Niki Terpstra salvages third place as Vandenbergh and Štybar blocked on the cobblesOmega Pharma-Quick Step was sitting pretty with twenty kilometres to go in the 2013 Paris-Roubaix, with Stijn Vandenbergh and Zdeněk Štybar in the leading group of four, Netherlands [...]
‘The last hour was just pure fight, and I’m really happy. I probably never damaged myself like this’He soloed to victory last week in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, having time to really savour his second win in that event. Today’s [...]
Belgian rider best of BMC Racing Team in prestigious ClassicGreg Van Avermaet continued his strong spring campaign by narrowly missing out on a podium finish in Paris-Roubaix today, the Belgian rider netting fourth in the cobblestone Classic. The BMC Racing [...]
Contador and Intxausti caught in final kilometre Rui Costa continued a very good weekend for the Movistar team, following up Nairo Quintana’s success in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco yesterday when he won the Klasika Primavera today. Costa was quickest [...]
Swiss champ plays the waiting game in whittled down lead group, Terpstra wins sprint for thirdThe overwhelming favourite coming into Paris-Roubaix, Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Leopard) confirmed that he is indeed the top classics champion of 2013 by taking a hard fought [...]
Van Dijk holds overall lead heading into final dayArgos Shimano rider Kirsten Wild continued her superb run of form in the Energiewacht Tour yesterday, clocking up her fourth sprint win in the race. Her success came out of a nine [...]
Sagan remains in pole position prior to Paris-RoubaixHe had to be satisfied with second place overall in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco but Richie Porte’s runner-up slot there has elevated him up three places to third in the UCI WorldTour [...]
World champion playing things safe for Ardennes Classics, but not sure if he is on target Philippe Gilbert has said that playing things safe in advance of the Ardennes Classics is the reason that he opted not to finish the [...]
Rider out of Paris-Roubaix, dropped from Euskaltel Euskadi team with immediate effect Russian rider Alexander Serebryakov has been pulled out of the Euskaltel Euskadi team for Paris-Roubaix and been dropped without pay after testing positive for an as-yet unnamed substance. [...]
Colombian rider grabs second place behind Tony Martin in final time trial Even though he started the final stage second overall, just six seconds adrift of race leader Sergio Henao (Sky), the name of Nairo Quintana was not discussed anywhere [...]
Spaniard will give it everything in final time trial Sitting ten seconds off the race leader Sergio Henao (Sky) after yesterday’s tough penultimate stage, and six seconds behind the pairing of Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Richie Porte (Sky), Alberto Contador [...]
World champion playing things safe for Ardennes Classics, but not sure if he is on targetPhilippe Gilbert has said that playing things safe in advance of the Ardennes Classics is the reason that he opted not to finish the Vuelta [...]
Rider out of Paris-Roubaix, dropped from Euskaltel Euskadi team with immediate effectRussian rider Alexander Serebryakov has been pulled out of the Euskaltel Euskadi team for Paris-Roubaix and been dropped without pay after testing positive for an as-yet unnamed substance. The [...]
Colombian rider grabs second place behind Tony Martin in final time trialEven though he started the final stage second overall, just six seconds adrift of race leader Sergio Henao (Sky), the name of Nairo Quintana was not discussed anywhere near [...]
Spaniard will give it everything in final time trialSitting ten seconds off the race leader Sergio Henao (Sky) after yesterday’s tough penultimate stage, and six seconds behind the pairing of Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Richie Porte (Sky), Alberto Contador has [...]
2010 runner up says Roubaix course suits him well and should narrow gapAlthough he withdrew from last weekend’s Ronde van Vlaanderen due to breathing problems, Thor Hushovd has said that he remains convinced he can be a contender for tomorrow’s [...]
Late attack seals victory in Beasain Team Sky rider Richie Porte darted to victory on the penultimate stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, attacking from a select group just over a kilometre from the line and reaching the finish [...]
