Juan Antonio Flecha gave his new Sky team a brilliant start to the classics season by winning the opening race, Het Nieuwsblad. Heinrich Haussler sprinted to second place in the finishing town of Gent, ahead of Gent-resident Tyler Farrar. Flecha [...]
Samuel Dumoulin won the Giro dell Insubria. After 181 kilometers, he beat José Rojas (Caisse d`Epargne) and Nicolas Roche (AG2R). World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC) ended in fifth place, behind Leonardo Bertagnolli (Androno Giocattoli). Evans was quite pleased with his [...]
According to a post on his own blog, Tom Zirbel announced his retirement from the sport of cycling. Zirbel tested positive for DHEA after the 2009 U.S. Time Trial Championships in Greenville, South Carolina in which he placed second to [...]
Tom Boonen already has two season wins under his belt, which gives him confidence ahead of the opening weekend of the classics season. Boonen is right on target for the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on Sunday. Asked [...]
Next month the complete Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team will be meeting in Agoura Hills, California for a week long training camp. It is during this time that the team will meet with the press, conduct team building exercises, focused [...]
Lance Armstrong was brought down by a cat on a training ride Thursday, but other than some road rash the RadioShack rider sustained no injuries. Armstrong was on a four-hour ride when he got interrupted by the cat. Armstrong described [...]
Danilo Hondo sprinted to victory in the fourth stage of the Giro di Sardegna, ahead of Giovanni Visconti and Sacha Modolo. The finishing sprint was overshadowed by the crash of Hondo's teammate, Alessandro Petacchi, and a few others, caused by [...]
Nick Nuyens of Rabobank has had a lackluster 2009 but is looking forward to a good Spring Classics season. With changed training and new motivation, the Belgian heads into the classics opening weekend with a lot of confidence. He draws [...]
Garmin-Transitions team director Matty White feels he has sent a squad to Belgium that could win either Omloop Het Neiuwsblad or Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. With a solid block of racing at the Tour of Qatar, White likes the chances of Tyler Farrar [...]
Damiano Cunego will be racing again this weekend, after he had to abandon the Vuelta a Andalucia due to a crash. Cunego will race in the one-day races GP Insubria and GP Lugano on Saturday and Sunday. Over the course [...]
The start of the men’s classics season also sees the start of the women’s season in Europe with the fifth running of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for women. The race shares its start and finish in Gent with the men’s [...]
This weekend is the start of the Belgian classics season and Columbia-HTC is ready to contest both Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. As expected during this time of year the weather will be a factor in these races. "There's some [...]
The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis is set to begin its 2010 season in Merced, CA March 6-7 with the MERCO race weekend.The races in Merced, which for many years have served as the kick-off to the season, [...]
A split stage in Palmerston North gave the US national team more opportunities to assert itself. A rolling first stage saw the race’s first successful breakaway, but the afternoon’s time trial saw specialist Amber Neben (US National Team) show her [...]
The Cervélo TestTeam is still hoping to win the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, despite defending champion Thor Hushovd likely out of contention, still recovering from sickness. The team placed three riders in the top eight last year. Hushovd named teammates Roger [...]
BMC Racing will start its classics campaign at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Saturday in Belgium with a four-star team: George Hincapie (BMC Racing), Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing), Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) and Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing). "In the last two [...]
Italian Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) is ready to begin his season at the GP Insubria and the GP Lugano this weekend, but is anxiously awaiting the battle with Alberto Contador (Astana) at the Volta a Catalunya next month. "The last test, [...]
Rabobank rider Sebastian Langeveld was forced to head home early from Mallorca earlier this month due to knee problems. The promising young classics specialist was there to contest the Mallorca Challenge, but once he complained about knee pain, the team [...]
