Daryl Impey gives Barloworld an outstanding win in Turkey
Victory was in the air for Team Barloworld at the Presidential Tour of Turkey after going close on two other stages, and South Africa’s Daryl Impey got it at the end of the 166.9km fourth stage from Bodrum to Marmaris. […]
Boonen survives crash-fest to claim third Roubaix
Belgian star Tom Boonen joined an elite club of three-time Paris-Roubaix winners by surviving one-day cycling’s toughest battle of the fittest here on Sunday. In a race marked by a dramatic finale in which three big favourites hit the cobblestones […]
Armstrong outraged by French misbehaviour claims
American cycling legend Lance Armstrong has expressed his outrage at claims from France that he had not behaved himself during an out of competition drug test earlier this season. The French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) had announced on Monday that they […]
Trofimov wins second stage of Basque tour
Russian Yuri Trofimov team won the second stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, launching an attack with two kilometres to go to beat Estonia’s Rein Taaramae on Tuesday. Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez remained the overall leader of the […]
Pozzato claims Boonen asked him to chase Devolder
Italian Filippo Pozzato has told La Gazzetta Dello Sport that Quick-Step team leader Tom Boonen asked him to chase down Stijn Devolder during this past weekends Tour of Flanders. The race was Boonen’s chance to make the history books with […]
Quick-Step's Hovelijnck wakes up from coma
After Sunday’s performance in the Tour of Flanders, there was only one bit of news that could be better than a Flanders win for the Quick-Step team: Kurt Hovelijnck has been released from the Intensive Care Unit at Universitair Ziekenhuis […]
Chavanel proves his worth
Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel’s Quick-Step team announced that the rider will be taking the start line in Paris-Roubaix this Sunday. Sylvain has already proved himself in the great classic races so far this season such as the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the […]
Hushovd in riding condition after Flanders crash
Cervelo TestTeam let out a collective sigh of relief after yesterdays Tour of Flanders, not for the second place finish of Heinrich Haussler, but for the condition of Thor Hushovd. The Norwegian was involved in a massive crash during the […]
Sanchez wins first stage of Basque tour
Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez, who won Paris-Nice last month, edged out compatriot and Olympic road race champion Samuel Sanchez on the line in a sprint finish to take the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country in northern […]
Armstrong rapped for drug-test attitude
A report has been compiled on the behaviour of American cycling legend Lance Armstrong during a recent out of competition drug test, the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) announced on Monday. AFLD president Pierre Bordry revealed that he had sent the […]