Gert Steegmans looking for his best season ever
Fast start in Tour Down Under helping Belgian sprinter prepare for the Classics Omega Pharma-Quick’s Step Gert Steegmans got his season under way at the Tour Down Under this week, with the fast Australian race giving him a good idea […]
Francesco Chicchi goes two from two in San Luis second stage
Tom Boonen makes it an Omega Pharma-Quick Step one-two as weather improves Francesco Chicchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) made it two from two this season, with a second straight victory in the second stage of the Tour de San Luis. The […]
Zdeněk Štybar and his pink bike are ready for Koksijde Worlds
Defending champion prepared for a third-straight title astride his distinctive Specialized Crux Defending champion Zdeněk Štybar will start Sunday’s World cyclocross championship race, on the dunes of Koksijde, Belgium, as one of the outstanding favourites to take a third straight […]
WorldTour, ProConti and Continental teams for Tour of Oman
Invitees list identical to Tour of Qatar for hillier Middle Eastern race Race organiser ASO has announced the list of teams invited to the Tour of Oman, between February 14th and 19th. Unsurprisingly, the list comprises the same sixteen names […]
Tom Boonen is hungry for victory
Belgian star can’t wait to get racing almost five months after his Vuelta crash Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is pinning a race number on for the first time since crashing out of the Vuelta a España this week. The […]
Zdenek Stybar fans urged to “Wear Pink” at Koksijde World championships
Czech’s fans want to see more than just black, yellow and red at Belgium’s home race To show themselves in the crowd, and to stand out from the multitudes of Belgians on the barriers at this coming weekend’s World cyclocross […]
André Greipel hails one of the most successful weeks of his career
German Gorilla wins four out of seven races on Australian road trip Lotto-Belisol’s André Greipel is on his way back to Europe after experiencing what he called “one of the most successful weeks in my career” at the Tour Down […]
Suspected wrist fractures for Sophie de Boer and Caroline Mani after Hoogerheide crash
Better than it first seemed for Dutch and French riders, but World championship looks doubtful for both For Sophie de Boer (Telenet-Fidea) and Caroline Mani (France) the World Cup cyclocross race in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, lasted just a few seconds as […]
Kevin Pauwels uses teamwork to take Hoogerheide World Cup
Sunweb-Revor team bosses Dutch race as Pauwels takes emphatic overall victory Kevin Pauwels profited from the numerical superiority of his Sunweb-Revor team in the closing stages of the World Cup race in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. The 27-year-old, dressed in the World […]
Marianne Vos makes it look easy again in Hoogerheide World Cup
World champion lays down the law again a week before her title defence; World Cup overall for van den Brand Marianne Vos (Rabobank) made it look all too easy again, as she took her fifteenth straight victory of the season […]
