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Britain’s James Shaw’s report on his brilliant 5th place in the Under 23 Liege-Bastogne-Liege (more…)

Tour of Britain runner up Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) wins the rainbow jersey in Spain, Ben Swift is 12th (more…)

A jubilant Sven Erik Bystrøm of Norway won the gold in Friday’s U23 Men’s road race, whilst Owain Doull was best of the Brits in 19th (more…)

BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet wins Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem Saturday as teammate and former world road champion Thor Hushovd competed in his final race to close a 15-year professional career. (more…)

Britain’s Andrew Fenn led a 1-2-3 for Omega Pharma Quickstep at Desselgem Koerse (more…)

BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet notched his second victory of the season Wednesday by attacking out of a small group to win Grand Prix de Wallonie (more…)

Quintana crashes out of the race as Aru wins the stage and Froome is in trouble in the GC battle – round up of rider reactions (more…)

Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) soloed out of a breakaway after a crash to win stage 7 of the Tour of Spain, Froome crashes but comes back to take time on Valverde (more…)

After a battle in the crosswinds, John Degenkolb won the war for the stage to make it two from two – Aussie Michael Matthews still in leader’s jersey (more…)

Tour du Poitou-Charentes Stage 1 sees Mark Cavendish finish off great teamwork with a sprint victory (more…)

Alexander Kristoff takes second classic of the season in Vattenfall Cyclassics, Mark Cavendish is fifth in bunch kick (more…)

Tejay van Garderen won his second straight USA Pro Challenge title Sunday while the BMC Racing Team repeated as team champions of the week-long race in Colorado (more…)

Laurent Didier wins stage 5 of USA Pro Challenge, Van Garderen holds onto lead whilst Richard Handley has superb result in 8th! (more…)

BMC’s Tejay van Garderen kept the overall lead of the USA Pro Challenge Thursday while Jens Voigt is denied by the sprinters led in by Elia Vivani (more…)

Philippe Gilbert of BMC captured the Ster ZLM Toer for the third time Sunday, adding to the overall titles he won at the race in 2009 and 2011 (more…)

Andrew ‘pit bull’ Talansky wins Critérium du Dauphiné as GC is turned upside down on day of surprises, Adam Yates 3rd (more…)

World Champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma – Quick-Step) won the 9.4km prologue of Tour de Suisse on Saturday (more…)

Westra goes one better on stage 7 whilst Contador puts time into Froome and takes the Yellow jersey (more…)

First season win for Bakelants and a crash for race leader Chris Froome on stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné (more…)

Simon Å pilak solos 20 kilometers to win stage 5 of the Criterium Dauphiné whilst Adam Yates is 3rd and Froome comes under attack (more…)

Six years after winning stage 5 of the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné, Yuriy Trofimov raised his arms up in the air again in Gap on stage 4 of the 2014 Edition (more…)

Nikias Arndt, 22 another of Giant Shimano’s sprinters, wins stage 3 of the Criterium du Dauphine (more…)

Chris Froome wins the first mountain top duel against Alberto Contador to win two from two but the lead is only 12 seconds – Adam Yates 8th (more…)

History making event – Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) says winning the Giro d’Italia was “one of the happiest days in my life” (more…)

Stage 2 finishes in a bunch kick where Greipel takes the safe option and sits out the sprint whilst Ramon Sinkeldam wins and Theo Bos takes the overall (more…)

Favourite in a bunch kick, André Greipel was back to winning ways on stage 1 of the World Ports stage race in Antwerp (more…)

A big British double in California as Cavendish wins the final stage whilst Wiggins back to best in winning the overall. Adam Yates 5th (more…)

Cadel Evans (BMC) took the lead of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday with a fifth-place finish on the first mountain-top finish of the three-week race (more…)

Orica GreenEdge’s Michael Albasini took his third stage victory at the 2014 Tour de Romandie in a three-up sprint. (more…)

On the penultimate stage in the Tour of Turkey, it was the day of the sprinters and Cavendish was beaten into 3rd by Viviani whilst Adam Yates continues to lead overall (more…)

On the Queen stage of the Tour of Romandie, Chris Froome went on the attack with Simon Spilak who beat the Sky rider to the stage and the yellow jersey (more…)

Former Tour of Britain winner Michael Albasini is back with a bang winning two from two in his home race, Tour de Romandie (more…)

Mixed day for the Yates brothers as Simon breaks collarbone and Adam is second on stage in the mountains on stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey (more…)

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step’s Michal Kwiatkowski won the 5.57km Tour de Romandie Prologue on Tuesday, carrying great form from the Ardennes Classics to win his first career UCI WorldTour race just two days after Liège-Bastogne-Liège. (more…)

BMC’s Philippe Gilbert soloed to victory Sunday at Amstel Gold Race to win for the third time in five years (more…)

Former World Champion Philippe Gilbert finally got that win in Brabantse Pijl on Wednesday (more…)

After a poor result in Tour of Flanders, Omega Pharma Quickstep bounced back with Niki Terpstra winning the biggest Monument in cycling, Paris-Roubaix (more…)

Fabian Cancellara (Trek) wins his third Tour of Flanders in a four up sprint after a thrilling race over the Belgian bergs (more…)

5th in the final time trial helped Guillaume Van Keirsbulck clinch the overall in De Panne after two split stages won by Modolo and Bodnar (more…)

Lampre’s Sacha Modolo won stage 2 in the Three Days of De Panne whilst Gert Steegmans leads overall after Sagan misses break and abandons (more…)

Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez seals the overall while Lieuwe Westra of Astana wins the final stage. Froome 6th and Adam Yates 22nd on GC (more…)

Giant Shimano’s John Degenkolb was fastest in the bunch kick to decide the winner of the Belgian Classic Gent Wevelgem (more…)

Stef Clement (Belkin), part of the day’s break, won the sixth stage of the Volta a Catalunya after a vicious attack in the final kilometres. (more…)

Tom Dumoulin wins stage two time trial and now leads overall in the Criterium International (more…)

Victorious on the first stage of Paris-Nice a few weeks ago, Nacer Bouhanni repeated that feat at the Critérium International, capturing victory on the morning stage around the city of Porto Vecchio. (more…)

Wisniowski from the Quickstep feeder team won a tough stage, Moses drops to 4th overall equal on time to rider in 3rd (more…)

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) broke away from the other race favorites on the monntain top finish to take the lead in the Volta a Catalunya (more…)

Giant Shimano show off yet another sprinter as Luka Mezgec wins another of the Sprint stages in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (more…)

After a very wet and cold 300 kilometres in Milan San Remo, Ben Swift was third behind Alexander Kristoff and Fabian Cancellera (more…)

Alberto Contador is the winner of the Italian classic stage race, Tirreno Adriatico whilst Movistar’s Adriano Malori put Endura on the podium as stage winner (more…)

Mark Cavendish handed his leader’s jersey to teammate Kwiatkowski while Peter Sagan won stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico (more…)

On a tough stage 5 of Paris-Nice which saw the race split in the mountains, Geraint Thomas finished 16th and kept hold of the Yellow jersey (more…)

Two-time UCI World TTT Champions Omega Pharma – Quick-Step powered to victory by an impressive 11″ seconds on the flat, 18.5km parcours of the Tirreno-Adriatico team time trial on Wednesday. (more…)

Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) is in yellow after finishing second to Tom-Jelte Slagter on stage 4 of Paris-Nice (more…)

On the last of the sprinter stages in Paris-Nice 2014, it was third time lucky for John Degenkolb in Magny-Cours on stage 3. (more…)

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quickstep) wins Volta Algarve final stage whilst Michael Kwiatkowski wins the GC, his win in a stage race (more…)

For the second year in a row, Chris Froome claimed overall victory on the Tour of Oman while André Greipel flew to his third stage success on the Matrah Corniche (more…)

Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma Quickstep) keeps his yellow jersey finishing 3rd behind Alberto Contador & Rui Coasta on the queen stage of Volta Algarve on Saturday (more…)

Milan San Remo Gerald Ciolek who rides for South African team MTN-Qhubeka was too quick for his rivals in a big bunch kick at the end of stage 3 in the Ruta Del Sol (more…)

Defending champion in the Tour of Oman Chris Froome applies the pressure and rides clear of his rivals to win the stage and take the leader’s jersey (more…)

Race leader Michael Kwiatkowski of Omega Pharma Quickstep wins TT stage at 58k an hour to increase his overall lead. Alex Dowsett is 5th on stage. (more…)

After a series of second places in the early races of 2014, Peter Sagan finally got his front wheel across the line first after a tough stage in Oman. (more…)

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step’s Michal Kwiatkowski wins stage in Algarve on Thursday, attacking with 5km to go on the final climb (more…)

1-2 for Lampre-Merida as Modolo and World Champion Costa lead the field home with no joy for Cavendish in bunch kick (more…)

Stage 2 of the Tour of Oman ends in a bunch sprint won by Alexander Kristoff with Aussie Leigh Howard taking the leader’s jersey (more…)

On the slopes of Mount Faron, Steve Cummings fought like a British bull dog when under attack to hold on and win the Tour of Med with 4th (more…)

Winner of stage 1 John Degenkolb (Giant Shimano) backed up with a second victory, Steve Cummings best Brit in 17th while Raleigh’s Matthieu Boulo impresses (more…)

Arnaud Démare sprinted to sprint victory on the final stage of the 2014 Tour of Qatar While, Niki Terpstra wins his first ever Tour of Qatar ahead of Tom Boonen with Ian Stannard 4th. (more…)

Second on stage 4, André Greipel got things right on the 5th stage of the Tour of Qatar with his first win in Qatar. Niki Terpstra leads. (more…)

Niki Terpstra gives his Omega Pharma Quickstep team a boost after a victory on stage 1 of the Tour of Qatar as peloton fails to bring back break (more…)

Felix English 3rd on stage 3 as Irish born 19 year old Robert-John McCarthy wins whilst Simon Clarke holds on to leaders jersey (more…)

With one of the most exciting finishes to a bike race in 2014 so far, Marcel Kittel sprinted to victory whilst Taylor Phinney retained his leader’s jersey in the Dubai Tour (more…)

Kirsten Wilde, Queen of Qatar after much success there won stage 3 just ahead of British champion Lizzie Armitstead (more…)

In his first pro race for team Orica GreenEdge, Adam Yates was 11th and best young rider. Movistar’s Nairo Quintana won the overall and Sasha Modolo the final stage (more…)

Simon Gerrans has celebrated Australia Day by winning his third Santos Tour Down Under crown on the Adelaide City circuit while the stage went to Andre Greipel. Andy Fenn was third. (more…)

Movistar find another TT hero as Adriano Malori wins Time Trial in Argentina whilst Nairo Quintana seizes overall lead with two days left for finale. Adam Yates holds on to Young riders jersey (more…)

On a dramatic day of racing, Simon Gerrans nicked the overall lead from Cadel Evans whilst Richie Porte won the stage on a great day for Australian riders (more…)

Endura clad Nairo Quintana wins first 2014 race for Movistar Team & climbs into 2nd overall in the Tour de San Luis. Adam Yates 10th. (more…)

André Greipel today added a fifteenth stage win to his Santos Tour Down Under tally  on stage 4 whilst overnight leader Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) came under pressure but remains in the lead overall. (more…)

Julián Arredondo scores his first victory with Trek Factory Racing at the Tour de San Luis on the mountain top finish for stage 2. Adam Yates 18th and wears Young riders jersey. (more…)

Italian Diego Ulissi of the Lampre-Merida holds off race leader Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) and Cadel Evans (BMC) to win stage 2 (more…)

No stage win for Mark Cavendish on a flat stage in Argentina as break stays clear after escaping after only a few kilometres (more…)

Luke Durbridge won race three in the Bay Crits whilst Endura/Netapp’s Zak Dempster took the overall lead. Felix English has a one point lead in the Sprint competition (more…)

Mike Northey will again wear the New Zealand’s Champions jersey after winning the Circuit Race title in Auckland (more…)

British rider Matt Cronshaw has won stage 5 of the classic New Zealand stage race, the Tour of the Southland riding for a race team (more…)

John Degenkolb (Argos Shimano) captured a prestigious victory on the famous Avenue de Grammont in the 107th Paris-Tours Classic (more…)

Hannah Barnes took her second victory of the An Post Rás na mBan 2013 (Irish Women’s Stage Race) when she sprinted in to win stage four circuit race at Ballyalla, County Clare on Friday night. (more…)

While stage 16 saw a second stage victory for Warren Barguil, the GC battle got tasty as Nibali lost time to Horner and Valverde as Rodriguez  carries on attacking (more…)

Vincenzo Nibali looking in control of the GC battle behind Alexandre Geniez of FDJ who stays away for the stage win. (more…)

Cadel Evans wins first race of the season at the Tour of Alberta when he out-sprints four breakaway companions Saturday at the end of the 169.6-kilometer race (more…)

André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) wins the first edition of the Brussels Cycling Classic which replaces Paris – Brussells. (more…)

Stage 14 in the freezing rain sees Cannondale’s Daniele Ratto sneak away for the win whilst behind the GC battle saw Nibali take a few seconds on Chris Horner as Roche slips back (more…)

The World Road Race Champion has at last, two weeks for the Worlds, won a race wearing the rainbow stripes after victory on stage 12 of the Vuelta (more…)

Battle of the champions in the Time Trial sees Fabian Cancellara soar to victory over Tony Martin on stage 11 of the Vuelta  (more…)

Dutchman Maarten Tjallingii wins stage 2 whilst the overall goes to Nikolas Maes whose third place bonus was enough to give him the race victory (more…)

Late attack by Zdenek Stybar and World Champion Philippe Gilbert sees them fight out a close sprint for the stage with Stybar getting the verdict in a photo finish (more…)

Belgian Jelle Wallays (TopSport) was the lone survivor of a five-man breakaway, winning the first stage into Rotterdam at the end of the first stage of the World Ports Classic. (more…)

Tejay van Garderen won the overall, teammate Mathias Frank was second as BMC dominated the overall for USA Pro Challenge whilst Peter Sagan continued to dominate the sprints with another stage win (more…)

The sixth stage of USA Pro Cycling Challenge saw Peter Sagan claim his third win in the American race whilst Van Garderen still leads overall whilst Edmondson continues to shine (more…)

Cummings fourth in tough USA Pro Challenge Time Trial behind BMC’s Tejay van Garderen who increased his lead in the overall (more…)

First year pro Josh Edmondson on the attack for team Sky on the third stage of the USA Pro Challenge but it was Peter Sagan who was celebrating with his second victory in the race (more…)

BMC’S Mathias Frank attacked on a short, steep climb Tuesday at the USA Pro Challenge, then dived down the descent to solo to the stage win. Lachlan Morton leads. (more…)

Sky’s David Lopez resisted the chase from behind to hold on to win the Ardennes stage of the Eneco Tour on Saturday, Tom Dumouline now leads overall (more…)

Thunder God Thor Hushovd strikes the Arctic Race by lightning to final stage with Russell Downing (Netapp-Endura) 4th (more…)

Stage 3: The Arctic Race of Norway is more than a Thor Hushovd one-man-show with the Norwegian hero losing the lead in Stokmarnes (more…)

De Marchi wins final stage in Risoul, while Chris Froome wins the overall classification for the  65th Criterium du Dauphiné (more…)

Critérium du Dauphiné stage 2 and Viviani takes his first win of the year while David Veilleux keeps the yellow jersey (more…)

Gianni Meersman won his second stage at the Tour de Romandie, winning the bunch sprint at the end of 181km Stage 3 on Friday. Chris Froome still leads overall (more…)

Double Olympic Champion Ed Clancy was beaten to the line by Orica-Greenedge’s Simone Clarke in the Singapore Crit (more…)

Quickstep’s Gianni Meersman emerges from a chaotic finish on stage 1 of the Tour of Romandie victorious (more…)

A year after Joaquim Rodriguez’s victory at the Fleche Wallonne, his Katusha team mate Daniel Moreno gave the Russian team yet another success in the Belgian classic. (more…)

Kanstantsin Siutsou claims solo victory on stage two at the Giro del Trentino as Wiggins matches attack by rival Niabli. (more…)

Saxo-Tinkoff rider Roman Kreuziger denied the favourites a win in the Dutch classic, the Amstel Gold race after a brilliant finale on the climbs where legends are born (more…)

Stage 5 and Paris-Nice winner Richie Porte survived an epic stage over 10 categorised climbs in  race that saw sixty plus riders abandon.  Porte won the stage and put himself in the box seat for the overall victory (more…)

Double Olympic champion on the track, Laura Trott, misses break in the Energiewacht Tour but remains in white jersey contention after a strong team chase (more…)

Olympic champion Laura Trott (Wiggle Honda) ended day 1 in the Energiewacht Tour in the best young rider jersey after a chaotic first stage in the north east of Holland. (more…)

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step’s Mark Cavendish denied record breaking win by Marcel Kittel in chaotic finish of Scheldeprijs semi classic (more…)

Déjà Vu as Orica-GreenEdge rider Daryl Impey Sprints to Stage Two Victory in Pais Vasco (more…)

Orica-GreenEdge was all in for Simon Gerrans winning the first stage of Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco. (more…)