1-2
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step | January 24, 2012
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team sprinter Francesco Chicchi won his second stage in a row at Tour de San Luis, besting teammate Tom Boonen in yet another bunch sprint finish on Tuesday afternoon. "It's the ...
Chicchi Wins in Photo Finish
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step | January 23, 2012
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team sprinter Francesco Chicchi put the finishing touches on a 189.3 km race in occasionally dangerous, and mostly poor weather on Monday in Stage 1 of Tour de San Luis. Chicchi beat ...
Andy Fenn Diary
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step | January 23, 2012
The Tour Down Under went well for OmegaPharma, even if the first few stages were pretty hard. We worked to get our lead-out sorted, even if it's quite difficult in a new team, new guys and a new jersey. And we are up ...
Steegmans 'intense training' Down Under
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step | January 21, 2012
Gert Steegmans kicked off his season this week at the Tour Down Under in South Australia with team OmegaPharma-Quick Step. The first race of the season gave the Belgian an idea of what is in store for 2012 and a better ...