Track World Championships: More records on the second day at the super-fast Melbourne track
Great Britain wins the Team Pursuit Ashes again; Anna Meares on fire for the home nation The Melbourne track once again proved that it is one of the fastest in the World as the records continued to tumble on day […]
Marcel Kittel takes a rainy Scheldeprijs in a day hit with crashes
German wunderkind racks up yet another as the spring weather slicks up the course Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) made it victory number five for the season, getting a first win for his team’s new sponsor, as took first place in the […]
World Track Championships: World Records and Controversy dominate day one
Great Britain breaks own Team Pursuit record; France and Germany interfere in pre-Olympic “Ashes” battle The first big story on the first day of the World Track Championships in Melbourne, Australia, was the big “Ashes” battle between the host nation […]
Daryl Impey takes Vuelta a Pais Vasco stage two with final kilometre attack
South African takes victory reminiscent of teammate Michael Albasini in Catalunya after a rainy day in northern Spain Daryl Impey (GreenEdge) won the second stage of the Vuelta a Pais in a way reminiscent of his Swiss teammate Michael Albasini’s […]
Matt Goss Interview: “There’s no point just riding myself into the ground”
GreenEdge sprinter speaks to VeloNation about his health problems of 2012 after abandoning halfway through the Ronde van Vlaanderen The season has been a tough one so far for GreenEdge’s Matt Goss, as the Australian sprinter has been struggling to […]
Tom Boonen: “I’m still really motivated for Paris-Roubaix”
Three-time Ronde van Vlaanderen winner presents young fan with a bag of souvenirs At a press conference in a hotel in Antwerp, Belgium this afternoon, Ronde van Vlaanderen winner presented a bag of Omega Pharma-Quick Step goodies to an 11-year-old […]
Twenty-seven levels of Hell await in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix
51.5km of cobbles in total for the 110th Enfer du Nord The 110th edition of Paris-Roubaix, which will set off from the Napoleonic city of Compiègne this coming Sunday, April 8th, will feature twenty-seven sections of cobbles – the feared […]
Women’s Vlaanderen reactions: “It’s strange that it was the same as four years ago”
Judith Arndt reflects on an identical one-two to 2008; mixed fortunes for others on the new course finale Judith Arndt (GreenEdge-AIS) outsprinted Kristin Armstrong (United States) at the end of the Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen in Oudenaarde yesterday; the […]
Matti Breschel: “I didn’t have the power”
Danish rider returns to the Ronde van Vlaanderen but can do nothing about the decisive break After a torrid 2011, dominated by a knee injury that he picked up in the previous year’s Paris-Roubaix, Matti Breschel (Rabobank) is steadily making […]
Heinrich Haussler: “The race didn’t go to plan for Garmin-Barracuda”
Australian reflects on an unlucky day for the Argyle team, but admits that they “didn’t have the legs” on tough new Ronde course Garmin-Barracuda started the Ronde van Vlaanderen with the confidence gained from Sep Vanmarcke’s victory in the Omloop […]
