Eros Capecchi solos to victory in the GP Lugano
Tuscan climber escapes the favourites to take hilly Swiss race Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the GP Lugano, in the Swiss lakeside city, after a final lap attack that escaped the rest of the leading group. The 25-year-old Umbrian jumped away […]
Mark Cavendish makes sprinting look easy as he takes Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
World champion powers to victory after Team Sky controls a race littered with breakaways Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) won Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the second race of the traditional Belgian Openingsweekend, in a manner that looked all too easy. The World champion was […]
Evie Stevens wraps up tight Tour of New Zealand as Linda Villumsen solos to final stage
Day of breakaways sees local former-Danish rider escape alone; time bonus for Shara Gillow makes overall as close as possible Linda Villumsen (GreenEDGE-AIS) took yet another victory for the new Australian team, as she soloed to a lone victory in […]
Tom Boonen miscalculates complicated sprint to deny himself Omloop victory again
Omega Pharma-Quick Step Classics captain positive about form ahead of the big races to come; will go for a third Kuurne victory tomorrow With his victories in the Tours of San Luis and Qatar showing that he is back to […]
Sep Vanmarcke outsprints Tom Boonen to take Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Juan Antonio Flecha third after Classic edition of Flemish opening race Sep Vanmarcke proved that Garmin-Barracuda’s Classics team has not suffered the departure of Thor Hushovd in the winter, with a three-up sprint victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The […]
Loes Gunnewijk wins Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in two-rider sprint
Former Dutch champion outsprints compatriot Ellen van Dijk in women’s European season opener Loes Gunnewijk (GreenEDGE-AIS) got the new Australian pro team’s first ever European season off to a perfect start with victory in the elite women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. […]
Women’s Tour of New Zealand: Evie Stevens takes the lead as Emma Crum takes a breakaway stage
Yellow passes from one US rider to another as the peloton sits up The race lead in the Women’s Tour of New Zealand passed from one United States rider to another, as a breakaway took almost eight minutes out of […]
Juan Antonio Flecha: “I prefer Omloop Het Nieuwsblad to Gent-Wevelgem”
2010 winner and last year’s runner-up ready to go one better in Openingsweekend, but not at his peak just yet Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) started last year’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with number one pinned to his back as defending […]
Tom Boonen confident ahead of Flemish Openingsweekend
Belgian Classics king yet to win the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad but feels good after Qatar triumph Tom Boonen, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s undisputed Classics captain, is feeling good ahead of the upcoming Openingsweekend, which sees the Belgian road season start with […]
Women’s Tour of New Zealand: Judith Arndt closes in on race lead with stage three victory
World time trial champion now just eleven seconds behind Kristin Armstrong Judith Arndt (GreenEDGE-AIS) continued her outstanding start to the 2012 season with a sprint victory in the third stage of the Women’s Tour of New Zealand. The German World […]
