Posted: Thu, Aug 28th
Columbia's Cavendish rockets to second win in Irish tourSet aside for the day’s top riders, the winner’s circle in Loughrea served as a photo booth as fans of all ages took turns posing for pictures with Mark Cavendish. The Team Columbia rider again won handily at the Tour of Ireland, in the 158km stage 2 from Thurles to ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 28th
Tour of Ireland - Tummy troublesDaniel Martin is sick, but he isn’t sweating it. Actually, he is sweating, quite a bit, as a fever works to burn out the remnants of food poisoning he picked up Sunday at the conclusion of the Tour of Portugal. But the young Irish national champion is continuing to race ...
Posted: Wed, Aug 27th
Irish Eyes: Ben Delaney's Tour of Ireland galleryBen Delaney, VeloNews' Editor in Chief, is a master wordsman, but, by his own description, a Cat. 5 photographer (apologies to our Cat. 5 readers ...).
Nevertheless, overcome by the beauty and the sheer Irishness of the countryside on the first day of the Tour ...
Posted: Wed, Aug 27th
Columbia's Mark Cavendish wins stage 1 in IrelandNeither a four-man breakaway nor getting spit out on a climb could stop Columbia’s Mark Cavendish from taking a commanding sprint win in the opening stage of the Tour of Ireland. Columbia rode the front of the peloton all day, ...
Posted: Mon, Aug 25th
Cavendish, Martin to Race Tour of IrelandThe Tour of Ireland begins Wednesday in Dublin, and Team Columbia’s sprint ace Mark Cavendish and Garmin-Chipotle’s Irish national champion Daniel Martin will be among the riders of 16 teams gunning for wins.
Posted: Wed, Jul 23rd
Live Coverage - Stage 17 Tour de France, 200811:23 AM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the 17th stage of the 95th Tour de France, a stunning 210.5-kilometer race from Embrun to ...
Posted: Tue, Jul 22nd
Live Coverage - Stage 16 Tour de France, 200811:57 AM: Good day and welcometo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the 16th stage of the 95th edition of the Tour de France, a 157-kilometer race from Cuneo, ...
Posted: Sat, Jul 12th
Live Coverage - Stage 8 Tour de France, 200801:09 PM: Good day and welcomeand welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the eighth stage of the 95th edition of the Tour de France, a 172.5-kilometer ...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11th
Live Coverage - Stage 7 Tour de France, 200801:02 PM: Good day and welcomeTo VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of the seventh stage of the 95th Tour de France, a 159 kilometer ride from Brioude to ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10th
Riccò wins atop Super-BesseSaunier Duval’s Riccardo Riccò put his money where his mouth was on the summit finish of stage 6, sprinting uphill for the win ahead of overall race favorites Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans.
Team Columbia’s Kim Kirchen finished just behind to take the yellow jersey, ...
Posted: Mon, Jul 7th
Evans to wear a shorter TT lidThere is what’s best theoretically, and then what’s best in practical application.
As applies to time trial aerodynamics, riders and engineers are always struggling to balance the very best position and design with what’s realistic out on the road. This year, ...
Posted: Sat, Jul 5th
2008 Tour de France: Valverde leaps uphill to stage win and yellow jerseyWith his Pinarello painted bright yellow and red, Spain’s new national champion Alejandro Valverde clawed his way up to and past an attacking Kim Kirchen (Columbia) on the steeps of the Côte de Cadoudal to take the first stage and yellow jersey of the 95th Tour de France.
