Dutchman names two ‘second line’ riders as his big tipsBobbie Traksel has had to withdraw from starting Tour of Flanders on the eve of the race on the advice from the team doctor. The Landbouwkrediet – Euphony rider is a [...]
Garmin Barracuda rider takes more laid-back approach to Indurain and Pais VascoFollowing on from a strong fourth place overall in the Volta a Catalunya, Dan Martin is back in action in today’s GP Miguel Indurain, and again from Monday onwards [...]
Belgian ready for major battle on new race courseMany are calling tomorrow’s Ronde Van Vlaanderen as being a likely showdown between Tom Boonen and RadioShack Nissan’s Fabian Cancellara, but the Belgian is adamant that there will be other riders who [...]
Dutchwoman now says she was previously able to stand prior to ‘miracle recovery’The Rabobank cycling team has said that it will sit down with Monique Van der Vorst and work out her future plans after a peculiar twist in the [...]
World Cup leader replaced by Sarah Düster in spring’s biggest raceMarianne Vos (Rabobank) has withdrawn from tomorrow morning’s Ronde van Vlaanderen through illness, her team has announced. The Dutch champion, who has won the first two races of the World [...]
Dani Moreno and Pavel Brutt score for Russian squad in opposite ends of EuropeThe Katusha team scored a double day on the eve of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, as Pavel Brutt’s victory in the Limburg Classic was followed moments later [...]
MTN-Qhubeka dominating African race with seven stage victoriesReinhardt Janse van Rensburg has started his season off where he left it last year with great results. The South African won a stage in the Herald Sun Tour towards the end of [...]
Liquigas-Cannondale duo looking forward to tomorrow’s big raceAfter a successful and aggressive opening to their Flemish campaign, Liquigas-Cannondale’s Peter Sagan and Daniel Oss are heading into tomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen with confidence. Oss has been in countless attacks, while Sagan [...]
Are merging oil companies the mystery backer?Editor's note: go here for the latest on this story After several months of waiting, the new title sponsor of the 1t4i team will finally be unveiled this morning The new identity of the [...]
Belgian fighting back from fractured hipHe won’t be able to line out in the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday to defend his title, but Nick Nuyens is celebrating a small triumph this weekend as he is able to return to [...]
Race becomes more difficult in 2012In a bid to make the race tougher, more dramatic and more in line with its aspirations to become a UCI WorldTour event in two years’ time, the organisers of the Presidential Tour of Turkey [...]
Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg circuits to make toughest course in race’s historySunday will see the most radically different Ronde van Vlaanderen course since its finish moved to Meerbeke in 1973. With its switch to Oudenaarde, in the heart of the [...]
Belgian ProTeam without a big favourite for the first time in years; expects young riders to mix it upLotto-Belisol will start Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen with its youngest, and most inexperienced team for many years. The big Belgian ProTeam last [...]
Multi-billion Euro energy company to power team for next three yearsAs anticipated beforehand, the merged Argos Oil and North Sea Group company is the new backer of the 1t4i team, which was officially launched today in Rotterdam and will be [...]
Agreement signed in China, UCI’s licence commission to make final decisionAlthough the UCI insists that the final decision has yet to be made by the Licence Commission, what seems like an almost inevitable addition of the new Tour of Hangzhou [...]
The big names will be the favourites as usual but a new generation awaitsWith Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen still to come, race organiser ASO is already preparing for the second of cycling’s cobbled Monuments, Paris-Roubaix, the following Sunday, April 8th. [...]
Recovery from injury and Classics preparation highest prioritiesStill recovering from injuries sustained in his crash during the Volta a Catalunya, Alejandro Valverde will miss Saturday’s GP Miguel Indurain. His Movistar team has confirmed that the Spaniard will sit out the [...]
Italian aiming to perform well in Sunday’s Ronde van VlaanderenInvolved in a collision with Spanish champion Jose Joaquin Rojas in the finale of Gent-Wevelgem and prevented from taking what was a possible top ten placing in the prestigious Classic, Matteo [...]
