Tour of Flanders: Filippo Pozzato a non-starter due to illness

Yesterday VeloNation reported that Filippo Pozzato's (Katusha) participation for this weekend's Tour of Flanders was in doubt, but now the Italian national champion has confirmed the worst, he will not be present to contest Sunday's event.  The decision was taken [...]

2010-04-02T00:00:00+00:00April 2nd, 2010|

Zubeldia feels that Kloden or Machado could take Team RadioShack’s first GC win next week

Haimar Zubeldia has named his RadioShack team-mates Andreas Kloden and Tiago Machado as possible winners of next week’s Vuelta al Pais Vasco, or Tour of the Basque Country, which begins on Monday. “Our strengths are Klöden and Machado,” he said. [...]

2010-04-02T00:00:00+00:00April 2nd, 2010|

Tour of Flanders: Will Chavanel continue the French charge?

Over the past few years Quick Step rider Sylvain Chavanel has shown himself to be a legitimate threat when it comes to the cobbled Classics. His journey to the north began with wins in the Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse [...]

2010-04-01T00:00:00+00:00April 1st, 2010|

Tour of Flanders: Armstrong pre-rides course, prepares for July

Team RadioShack will be bringing seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong to the Tour of Flanders this weekend.  His reason for adding Belgium’s biggest race to his schedule is to prepare for stage three of this year’s Tour de [...]

2010-04-01T00:00:00+00:00April 1st, 2010|

Tour of Flanders: HTC-Columbia counts on Eisel again, Cavendish to start

The HTC-Columbia team will again be riding for Austrian Bernhard Eisel this Sunday at the Tour of Flanders.  Eisel rode to an impressive victory in Gent-Wevegem after acknowledging beforehand that he thought he had the form to win.  "My condition [...]

2010-04-01T00:00:00+00:00April 1st, 2010|

Vuelta organiser indicates he could demand Sastre’s participation as condition for wildcard

Despite the fact that the Cervélo Test Team took two stage wins plus a top ten finish overall last year, Vuelta a España director Jose Guillen has indicated that the team might be refused a wildcard if Carlos Sastre is [...]

2010-04-01T00:00:00+00:00April 1st, 2010|

Farrar wins De Panne 3a as Paolini battles for seconds

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) won stage 3a of the Three Days of De Panne in a bunch sprint in the eponymous seaside town. He beat the Skil-Shimano pair of Robert Wagner and Kenny Van Hummel into second and third places. Farrar [...]

2010-04-01T00:00:00+00:00April 1st, 2010|
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