Dan Taylor 2012 Tour of China II stage 5: Tianjin Circuit Race BMC Hincapie Development team notched up its second stage win in China today, courtesy of a small break that achieved the rare feat of remaining ahead in a circuit race without being snuffed out metres from the finish. Despite being caught in a finish line … Read more
2012 Tour of China II stage 5: Tianjin Circuit Race BMC Hincapie Development team notched up its second stage win in China today, courtesy of a small break that achieved the rare feat of remaining ahead in a circuit race without being snuffed out metres from the finish. Despite being caught in a finish line … Read more
2012 Tour of Qinghai Lake | Stage 10: Wuwei Jingtai Andrea Guardini is well on the way to his third hat-trick of stage wins his year, after taking out today s 191 kilometre tenth stage. The day s category three climb caused no challenges to the four jersey wearers, although race leader Hossein Alizadeh was … Read more
2012 Tour of Qinghai Lake | Stage 6: Xihaizhen Mole What do Luka Mezgec s rivals have to do to beat the speedster from Slovenia? Mezgec comfortably took his third stage win and fourth podium of the race, capping off a short stage which reached the race s highest point at 3,869 metres. It s … Read more
2012 Tour of Qinghai Lake | Stage 5: Tianjun Xihaizhen After three mountainous stage, today s long but topographically-moderate parcours produced a mass sprint, from which Andalucia s Juan Jos Lobato claimed his first stage win in Asia. Race leader Hossein Alizadeh retained his slim general classification advantage over Lobato s teammate, Javier Ramirez, with … Read more
2012 Tour of Qinghai Lake | Stage 4: Qinghai Lake Chaqia Sava s Luka Mezgec lived up to the promise inferred by the green jersey on his shoulders, with his second stage win so far in this year s race. Mezgec s victory was even more impressive given it came by way of a Hors Categorie summit … Read more
Oceania: death of a UCI cycling confederation During the UCI s overhaul of its professional road cycling framework in 2005, the global race calendar was split into five cycling confederations, known as Continental Circuits . Seven years on, the calendars of each confederation have progressed and matured with one great exception. With only two UCI-sanctioned … Read more
2012 Tour of Japan stage 6: Tokyo A reported 120,000 people were clumped and dotted along the seven kilometer circuit hosting today s final Tour of Japan stage in Hibiya district, Tokyo. A bunch sprint, won by Aisan Racing Team s Taiji Nishitani, was the perfect final for the gathered crowd, following a week of … Read more
2012 Tour of Japan stage 5: Izu Sure, Friday s stage up Fujisan was steep, but today s 146.4 kilometer course was thirteen times longer with three times more elevation gain. Tour of Japan s fifth stage took place in a bicycle theme park sequestered in 1.68 million square meters of natural surroundings , otherwise … Read more
2012 Tour of Japan | Stage 4: Fujisan | 37-year old Fortunato Baliani invested forty minutes and twenty three seconds of his life and got 18 seconds back. Though other riders got better relative returns in today s 11.4 kilometer mass-start hill climb up Fujisan, the wily Italian moved closer to the biggest prize. Arredondo … Read more