Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) failed to match his 2005 win yesterday at Milano-Sanremo, but he came away impressed, impressed with his form and with the power of winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank). "A 'grande campione' won today," Petacchi told La Gazzetta [...]
2009 San Dimas Stage Race winner, Ben Day, managed to duplicate the feat Sunday afternoon after a strong effort by his Fly V Australia team resulted in a finish safely in the main field in Sunday's criterium. Day took the [...]
Italian Daniele Bennati finished off Liquigas-Doimo's work in Milano-Sanremo yesterday, but unfortunately, he did not have enough to stop the surge of Oscar Freire. He started the sprint first after a lead-out by team-mate Daniel Oss, but ended the day, [...]
Cofidis's Leonardo Duque succeeded Saxo Bank's 2009 winner, fellow South American JJ Haedo, when he reached the line first in a bunch sprint at the early season French classic, the 1.1 ranked Cholet-Pays de Loire. The soon to be 30 [...]
Paul Martens was a crucial link in the Rabobank chain that gave the win to the team's captain, Oscar Freire, in yesterday's Milano-Sanremo. Martens was at the side of his leader until the end and rolled over the line in [...]
Newly crowned World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) has joined the long distinguished list of cyclists who have won the "Mendrisio d'Oro" trophy for his outstanding achievements during the 2009 cycling season. The "Mendrisio d'Oro" award is handed out annually [...]
Jens Mouris used a timely move about ten kilometers from the finish to win the fourth edition of the Ronde van het Groene Hart, a race over 207 kilometers. He saved about ten seconds over a chase group, led home [...]
Tom Boonen finished second in Milano-Sanremo on Saturday - a race that is high on his wish list for a win. It was his best result so far, after finishing third in 2007 and fourth in 2006. Yet he seemed [...]
Australian Rory Sutherland took care of business for his UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis team in stage two of the San Dimas stage race yesterday, by out sprinting his four breakaway companions. Cesar Grajales (Bahati Foundation) and Luis [...]
Team Katusha gave its all in Milano-Sanremo yesterday to avoid a sprint finish, cumulating with the attack of Italian Champion Filippo Pozzato in the final kilometre. He failed to repeat his 2006 win and the sprint went to Oscar Freire, [...]
Today Edvald Boasson Hagen went into one of cycling's monuments, Milan-Sanremo, as a team captain and one of the favorites for the first time. He had done everything right in the lead-up to the event, putting in a solid winter [...]
Mark Cavendish was not able to repeat his dazzling performance of 2009 this afternoon in Sanremo, but he did show himself better than most had anticipated. After a dismal first few months of the season beset by health problems and [...]
Oscar Freire took Milano-Sanremo for the third time in his career, after having won in 2004 and 2007. This was already his fifth win of the season and he has now less pressure for the rest of the year. He [...]
This year's Giro d'Italia is set to begin on May 8th in Amsterdam and, according to Sportdome.nl, race director Angelo Zomegnan says there will likely only be one Dutch team at the start. Guaranteed a position is the Rabobank team [...]
Neo-pro Sacha Modolo finished in an excellent fourth place in the Milan-Sanremo Classic, which at almost 300 kilometers is the longest ProTour race. He was beaten by the three supersprinters Oscar Freire, Tom Boonen and Alessandro Petacchi, but left behind [...]
Ivan Basso and Roman Kreuziger will spearhead the Liquigas-Doimo charge in the Volta a Catalunya, which starts in two days time, and directeur sportif Alberto Volpi believes that both will be prominent in the race. "We have the right men [...]
Of the riders in this year’s Milan-Sanremo, the one with the best finishing record is undoubtedly triple world champion Oscar Freire. The Rabobank rider has won the race twice, in 2004 and 2007, as well as taking placings of third, [...]
Although the Lampre-Farnese Vini team will put a lot of faith in their sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, the Italian squad will also give Damiano Cunego the opportunity to achieve one of the big goals of his career. The former Giro d’Italia [...]
