German sprinter speaks about race, last year’s Tour and the pleasure of sprinting well in stage one press conferenceEncouraged by his Presidential Tour of Turkey stage win on Sunday ahead of several other big WorldTour sprinters, Marcel Kittel has fixed [...]
Sprints, climbs and time trials all targeted by Belgian teamOmega Pharma-Quick Step is taking what it feels is a rider for every eventuality to the Tour of Romandie, which starts on Tuesday, April 23rd, as it goes on the hunt [...]
Katusha captain foiled by Dan Martin’s late counterattack in la DoyenneJoaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) was one of the most active and attentive riders in today’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but was to be denied victory in the final few hundred metres by a late [...]
German rider blasts home ahead of GreipelReturning to the race after missing out on his goal of a stage win one year ago, Marcel Kittel immediately put things right when he triumphed into Alanya at the end of day one [...]
Irishman counters a final kilometre move from Joaquim Rodríguez to take la Doyenne Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) took his long-awaited first major one-day victory as he escaped breakaway companion Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) in the final half kilometre of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Irishman [...]
Lotto Belisol rider hopes to be the one to break rare Belgian droughtSecond last year in the Amstel Gold Race, fourth in Flèche Wallonne and also tenth in Liège-Bastogne-Liége, Lotto Belisol’s leader for the Classics Jelle Vanendert has had less [...]
Spanish authorities drop public contract with clinic, forcing closureHanded a lifetime ban last year but rumoured to have still been working regardless, the Spanish doctor Luis Gardia del Moral has now been hit by the closure of the sports clinic [...]
Lone dissenting voice talks about why he differed from Cycling Ireland’s position When Anto Moran became the sole member of Cycling Ireland’s board not to back Pat McQuaid for nomination for his third term as UCI president, he didn’t imagine [...]
Race to help him fine tune his form prior to Giro d’Italia His Classics campaign looked to be on course for some big results when he won the early season Laiguegila Trophy in February and then snagged second in Roma [...]
Walloon provinces to share Semi-Classic start; finish to remain on Mur de Huy The 2014 edition of la Flèche Wallonne will start in Bastogne in 2014, race organiser ASO announced last night on several of its race’s Twitter feeds. So [...]
Spanish riders weigh up their rivals on the eve of la Doyenne The two Spanish favourites for Liège-Bastogne-Liège will certainly be watching one another during Sunday’s race. According to Sporza, however, what Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) don’t [...]
Lone dissenting voice talks about why he differed from Cycling Ireland’s positionWhen Anto Moran became the sole member of Cycling Ireland’s board not to back Pat McQuaid for nomination for his third term as UCI president, he didn’t imagine the [...]
Race to help him fine tune his form prior to Giro d’ItaliaHis Classics campaign looked to be on course for some big results when he won the early season Laiguegila Trophy in February and then snagged second in Roma Maxima [...]
Walloon provinces to share Semi-Classic start; finish to remain on Mur de HuyThe 2014 edition of la Flèche Wallonne will start in Bastogne in 2014, race organiser ASO announced last night on several of its race’s Twitter feeds. So far [...]
Tour de France preparation disrupted for Katusha’s Russian captainDenis Menchov (Katusha) will now miss Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour de Romandie, which starts on Tuesday, after suffering a recurrence of the knee injury that disrupted the first half of his [...]
Spanish riders weigh up their rivals on the eve of la DoyenneThe two Spanish favourites for Liège-Bastogne-Liège will certainly be watching one another during Sunday’s race. According to Sporza, however, what Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) don’t seem [...]
