Dutchman Bobbie Traksel back for more one-day classic winsDutch cyclist Bobbie Traksel hopes to see rain clouds at the start of the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne race today in Belgium. "The worse the weather, the stronger I become," Traksel told Het Nieuwsblad the [...]
Duarte's second in Lugano and Pelucchi's win makes for a great day for Geox-TMCThe new Geox-TMC team got its first ever victory today at the Clasica de Almeria. The team has been threatening for some time now, but today the [...]
Sella follows in second, Sagan wraps up great week in Sardegna with thirdPeter Sagan couldn't continue his glorious run in Sardegna on Sunday. The Slovakian Sensation ran into a superb Pavel Brutt, who took the win over an ever improving [...]
American team takes almost all glory in Kiwi weekAmanda Miller (HTC-Highroad) took the final criterium of the Tour of New Zealand by riding home solo. She and teammate Judith Arndt had made the decisive selection of five riders. The two [...]
Spaniard hopes that canceled altitude training camp won't effect his competitiveness in MarchThe Russian Katusha team, along with Joaquim Rodríguez, had intended to do a training camp at altitude this week in Italy. The squad had hoped to get some [...]
Change of tactics for one, flat tires and bad lines for the other put fast men out of contentionThe nice weather ensured that a large bunch sprint decided Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Two of the top favorites for such a race ending missed [...]
GP Insubrica win gives motivation for Italian stage raceItalian Champion Giovanni Visconti aims to win the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in Italy next month. Yesterday, he proved he is ready by winning the GP Regio Insubrica one-day race. Content after his [...]
Dutchman's comeback off to a great start following big day of work at the front in AlmeriaIt has been a difficult nine months for Rabobank's time trial specialist, Stef Clement. The 28 year old Dutchman made his first race start [...]
Italian Tour de France hope takes the win over Duarte and Visconti2010 Giro d'Italia winner, Ivan Basso, notched up his first win of the 2011 season today in Lugano. The Liquigas rider topped Colombia's 2008 U23 World Champion, Fabio Duarte, [...]
Centimeters decide outcome of first classics race in 2011Sebastian Langeveld took a hard earned victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, having attacked solo with over 50 kilometers to go. He was joined by Juan Antonio Flecha for the final 13 [...]
Scarponi storms to stage victoryMichele Scarponi took victory in the final stage of the Giro di Sardegna, ahead of Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez, Damiano Cunego and Peter Sagan. Sagan's fourth place was enough to give him the overall victory. The [...]
American suffers a mild concussion in 'freak' accidentTaylor Phinney crashed on a training ride near his home in Lucca, Italy, on Friday. The BMC rider suffered a mild concussion when colliding with Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervélo). Phinney is said to be [...]
Successful defence for Swedish champion in Belgian season openerEmma Johansson (Hitec Products-UCK) won the women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, taking her second successive victory in the Belgian season opener, and her first race for the Norwegian team. Just as in last [...]
Alona Andruk gets first season win for her Diadora Pasta Zara team in final stageJudith Arndt of the American HTC-Highroad team won the overall of the Tour of New Zealand, leading the race from start to finish. Ukrainian Alona Andruk [...]
Italian says that he could deal ok with temperature change from desert racesItalian champion Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Neri) took the victory in the 168-kilometer long GP Insubrica, formerly known as GP dell'Insubria - Lugano. Visconti beat Jure Kocjan (Team Type [...]
Too soon to give 100% for the win; Belgian star will not defy radio banWith the sunny preparation races in the Middle East over with, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) is now ready to start his season proper in the classics [...]
Court orders Italian legend to be disturbedAn Italian court has ordered that the body of the late Franco Ballerini is to be exhumed in order to help with some insurance companies’ investigations, according to la Gazzetta dello Sport. The classics [...]
Team hoping to gain an invite to Giro d’ItaliaOverlooked for the Tour de France, the under-pressure Geox TMC team has been given the boost of a wildcard place for the Tour de Romandie. The Italian team joins French squad Europcar [...]
