Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen supported by a host of aggressive teammates Omega Pharma-Quick Step will line up on the start line of Sunday’s Milano-Sanremo with 2009 winner Mark Cavendish, and two-time podium Tom Boonen, but will not limit itself [...]
2006 winner still dreaming of a second Classicissima di Primavera victory Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) will start Sunday’s Milano-Sanremo with the dream of taking his second victory in the biggest race of the Italian spring. The 31-year-old has the date of [...]
Renshaw is Team Blanco’s plan B for first spring Classic Santos Tour Down Under winner Tom Jelte Slagter will aim to retake his lead in the UCI WorldTour via a strong performance in Milan-Sanremo this coming Sunday. The young Dutchman [...]
Pozzato takes cautious approach, withdraws due to weather conditions His target is the Ardennes Classics but Damiano Cunego will be encouraged by signs that his form is building well, and also by his mountains classification success in Tirreno Adriatico. One [...]
Italian believes he’s still on course for top Giro result Dropped repeatedly during Paris-Nice and finishing a distance 48th overall, Ivan Basso has played down any concerns about his form, saying that he believes he’s on track for his big [...]
Contador deposes Rodriguez and edges out Kwiatkowski for third overall Vincenzo Nibali sealed his second successive Tirreno-Adriatico victory with a solid performance today, following up his jersey-seizing break on stage six with another good performance on the final stage of [...]
Tirreno Adriatico performances raise expectations of Vini Fantini manager As one of the strongest riders in the mountains, Mauro Santambrogio commanded a lot of attention in this year’s Tirreno Adriatico. The Vini Fantini signing was second behind Chris Froome (Sky) [...]
Says sport has suffered no negative effects at all of US Postal doping scandal Although several anti-doping scientists have said that they believe there is strong proof that Lance Armstrong doped during his 2009 – January 2011 comeback, and despite [...]
A Froome victory in Tirreno Adriatico would put Sky in a commanding position Richie Porte has taken over the lead of the UCI WorldTour for the first time in his career, the 28 year old racing to the top of [...]
Catalan had previously said that he’d miss race to focus on Tour de France Speaking in the wake of an impressive stage win yesterday in Tirreno-Adriatico, Joaquim Rodriguez has said that he is now seriously considering disputing the Giro d’Italia [...]
Team says it is now apparent that issues are more than just physical The RadioShack Leopard team has said that it now accepts that it must work with Andy Schleck in relation to the psychological aspects of his recovery from [...]
Past Vuelta winner hit by car while training Former world number one Laurent Jalabert has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being knocked down in Montauban in France. According to La Dépêche du Midi, the ex pro [...]
Fireworks on penultimate stage blows race apart Clearly quickest out of a three man leading group, Peter Sagan (Cannondale) picked up his second stage win of this year’s Tirreno Adriatico when he outsprinted Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) [...]
BMC Racing Team’s British sprinter taking aim at Nokere Koerse and Handzame Adam Blythe (BMC Racing) is looking forward to this week’s duo of Belgian semi-Classic races, the Nokere Koerse and Handzame Classic, where he will be aiming to take [...]
Superb Tirreno form no guarantee; ‘One mistake can cost you the race’ Although he showed excellent form on today’s demanding stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, clocking up his fifth win of the year and the 41st of his career, Peter Sagan has [...]
Belgian believes long sprint may have cost him his chance As his final effort showed, Philippe Gilbert had huge motivation to take yesterday’s stage victory in Paris-Nice; the win would have been his first in the rainbow jersey of world [...]
Team Sky rider becomes first Australian winner of the Race to the Sun Richie Porte (Team Sky) became the first ever Australian winner of Paris-Nice as he confirmed his overall victory in the 2013 edition of the Race to the [...]
Froome takes over race lead from Kwiatkowski as Polish rider loses time in finale Powering ahead inside the final kilometre and a half and proving once again that he is one of the very best riders in cycling on short, [...]
