Denis Flahaut (ISD) won the 46th edition of the Omloop van het Waasland on Sunday, in a bunch sprint. After 191 kilometers, Flahaut left Baptiste Planckaert behind in second and Lithuanian Egidius Juodvalkis in third. The race is situated northeast [...]
Fabian Wegmann is out for at least four weeks after his crash in stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico and will miss most of the classics season. The Milram rider complained about shoulder pain after he came down hard in the Italian [...]
Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) has won the 216 kilometer fifth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico today which took place from Chieti to Colmurano. The determined Italian was the fastest in a leading group of four on the stage's uphill drag to the finish. [...]
Frenchman Amael Moinard (Cofidis) took victory in Sunday's 119 kilometer seventh and final stage of Paris-Nice by less than a wheel over compatriot Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom). Moinard overtook the Bbox rider just before crossing the line. For the [...]
All things considered, yesterday's Paris-Nice stage went well for overall leader Alberto Contador. The Astana captain learned from his mistake last year and ate properly during the stage, and put himself in a position where the other teams with overall [...]
Earlier today Italian Danilo Di Luca told Alessandra De Stefano on his RaiSport show that he was expecting to return to cycling soon, and had already signed a contract with one of Italy's largest teams. "There's a good chance that [...]
VeloNation reported more than a week ago the possibility of Saxo Bank stars Andy and Frank Schleck parting ways with Bjarne Riis in 2011. This was based on reports from the Gazzetta dello Sport which indicated the brothers intend to [...]
With rivals such as Alberto Contador already racking up big results, Lance Armstrong will have some busy weeks ahead as he seeks to build the kind of form which could see him take his eighth Tour title. His latest schedule [...]
Paris-Roubaix organizers the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) have announced the list of twenty-five teams who will contest the 108th edition of the race on April 12th. Two of the eighteen ProTOur teams were not invited, the Astana team of two-time [...]
Quick Step rider Francesco Reda was forced to pull out of today's fourth stage in Tirreno-Adriatico after crashing and breaking his collarbone. Reda hit the pavement on a downhill section of the 243 kilometer stage from San Gemini to Chieti [...]
Last month Italian Danilo Di Luca was handed a two-year doping ban by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), along with a sizable 280,000 euro fine - equivalent to 70% of his yearly salary - for his positive doping result at [...]
Androni Giocattoli rider Michele Scarponi stamped his authority on this year’s Tirreno Adriatico, speeding to a dominant victory on today’s fourth stage of the race. The 30 year old Italian soloed across to the day’s breakaway and then continued alone, [...]
Spaniard Xavier Tondo (Cervélo TestTeam) took a brilliant win today in the sixth stage of Paris-Nice, when he attacked the main break of the day 39 kilometers from the finish and powered his way to the line alone. Seconds later [...]
Thus far, Tirreno-Adriatico has been a race chiefly determined by sprint finishes, but today’s longest stage features an uphill drag to the line and should start to shake up the general classification. The final kilometre features a section of road [...]
The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis continued its preparations ahead of the first NRC race later this month in the opening time trial stage of the Tour of Murietta.The team got off to a dominant start, taking the [...]
Slovakia’s Peter Sagan (Liquigas) took another incredible victory in stage five of Paris-Nice today, launching a well timed attack in the final kilometers to take the stage in Aix-en-Provence ahead of Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre-Farnese Vini) and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne). [...]
Former world champion Tom Boonen snagged his first-ever win in Italy yesterday when he triumphed on stage two of the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race, and looks poised to take over the race lead today. The Belgian Quick Step rider started today’s [...]
Despite his stage win and yellow jersey, Alberto Contador has a hard fight on his hands before he wins Paris-Nice, insist some of his main rivals. The Spaniard dropped the peloton on yesterday’s fourth stage, soloing clear on the finishing [...]
