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Cycling: Sagan wins second stage in California

APTOS: Slovakia’s Peter Sagan recovered from an early crash to complete back-to-back stage wins in the Tour of California when he won Monday’s second stage in a sprint finish. Sagan surged to the front of the pack coming aroun [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Sky make flying start to deliver Cavendish win

Mark Cavendish proved he is bang on track for his twin main targets of 2012, the Tour de France and the London Olympic road-race, with a stunning win in the first road stage of the Giro d'Italia yesterday. Despite the deeply unfa [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Boonen wins Tour of Flanders

Oudenaarde (Belgium)—Belgian rider Tom Boonen won the Tour of Flanders for the third time in his career, beating Italians Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan in a three-way sprint on Sunday as favorite Fabian Cancellara broke his [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Cadel Evans and GreenEDGE win in Europe

COL DE L'OSPEDALE, France: Cadel Evans and "import" Michael Albasini capped a banner day for Australian cycling with twin victories on Europe's roads. Evans showed he was on target with his Tour de France title defence p [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Belgium's Meersman wins 4th stage of Paris-Nice

RODEZ: Belgian rider Gianni Meersman timed his attack perfectly to win the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race on Wednesday, and Bradley Wiggins kept the overall lead despite Alejandro Valverde's late attack on the final climb. Meersm [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Sarah Storey wins gold at Para-Cycling Track World Champions...

Storey, from Manchester, who could attempt to win five gold medals at the London Paralympic Games in the summer, made it look almost effortless and posted a new British record and personal best with a time of 37.371 seconds, leaving her h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Simon Gerrans wins cycling's Tour Down Under

Simon Gerrans won the Tour Down Under for the second time on Sunday, giving his newly-formed Australian GreenEDGE victory in its first-ever World Tour event. Gerrans, who won the race in 2006 and has won stages of the Tour de France, Giro [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Cadel Evans wins hallowed ‘Oppy’ medal at Australian Cyclist...

Capping off a stunning season which saw him win the Tour de France, Tirreno Adriatico and the Tour de Romandie, Cadel Evans has been awarded the prestigious Sir Hubert Opperman Medal at the Jayco 2011 Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Tim Gudsell wins Tour of Southland stage

Tim Gudsell has won stage six of the Tour of Southland but Josh Atkins will retain the yellow jersey heading into the final day tomorrow. Gudsell sprinted home solo to claim the 167km stage from Invercargill to Gore. The pressure will now [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Levi Leipheimer wins stage at USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Tour de France veteran Levi Leipheimer won the first stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Tuesday, pulling away with a sudden uphill surge in the final 500 yards. Leipheimer, of Santa Rosa, Calif., finished the mountainous 99.3-mile [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Levi Leipheimer wins USA Challenge stage, Cadel Evans fourth

American Levi Leipheimer won the first stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Tuesday, finishing the 159.8 kilometre stage in four hours, 28 minutes and 22 seconds. Leipheimer, who rides for RadioShack, sprinted to the finish, distanci [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling veteran wins race up Mount Washington

Cycling veteran Ned Overend has won the annual Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb. Overend, of Durango, Colo., celebrated his 56th birthday by winning Saturday's race to the 6,288-foot summit of the highest peak in the North [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Why Evans was always going to win

In 2009 Australian Institute of Sport scientist David Martin presented a paper at a conference in Seattle in which he compared his study of Cadel Evans to that of Lance Armstrong quite early in their respective careers. The findings we [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Hincapie, Ochowicz win in supporting roles

BMC's Cadel Evans made cycling history for Australia when he won the Tour de France on Sunday, but Americans George Hincapie and Jim Ochowicz added to their respective legacies, too. Already the only man to help teammates win eight To [...]