American rider to take a more ambitious approach in 2012 seasonAs detailed in part I of this interview, Tom Danielson heads into the 2012 season with greater focus and confidence than in the past. Taking eighth in last year’s Tour [...]
Farnese Vini-Selle Italia Classics captain planning to complete both races; aiming for full fitness by Tirreno-AdriaticoA little over two weeks after breaking his right collarbone in the fifth stage of the Tour of Qatar, Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) will [...]
Team also competing in the Sud-Ardèche, where Iljo Keisse will start his road seasonThe Openingsweekend of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne starts what has historically been the most important period of the year for the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team [...]
The Cat pounces in the Ruta once again as the break is caught late; Valverde holds his overall leadOscar Freire (Katusha) proved that he is not over the hill just yet, taking his second victory of 2012 in the third [...]
Olympic champion beats US champion and World champion to stake an early claim to a place at London 2012 Reigning Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong, riding for the United States National Team, has struck an early blow in the [...]
New Zealand team fighting back from near-collapseRecovering from the financial setback which appeared to threaten the future existence of the team, the Pure Black Racing squad will this week start the Tour de Langkawi and begin its international racing programme [...]
‘Silent Assassin’ happy with form and optimistic about coming seasonWhen Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde attacked to win the second stage of the Vuelta a Murcia, at the top of the steep climb to the Alto Santuario Virgen de Araceli, the first [...]
“Everything is going in the right direction”Tony Martin’s defeat at the hands of Bradley Wiggins on Sunday’s concluding stage of the Volta ao Algarve was something which the world time trial champion probably wasn’t expecting, given his dominance in races [...]
Wants team to ride top races in future years, but only if sufficient budget to expandFormer world number one Sean Kelly has spoken at length about the An Post Sean Kelly team he is involved in running, saying that he [...]
Italian won half of the stages in last year’s Tour de LangkawiA year after he got his pro career off to a superb start with five stage victories in the race, Italian sprinter Andrea Guardini has returned to the Tour [...]
Two Golds for VeloNation blogger in “London Prepares” World Cup One of the big heroes of the weekend’s final round of the Track World Cup on the new London Velodrome was VeloNation’s newest blogger Joanna Rowsell. The Great Britain rider, [...]
Stage and jersey for Murcian who takes first post-suspension victory on home soilAlejandro Valverde (Movistar) marked his return from suspension with his first victory on home soil, as he attacked on the final climb to the top of the Alto [...]
Luxembourg champion unable to catch Valverde but declares himself satisfied with performanceAfter finishing comfortably in the peloton in two of the races of the Challenge Mallorca two weeks ago, and the prologue and first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía, [...]
“The Tour makes you dig a little deeper and push a little harder”Over the course of a ten to fifteen year pro career, riders can develop in different directions to how they were as young professionals. Some such as Sean [...]
Danish rider hoping to develop rhythm with Garmin-Barracuda sprinterGarmin-Barracuda signed Alex Rasmussen to help eat up long, flat kilometers, to ride a solid time trial, and eventually to help lead out its sprint star Tyler Farrar. Rasmussen knows his role [...]
Doesn’t rule out charging to see race in the futureNext to ASO and RCS Sport, Flanders Classics is considered the third largest race organisation, at least where importance is concerned. Among the races it organises are Omloop het Nieuwsblad, the [...]
Stage-long breakaway makes it to the finish with the sprinters teams breathing down its neck; Gretsch holds onto overall leadJavier Ramirez (Andalucía) took a surprise breakaway victory for the local team, in the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía [...]
Mixed emotions for confident French team after Voeckler fails to repeatAt the conclusion of the Tour du Haut Var, with Sunday’s stage two being the most difficult day of racing to date in 2012, French team Europcar commented on their [...]
