Cancellara and Schleck’s victories show team is deliveringIt’s taken a while, but last weekend showed that the Leopard Trek team is hitting form at just the right time. Fabian Cancellara dominated the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen with a long solo move, [...]
Spaniard approaches Grand Tour differently to last year Carlos Saste is planning a very different run-up to the Giro d’Italia this year, and will seek to be at his sharpest in the Italian event via some intensive racing beforehand. Twelve [...]
Belgian champion can at least count on good form, Leukemans, and his team come SundayBefore the start of the second stage of the Three Days of De Panne in Oudenaarde, Vacansoleil captain, Stijn Devolder, met with the press to discuss [...]
Unzue speaks about future captaincy of teamTeam Movistar, which until the start of this season raced under the Caisse d’Epargne title and backing, has confirmed that it is interested in re-signing former rider Alejandro Valverde.The Spanish all rounder competed within [...]
Lithuanian hardman finishes fourth in Stage 2 after extremely long sprintTomas Vaitkus has long been a rider who has promised a big result in the cobbled classics of the springtime, but up until this point, his successes have been on [...]
Race was due to be held in mid-MayThe earthquakes and tsunami which have affected Japan have led to the cancellation of the country’s national Tour for 2011, with the organisers conceding that it is impossible for them to hold the [...]
Catalunya clash has given both riders a good chance to measure each other upWith the Giro d’Italia still almost six weeks away, two of the races favourites have already identified one another as the riders to watch, according to biciciclismo.com. [...]
Time trial specialist eligible to resume racing immediatelyThe United States Anti Doping Agency has commented on today's news that Tom Zirbel has had his two year sanction reduced, verifying that the rider can return to racing straight away.“We can confirm [...]
Head wound could jeopardise three-time Ronde runner up’s chances on SundayLeif Hoste (Katusha) suffered a serious crash in the first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde today. The Belgian crashed on the approach to the Eikenmolen, landing on his head; [...]
Rider requests more time before meeting CONIInitially scheduled for this Friday April 1st, Riccardo Riccò’s hearing before the Italian Olympic Committee’s anti-doping agency CONI has been put off until April 13th. The rider has requested an extension before the hearing [...]
Gorilla wins in long distance escape with the peloton at its heelsIts no great surprise that André Greipel (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde between Middelkerke and Zottegem, but the German sprinter did it the hard [...]
Agency will lodge separate application to that of UCIFive days after the UCI said that it would appeal Alberto Contador’s clearing by the Spanish federation RFEC, the World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed that it too will pursue the matter further. [...]
UCI president says that Contador hasn’t yet proven that meat was the cause of positive testPat McQuaid has said that plasticizers do not form part of the governing body’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, in relation to [...]
Russian rider believes his condition is turning around Although he finished a distant 133rd overall in the Volta a Catalunya, 26 minutes and 19 seconds behind the overall winner Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank SunGard), Denis Menchov doesn’t appear to be [...]
Belgian team got nothing today but form bodes well for Sunday’s Ronde Despite Gert Steegmans and Sylvain Chavanel being two of the most aggressive riders in today’s first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, their Quick Step team came away [...]
Welshman goes close to victory in Dwars door VlaanderenIt’s arguable that but for two results, Team Sky’s arrival in the Pro Tour peloton in 2010 could have been classed as a poor one. The first was Juan Antonio Flecha’s beautiful [...]
Still believes she is on track for strong Olympic GamesIt’s been a stressful past few months for Victoria Pendleton, who said in October that she was having nightmares about the 2012 Olympics, who admitted in February that she lacked the [...]
Every effort will be made to ensure safety and security at Vlaanderens MooisteThe Ronde van Vlaanderen is the biggest event in the Belgian cycling calendar, maybe even the Belgian sporting calendar. It’s almost 100 years old but it seems to [...]
