Brailsford weighing up Hoy vs Kenny selection for Olympic sprintBritish Cycling’s performance director Dave Brailsford has admitted that he is facing a tough task in deciding whether Chris Hoy or Jason Kenny should be selected for Great Britain’s sprint slot [...]
Says Boonen must try to win more varied racesSpeaking after Tom Boonen equaled his record of four Paris-Roubaix wins, former Belgian pro Roger de Vlaeminck has spoken dismissively of the opposition in Sunday’s race, “I hope Cancellara participates next year [...]
Third recent win for Net App rider Building up for its debut in the Giro d’Italia, Team NetApp clocked up another victory today when Jan Barta soloed to success in the 1.1 Rund um Köln. The Czech rider reached the [...]
Crashes and punctures deny last French winner a glorious retirement day: young Frenchmen line up to take his placeFrédéric Guesdon (FDJ-BigMat) bowed out of professional cycling, as a rider at least, in the velodrome of Roubaix, where he made his [...]
"I am looking to just keep improving"Having missed yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix Classic, Philippe Gilbert will return to competition in the Brabantse Pijl race on Wednesday, one year after beginning a superb four-race run of victories there. The BMC Racing Team rider [...]
German champion wins two individual stages and the team time trial in second edition of Dutch stage raceIna Teutenberg (Specialized-lululemon) announced her return to Europe this April with an emphatic overall victory in the second edition of the Energiewacht Tour. [...]
Italians to use vital pre-Giro event in preparation for Corsa RosaAlessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) and Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) will both be heading to next week’s Giro del Trentino, which will run between April 17th and 20th, the race organiser has [...]
Belgian continues spring campaign, race will also function as worlds previewAlthough many big names who target the northern Classics tend to back off after the conclusion of Paris-Roubaix, Tom Boonen has said that he will continue racing, lining out in [...]
Operation could be required to correct knee problemVacansoleil DCM’s spring campaign has taken a knock with the news that one of its top hopes for the remaining Classcs, Björn Leukemans, will be forced to miss the remaining Classics and may [...]
Belgian’s Omega Pharma Quick Step team also seeing benefits of Roubaix winTom Boonen has reinforced his position at the top of the UCI’s WorldTour rankings thanks to his second consecutive victory at that level, yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix. Previously 56 points ahead [...]
Mixed fortunes for Ballan and HushovdThey were amongst the youngest and oldest riders in Paris-Roubaix yesterday, representing both ends of the spectrum; neither won, but at the end of the Hell of the North both Taylor Phinney and George Hincapie [...]
Amstel Gold Race could offer one more chance to Italian Last week he delayed in the finale of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, waiting instead of counter-attacking when Tom Boonen chased down Alessandro Ballan three times. This time round, Filippo Pozzato’s [...]
Flecha fourth, Hayman eighth as team gets little help in chaseWhen Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) made it known that his solo breakaway with 55 kilometers to race was serious, it was Sky Procycling that had the biggest presence in [...]
Confirms Classics potential, first Frenchman on podium since Guesdon’s winSébastien Turgot (Europcar) took second place in Paris-Roubaix in a fashion similar to that which Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) used to take the win. The Frenchman went after the podium [...]
Belgian solos for 53km to equal Roger De Vlaeminck’s record; Sébastien Turgot is first Frenchman on the podium in a generationTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) rode himself into the record books, and the legends of the greatest one-day race in [...]
Final day sees the fastest ever 500 metres, and the men’s Keirin won by the usual rider in an unusual wayThe 2012 World Track Championships, in Melbourne, Australia, drew to a close with yet another World record falling to home [...]
Hushovd, Ballan and Hincapie determined to show wellHaving tasted victory in the Roubaix velodrome in the past, today marks Taylor Phinney’s professional debut in the cobblestone Classic. It’s a hellish event, but one he feels suits him perfectly. He’s psyched [...]
Belgian also comments on Cancellara, says he will return stronglyRadioShack Nissan manager Johan Bruyneel has confirmed the lineup for next month’s Amgen Tour of California, revealing the riders that will support Chris Horner as he seeks to defend his title [...]
