Tom Boonen ready for anything in Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo
Former world champion hopes that Specialized S-Works+McLaren Venge can carry the winner for a second straight year Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is approaching Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo in his best form for a number of years. The former World and Belgian […]
Eddy Merckx inducted as first member of the Giro d’Italia Hall of Fame
Sole surviving five-time winner of la Corsa Rosa presented with commemorative Trofeo Senza Fine Cycling legend Eddy Merckx has been inducted as the first member of the Giro d’Italia Hall of Fame, in a special ceremony in Milan. The 66-year-old […]
Critérium International: Corsican race to herald the European summer
Mini Tour de France to see season’s first battle between July’s contenders as Europe puts its clocks forward The Critérium International, to be run on the weekend of March 24th and 25th on the island of Corsica, will see many […]
Liquigas-Cannondale with Vincenzo Nibali and Peter Sagan in Milano-Sanremo
Tirreno-Adriatico form decided line up of Italian green and blue team Unsurprisingly, after their successes in Tirreno-Adriatico, the Liquigas-Cannondale will be co-captained by Vincenzo Nibali and Peter Sagan in Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo. Both riders took a tough stage victory apiece, with […]
Francesco Chicchi flies away to Nokere Koerse victory
Italian Omega Pharma-Quick Step sprinter the fastest man left in Flemish semi-classic after final kilometre crash Francesco Chicchi continued the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team’s love affair with the Nokere Koerse, with a virtually uncontested sprint victory over a peloton that […]
Cunego and Petacchi give Lampre-ISD options in Milano-Sanremo
Blue-fuchsia team prepared for any eventuality in la Primavera Lampre-ISD will start Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo with a two-headed team, led by 2005 winner Alessandro Petacchi, and three time Giro di Lombardia winner Damiano Cunego. The blue-fuchsia team therefore feels that it […]
Team Type 1-Sanofi “shocked and disappointed” to miss out of Tour of California invitation
Diabetes team invited to some of Europe’s biggest races but is passed over for it’s home country’s biggest race With the list of invited teams to May’s Amgen Tour of California billed as the biggest yet, one team that is […]
Chris Horner: “I have no mixed feelings about this”
American upbeat despite losing Tirreno-Adriatico on the final day; RadioShack-Nissan-Trek goes 1-2 in time trial The final time trial stage of Tirreno-Adriatico was a mixed one for the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team. As expected, four-time World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara scorched […]
Vincenzo Nibali snatches last-gasp Tirreno-Adriatico victory in San Benedetto time trial
Chris Horner loses race in final flat test; Fabian Cancellara blitzes stage victory Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) snatched final overall victory in the 2012 Tirreno-Adriatico with a strong performance in the final time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto. The Sicilian, […]
Danilo Di Luca muses on near miss in Tirreno-Adriatico stage six
Italian closer than ever to post-ban victory but rues previous day’s missed opportunity more Danilo Di Luca (Acqua & Sapone) has had a number of fourth place finishes in the last two seasons, but today – in the sixth stage […]
