Topic: Fabian Cancellara

Germany's Tony Martin ended the long reign of Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara by powering to the time trial gold at the road world championships here Wednesday.Martin claimed his maiden world title in the discipline, with Britain's Bradley Wiggins -- a ...
Tony Martin will take inspiration from his recent beating of world time trial king Fabian Cancellara when he aims to end the Swiss's reign at the world road championhips.But the German specialist won't be alone, with Bradley Wiggins, compatriot ...

Cyclist Cancellara plays down world TT hopes

Defending champion Fabian Cancellara has admitted an upset could be on the cards when he puts his time trial crown on the line at the road world championships on Wednesday.Cancellara, known as 'Spartacus' by his peers because of his unrelenting style ...

Schlecks brush off crashes on Tour's 10th stage

Tour de France challengers Andy and Frank Schleck got a taste of a regular dish at this year's race, but survived a minor crash to finish the 10th stage of the race unhindered Tuesday.Spain's reigning champion Alberto Contador has ...

Gilbert in yellow thanks to maiden Tour stage win

Uphill sprint specialist Philippe Gilbert dominated an incident-packed first stage of the Tour de France here on Saturday to win his first stage on the race and pull on the yellow jersey.Defending champion Alberto Contador of Spain was involved in a ...

Gilbert goes for yellow as Tour de France starts

LES HERBIERS, France (Reuters) - Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert dyed his hair blond shortly before the Tour de France, perhaps to match the yellow color of the race leader's jersey.Winner of three classic races in succession earlier this year - the Amstel ...

Leopard name team for Schleck's yellow jersey bid

Luxembourg-based Leopard-Trek have announced the team to support Andy Schleck's yellow jersey bid at this year's Tour de France, held July 2-24.Schleck, who has finished runner-up the past two years to Spain's Alberto Contador, will be helped in ...

Cancellara wins Tour of Switzerland opening TT

Four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara stuck to tradition by powering to victory in the opening stage time trial at the Tour of Switzerland on Saturday.Cancellara has won the opening time trial four times since 2003 and did not disappoint the thousands ...

Red hot Gilbert defends Amstel cycling title

In-form Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert won the Amstel Gold race for the second successive year on Sunday to add to his win in the Fleche-Brabanconne earlier this week.The 28-year-old came home well clear of Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez while Australian Simon Gerrans ...

Welshman Thomas fired up for Roubaix challenge

British Olympic champion Geraint Thomas will spearhead the anglo invasion of Paris-Roubaix Sunday with a realistic chance of winning cycling's toughest one-day classic.Welshman Thomas was part of the British track pursuit team that won gold in Beijing in 2008, and ...