An aggressive Alejandro Valverde won the final stage of the Tour de Romandie to make up his one-second deficit in the overall against Michael Rogers. Valverde beat Igor Antón, Simon Spilak and Denis Menchov in a four-up sprint to take [...]
Nick Nuyens had a spring to forget and he was happy to start a vacation after the Grand Prix Frankfurt, having suffered a lot of bad luck in the races that he really was targeting for some better results. He [...]
Belgium's national couch, Carlo Bomans, travelled to Offida, Italy, to preview the Junior World Championships course Friday. His goal is simple, help recent Paris-Roubaix winner Jasper Stuyven defend his rainbow jersey August 8. Bomans drove the 16-kilometre circuit and filmed [...]
Jérôme Coppel spent two seasons riding for Française des Jeux before joining the smaller outfit of Saur-Sojasun at the beginning of the year. Many would consider this a relegation, but Coppel feels quite happy with his situation and his aggressive [...]
This season will be a busy one for Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere. At the end of 2010 contracts for 18 of the riders on Belgium's top team run out, leaving him with a lot to consider over the next [...]
Following a fairly quiet start to the season, Garmin Transitions’ leader Christian Vande Velde is starting to show signs of improving form in the Tour de Romandie. The 33 year old placed fifteenth in yesterday’s 23.4 kilometre time trial at [...]
Robbie McEwen broke his leg last year and missed several months of competition. Velonation attended the Frankfurt press conference where the Australian reflected about his desires and goals in bike racing, retirement - and having more children. McEwen admitted that [...]
Andre Greipel has brought 11 of the 20 victories that his HTC-Columbia team has notched up so far this season. The German hopes to add a few more in the Giro d'Italia, which would provide good arguments for bringing him [...]
Taylor Phinney made it two in a row for his Trek Livestrong team with a win in stage four of the Tour of the Gila. The 19 year old out-kicked veteran sprinters Ivan Dominguez (Jamis-Sutter Home) and Charles Dionne (Fly [...]
Cervélo TestTeam's Emma Pooley extended her winning streak today at the GP Elsy Jacobs in Garnich, Luxembourg. Monia Baccaille (ITA- Team Valdarno Umbria) finished the race in second and Andrea Bosman (NED- Leontien.nl) rounded out the podium in third. “We [...]
Simon Spilak (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the fourth stage of the Tour of Romandie after escaping a breakaway group inside the final 10km. Stage 1 winner Peter Sagan (Liquigas) beat UCI World Ranking leader Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) in the race for [...]
Fabian Wegmann sprinted to victory out of a 25-man group, ahead of Landbouwkrediet duo Geert Verheyen and Bert Scheirlinckx. Wegmann's Milram team closed the gap to several dangerous moves, bringing the race to an end in a group sprint near [...]
Saxo Bank team owner Bjarne Riis risks losing many of his top riders if he doesn’t find a new sponsor before the Tour de France, says former Team Gerolsteiner manager Hans-Michael Holczer. The Danish Bank ends its sponsorship of Riis’ [...]
The Liquigas-Doimo team has announced its roster for the upcoming Giro d’Italia, presenting a team with a number of options. The team will first and foremost be battling for the overall classification with two captains, but is also armed with [...]
