The Ardennes Classics didn't start off as well as Team Sky's Chris Froome would have liked. The British rider was in Italy expecting to fly north to The Netherlands for the start of the Amstel Gold Race, but like so [...]
Last summer, Tom Boonen appeared ready to give up on any thoughts of winning another Tour de France green jersey. He had zero form in the 2009 edition of the race, with a best stage placing of only sixteenth, and [...]
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has laid rest to any doubts as to whether Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov will be welcome at the event this coming July. He returned to racing last year after a two-year suspension for blood doping [...]
Team Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov took his second win in Liège-Bastogne-Liège today, marking his biggest win since returning from a doping suspension last year, while erasing all doubts as to whether he could still perform at the top level of the [...]
Alexandre Vinokourov's victory today at Liege-Bastogne-Liege might go down as one of the more unpopular victories in recent memory, but Vinokourov's comments in the moments following the race were an emotional, honest occasion. He doesn't come out and admit that [...]
An unfortunately quiet start to the season just got a bit worse for Quick Step's Sylvain Chavanel. With 1.3 km to go in Liege-Bastogne-Liege today, Chavanel collided with the back of another's team's car as he was trying to connect [...]
It surely doesn't rival winning his second monument, but Philippe Gilbert did accomplish a big goal he had set for himself today by way of his 4th place finish in Ans: the World #1 spot. Last week, following his win [...]
BMC Racing's Karsten Kroon is scheduled to have surgery Monday morning to repair facial injuries he sustained during a crash on Wednesday during the Fléche Wallonne. With 70 kilometers remaining in the race, Kroon and several other riders collided with [...]
Following an early-season transfer from his previous team, the Italian rider Giampaolo Caruso will tomorrow make his debut for the Katusha squad when he lines out in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The 29 year old from Avola had been with the Ceramica Flaminia [...]
Four years after the ‘Operazione Athena’ began, former Vuelta a España stage winner Luca Paolini and 28 others have been charged in relation to a doping network and will face trial in Bergamo, northern Italy. According to La Gazzetta dello [...]
Former Giro d’Italia winners Ivan Basso and Gilberto Simoni both lined out in the Giro del Trentino aiming for a strong performance, knowing that would show that their preparations for the Italian Tour were on track, and also that it [...]
The American HTC-Columbia team will be looking to Marco Pinotti for the overall in the Tour of Romandie, while they will have a fit Mark Cavendish ready to take on the sprints. The race begins Tuesday with a short prologue [...]
Cadel Evans is undoubtedly benefiting from a big boost to his morale after the second big one-day race victory of his career in Flèche Wallonne, but he doesn’t appear to rate his chances too highly of taking a rare double [...]
Cervélo TestTeam’s Kirsten Wild successfully defended her Omloop van Borsele title today by winning the race for the third consecutive time. Wild won the 121 kilometer event in a sprint finish over Rochelle Gillmore (AUS-Lotto) and Kirsty Broun (AUS-National Australia [...]
Following his eighth place finish in Flèche Wallonne this past Wednesday, Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde says he's ready to try bring home his third win in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Spaniard missed out on the Amstel Gold Race a week ago due [...]
Two months after the first sportsman was suspended for testing positive for human growth hormone, a more powerful test for hGH is moving ever-closer towards its official introduction. On Wednesday British doctors reported that a new method of screening has [...]
If there is such a thing as a home advantage in cycling, the BMC Racing team plans to capitalise on that by naming three Swiss riders to lead the squad for next week’s Tour de Romandie. 2004 stage winner Alex [...]
The spring Classics will come to an end in the Ardennes this Sunday with 96th edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The 258 kilometer race will provide the last opportunity for teams to salvage their Classics campaign before changing focus to the Grand [...]
