Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) won the 65th Nokere Koerse in a sprint finish at the top of the cobbled Nokereberg. He beat Kris Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) into second and third, respectively. The 21-year-old Belgian adds this victory [...]
Johansson dominant but no longer unbeatable in Belgium In Saturday’s race in Oostduinkerke Grace Verbeke (Lotto Ladies) managed to break the stranglehold that Emma Johansson (RedSun Cycling) has had over Belgian racing this season. She won a two-up sprint in [...]
The Ukrainian rider Dmytro Grabovskyy took his biggest success in quite a while yesterday when he finished up as the final winner of the mountains classification in Tirreno-Adriatico. He took the lead in the contest on the first day of [...]
The rider nick-named “The Cobra” for his sudden attacks, Riccardo Riccò, will see the end of his sanction for doping tomorrow, and was hoping to race this Saturday in Milan-Sanremo. However, in late January his girlfriend, double Italian cyclocross champion [...]
Organizers of the Tour of Flanders have announced the teams that will participate in the 94th edition of the event on Sunday April 4th. This year's edition of the race will not only be important for riders targeting the the [...]
Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank has become the latest big name rider to make adjustments to his spring schedule, opting to race next week’s Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The Luxembourg champion was hit by a car in training last December; [...]
Alberto Contador is changing his race programme, after analyzing his first two outings of the season. The Spaniard is two for two so far, having won the Vuelta al Algarve and Paris-Nice. Contador wants to put less pressure on himself [...]
Stefano Garzelli won the Tirreno-Adriatico race by taking two crucial bonus seconds in the two intermediate sprints on the final day. Defending champion Michele Scarponi led the race going into the final stage, but finished second in the overall, with [...]
Alejandro Valverde’s attempt to overturn his ban on racing in Italy has failed and the rider will be unable to compete in the country until May 10, 2011. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has yet to officially announce the [...]
Omega Pharma-Lotto rider Leif Hoste is still suffering from back problems that flared-up at Tirreno-Adriatico and will not be racing in tomorrow's Nokere-Koerse in Belgium. “Everything was progressing well. But in the end it was still too much of a [...]
BMC Racing's Cadel Evans rounded out the podium in third this week at the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy. The current World Champion has been making an impression on the peloton early this year, and spoke at the conclusion of the seven-day [...]
Astana team manager, Yvon Sanquer, had agreed to waive the ProTour team's right to participate in Paris-Roubaix this April. The team announced that they had previously discussed the situation with race organizers, the Amaury Sports Organization, and wanted to clarify [...]
Alejandro Valverde was quick to react to the news that the Sports Court of Arbitration has upheld his ban to race on Italian soil, imposed by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). He released a statement, dismissing the decision as [...]
HTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish looked poised to go for the sprint in the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, when the Manxman hit to pavement hard with less than 10 kilometers left in the stage. At first it looked as if Cavendish [...]
He’s now a rival manager to his former team leader, but Johan Bruyneel has admitted that Alberto Contador’s all-round abilities make him very difficult to beat. The Belgian was speaking after the end of Paris-Nice, which was won by Contador [...]
The Cervélo Test Team will give full backing to Thor Hushovd in this weekend’s Milan San Remo, with last year’s runner-up Heinrich Haussler being confirmed today as a non-starter. Haussler has been battling a knee problem which arose from a [...]
Following rumours that Andy and Frank Schleck were considering jumping ship to a new Luxembourg team, Team Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis has said that he has got guarantees from the duo that this is not the case. “I hope [...]
Rebecca Much took the overall title of the Tucson Bicycle Classic Sunday after starting the final stage trailing by seven seconds. “I just kept thinking that if I can win this stage I can win the overall,” she said after [...]
