Ronde Van Vlaanderen winner now targeting Amstel GoldSaxo Bank-SunGard’s Nick Nuyens had already won a number of semi-classics before yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, including the Omloop Het Volk (now Het Nieuwsblad) and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne; until yesterday though, he had not managed [...]
Spanish application deemed best Although the awarding of the right to host future world championships is normally announced during the worlds itself, the UCI has taken the step of backing a candidate at this point of the season. It has [...]
Quick-Step rider comes painfully close to the win in MeerbekeHeading into Sunday's Ronde van Vlaanderen, Leopard Trek's Fabian Cancellara was the unquestioned favorite with a small army of major stars snapping at his heels: Tom Boonen, Philippe Gilbert, Juan Antonio [...]
Lack of team-mates affected race for Hushovd and FarrarGarmin-Cevelo chief Jonathan Vaughters has explained his tactics against a defensive policy during the finale of the Tour of Flanders on Saturday, saying that there was little choice.He told his riders over [...]
Hincapie getting ready for RoubaixConfidence boosted by its aggressive showing in Sunday’s Tour of Flanders, the BMC Racing Team is putting its squad for Wednesday’s Scheldepriis behind the sprinter Alexander Kristoff. The 23 year old was tenth in the race [...]
Dutch rider and team happy with Sunday's raceThe loss of Nick Nuyens to Saxo Bank and Matti Breschel's lost spring will always be mentioned in respect to Rabobank's Classics campaign. With Nuyens soaring to hitherto unheard of heights and Breschel [...]
Should be even better for next weekend's Paris-RoubaixTwo-time Ronde Van Vlaanderen runner up Leif Hoste came into today's edition of the race with the sole aim of helping teammate Filippo Pozzato to the top step of the podium. His chances [...]
Team shake up again shows Dane's strong ability to leadToday's Ronde van Vlaanderen saw a surprise winner emerge for the second time in a spring Classic this year, this time the victor being Saxo Bank-Sungard rider Nick Nuyens. As the [...]
Belgian back to his best, Cancellara fires too soon and gets thirdNick Nuyens has been falling short of his top form for several seasons, but his rejuvenation continued today when he picked up his second success in less than two [...]
Dutchwoman wins two-rider sprint to take career-best victoryAnnemiek van Vleuten once again proved that Nederland Bloeit is about more than just Marianne Vos by winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen for women. The Dutchwoman outsprinted Russian champion Tatiana Antoshina (Gauss) after [...]
Reining World and Olympic time trial champion ready for battleFollowing his dominating performance in last weekend's E3-Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) goes into today's Tour of Flanders as the odds on favorite. The Swiss rider [...]
Olympic champion unleashes strong finishing surge to beat KolobnevFour months into the season, Samuel Sanchez ended his Euskaltel Euskadi team’s dubious distinction of being the sole ProTeam without a victory, hitting the line first on Saturday. The Olympic champion was [...]
Dutchman already impressive in recent Critérium InternationalPim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) sprinted to victory in the Hel van het Mergelland on Saturday, continuing his strong showing in his inaugural season as a professional. He recently won the mountains jersey at the Critérium [...]
Ronde favourite is pleased he didn’t fly back to Monaco after Gent-Wevelgem victoryTom Boonen (Quick Step) was due to fly back to his home in Monaco immediately after his victory in last Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem; instead he stayed behind in Belgium, [...]
Belgian rider satisfied with his form, even though he’s not at 100 percent Fabian Cancellara may be top of the list of favourites for most people for tomorrow’s Tour of Flanders, with Tom Boonen also mentioned as a big contender, [...]
Only Belgian to win the race starts tomorrow with similar form to 2010Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012) returns to defend her title I tomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Vrouwen on what promises to be the toughest course yet. As the only [...]
Flanders Classics sides with teams’ organisation in radio debateTomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen will see cameras mounted onboard team cars for the first time, which the race organiser says will make it “possible for the television audience to witness the interaction [...]
British Sky Proteam rider goes close in Gent-WevelgemThe cobbled Classics season has started well for Team Sky; Aussie CJ Sutton won from a huge bunch at Kuurne; Welshman Geraint Thomas took second to a resurgent Nick Nuyens (Saxo & Belgium) [...]
