Former Belgian champion says the clock is ticking on his careerAt 42 years of age, Niko Eeckhout is one of the oldest riders competing in the peloton, yet he continues to race well and to be one of the most [...]
Team manager reacts to Scheldeprijs disappointment, Cavendish wants Boonen in Tour de FranceSpeaking after Mark Cavendish narrowly missed out on winning what would have been a record fourth Scheldeprijs title yesterday, Omega Pharma Quick Step general manager Patrick Lefevere has [...]
Lars Boom and Sep Vanmarcke to lead but Dutch team has other options Blanco Pro Cycling will head into Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix with confidence, it says, with its team leaders buoyed by strong performances in last week’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Although [...]
German holds off late surge from Mark Cavendish to take sprinters’ Classic Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) successfully defended his Scheldeprijs title as he sprinted to victory at the end of the 204km Belgian semi-Classic. The German’s victory was almost as close [...]
French road race champion blasts home in front After claiming yesterday that the stage winner Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) had ruined his chances by passing too closely, hooking his handlebars and almost causing him to crash, Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) got [...]
Manx sprinter disappointed not to win for his daughter’s first birthdayMark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was visibly disappointed at the end of today’s Scheldeprijs, as he just failed to overcome the sprint of Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) and take a record [...]
Italian sprinter motivated to fight onHaving held the lead through today’s second stage, day one winner Matteo Pelucchi was finally deposed in the afternoon time trial when he could only finish 75th, 40 seconds behind the winner Luke Durbridge. The [...]
Jungels misses out by fractions of a secondOne year after he won the time trial in the Circuit de la Sarthe, Orica GreenEdge’s Luke Durbridge went on to repeat that victory in the same race against the clock, albeit with [...]
Lars Boom and Sep Vanmarcke to lead but Dutch team has other optionsBlanco Pro Cycling will head into Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix with confidence, it says, with its team leaders buoyed by strong performances in last week’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Although Lars [...]
Team Sky rider takes over race lead in tough finaleSergio Henao clocked up his second win of the year today, following up his earlier Volta ao Algarve stage victory with success on stage two of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. [...]
German holds off late surge from Mark Cavendish to take sprinters’ ClassicMarcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) successfully defended his Scheldeprijs title as he sprinted to victory at the end of the 204km Belgian semi-Classic. The German’s victory was almost as close as [...]
Catalan to focus fully on Tour de FranceHaving said earlier this year that he would consider riding the Giro d’Italia, last year’s WorldTour champion Joaquim Rodriguez now looks set to abandon such thoughts, and will focus completely on riding the [...]
French road race champion blasts home in frontAfter claiming yesterday that the stage winner Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) had ruined his chances by passing too closely, hooking his handlebars and almost causing him to crash, Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) got his [...]
Luxembourg rider will miss Tour due to Xipamide positive but could target Vuelta Fränk Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) will be able to return to racing on July 14th of this year, with the sanction he was handed by the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency [...]
Steep finale likely to shake up overall classification After two days of group finishes, today’s third stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco will be a more decisive one, with the tough finale to the stage certain to shake things [...]
