Race leader Alexander Kristoff gets his stage in Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde 3a
Norwegian champion takes bumpy cobbled sprint and his first international pro victory After fourth place on stage one, and second place on stage two, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) has finally taken his first international victory in the professional ranks, in stage […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step checks out Ronde van Vlaanderen course
Tom Boonen seeks to join the immortals with third victory in Vlaanderens Mooiste While many of his teammates were riding the second stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde today, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Classics captain Tom Boonen was leading a reconnaissance […]
Alexander Kristoff “surprised” to take Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde lead
Norwegian champion leads both overall and points classifications but would have preferred a stage victory After his fourth place on stage one, and second place on stage two, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finds himself in the leader’s jersey of the Driedaagse […]
Marcel Kittel sprints to victory in Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde stage two
Second place for Alexander Kristoff gives Norwegian champion the lead after Peter Sagan dropped German wunderkind sprinter Marcel Kittel (Project 1t4i) returned to winning ways, after his second place in the Handzame Classic two weeks before, with an emphatic victory […]
Dutch riders preparing for the Amstel Gold Race
Robert Gesink looking to improve on ninth in 2011; Michel Kreder preparing for Cauberg’s uphill sprint The Netherlands’ biggest riders are preparing for the country’s biggest one day race, the Amstel Gold Race, which will take place in just over […]
Peter Sagan wins opening Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde stage
Slovakian champion takes sprint ahead of much-reduced peloton after an attritional day in the Flemish Ardennes Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde between Middelkerke and Oudenaarde, in a tight sprint over former teammate Jacopo […]
ASO presents a mixed 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné route
Eight-day Tour de France preparation race featuring something for all riders Race organiser ASO has released details of the route of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné, the prestigious week-long pre-Tour de France stage race. This year’s event, the 64th edition […]
Gent-Wevelgem victory makes Lizzie Armitstead a Ronde van Vlaanderen contender
British champion joins the list of riders to watch in Sunday’s Vlaanderens Mooiste; 23-year-old staking claim to leadership of GB Olympic team Lizzie Armitstead’s victory in Sunday’s first ever women’s edition of the great Semi-Classic Gent-Wevelgem was her second of […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step sending powerful and ambitious team to the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde
Tom Boonen sits out tough, windy stage race again as he prepares for Sunday’s Ronde Omega Pharma-Quick Step is sending an aggressive team to this week’s Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, with ambitions to take overall honours as well as stage victories. […]
Marianne Vos solos to third Trofeo Binda victory
Dutch champion continues dominance of 2012 World Cup with final climb attack Marianne Vos (Rabobank) continued her domination of the 2012 World Cup with a dominant solo victory in the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Cittiglio, northern Italy. The Netherlands champion, […]