Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) completed her set of podium places at the Drenthe races with a solo victory in the Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe. Third in Thursday’s Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo, and second in yesterday’s World Cup race, [...]
Three-time Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Bonnen had a chance to equal Roger de Vlaeminck's record of four wins in the race today, until Fabian Cancellara went on the attack with 50 kilometers remaining in the race. Boonen, who has won the [...]
It is not unusual that André Greipel (HTC-Highroad) wins a bike race, but his win in the prologue of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey was different than the usual bunch gallop the German likes to take. Greipel prevailed in [...]
Chris Horner celebrated his very first stage race victory in Europe, when he clinched the overall title in the Volta al País Vasco yesterday. Horner won the final time trial to stay ahead in GC by seven seconds over Spaniard [...]
Fabian Wegmann recovered quicker than expected from his collarbone fracture that he sustained in March. The Milram rider now plans to ride the Amstel Gold race on April 18. Wegmann will take a final decision after talking to the medical [...]
Leif Hoste is getting ready for Paris-Roubaix and seems to have found his legs just in time. While he was unable to be a factor in the decisive part of the Tour of Flanders, the Belgian managed to finish in [...]
Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) are the most obvious favourites for tomorrow’s Paris-Roubaix Classic but, behind the two past winners, there are a large number of other riders who could be fighting it out at the [...]
Cervélo TestTeam's Heinrich Haussler is back on the bike after injuring his quadriceps tendon in a crash during Tirreno-Adriatico. The German-Australian was expected to be a factor in the Spring Classics after securing second place finishes in Milan-Sanremo and the [...]
Chris Horner (RadioShack) won the Vuelta al Pais Vasco after beating all his close rivals with victory in the 22km final stage time trial in Orio. Overnight race leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) finished second, 8 seconds behind Horner, meaning [...]
The 108th edition of Paris-Roubaix is set to take place this Sunday and, after his dominating performance in the Tour of Flanders last week, former winner Fabian Cancellara from the Saxo Bank team will be seen by many as the [...]
BMC Racing’s George Hincapie is among a rare breed of cyclists that relish the opportunity to take in the heavy dose of pavé that this weekend's Paris-Roubaix will dish out. The American has finished top ten in the "Hell of [...]
Tomorrow's edition of Paris-Roubaix is expected to be dry, which will make navigating the cobbled sections less of a challenge. Despite the absence of mud, the weather forecast still suggests that Mother Nature will manage to play a decisive role [...]
Arnaud Labbe received a contract from the French Cofidis team. The former Bouygues Telecom rider was racing as an amateur this season. Cofidis lost Jean Eudes Demaret and Tony Gallopin due to injury for a longer period of time. Labbe [...]
Marzio Bruseghin has also been implicated in the judicial investigation "via col doping", which is currently underway in Padua, Italy. Bruseghin now rides for Caisse d'Epargne, but the cause of the investigation stems from his time with the Lampre team, [...]
Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit) won the Unive Ronde Van Drenthe, the third round of the UCI Women’s World Cup in the east of the Netherlands, after escaping from a 13-rider group in the closing kilometres. Teammate Annemiek Van Vleuten won [...]
Amets Txurruka may be unable to defend his climber's jersey in today's final stage of the Volta al País Vasco. Txurruka crashed in yesterday's stage and has broken his right collarbone. The fracture does not appear to be a complicated [...]
Yesterday the Quick Step team completed their traditional reconnaissance of the Paris-Roubaix route. The riders who are taking part in the race rode 85 kilometres of the parcours starting with the 17th sector of cobbles, the Troueé d’Arenberg, and finishing [...]
While stressing that it is not making any assessment of guilt, the BMC Racing Team has decided to suspend former world champion Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio from competition while an Italian anti-doping investigation is ongoing. The two have been [...]
