Daniel Moreno: “Paolini told me to give it everything”
GranPiemonte winner credits his team and looks forward to il Lombardia on Saturday Victory in today’s GranPiemonte – formerly known as the Giro del Piemonte – is the third, and biggest, of Dani Moreno’s season so far. The Katusha rider […]
Dani Moreno outsprints the break for Gran Piemonte victory
Vuelta stage winner the best of a fourteen-man group; outsprints Van Avermaet and own teammate Paolini Daniel Moreno (Katusha) was the best of a fourteen-man group that contested the sprint at the end of the Gran Piemonte, between Piasco and […]
Jelle Vanendert out of Piemonte and Lombardia with knee irritation
Belgian climber ends his 2011 season to avoid recurrence of old injury Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has decided against taking the start of both today’s Gran Piemonte and Saturday’s Il Lombardia because of an irritation to his knee, according to […]
Stybar to ride Ardooie cyclocross in preparation for Czech World Cup races
World champion needs race kilometres after short knee-injury layoff Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) will take the start of the cyclocross race in Ardooie, just outside Roeselare, Belgium, as he searches for form ahead of the weekend’s World Cup opener. The […]
Women’s team news: Project 1t4i, Rabobank and Hitec Products-UCK add to 2012 rosters
Female peloton begins to take shape for next season Skil-1t4i steps up to UCI status Having already made a commitment to continuing its women’s programme, Project 1t4i (currently Skil-Shimano) will step the team up to UCI status next year. The […]
CONI requests a twelve-year suspension for Riccardo Riccò
Controversial Italian to escape a life ban but punishment will effectively put an end to his career The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has made a recommendation to the Italian Anti-Doping Tribunal (TNA) that Riccardo Riccò be handed a suspension of […]
Six months out for Anthony Roux with fractured vertebrae
Freak crash in a cyclocross race sees FDJ hero off his bike until April 2012 Anthony Roux (FDJ) has fractured two vertebrae in a crash in the Boulzicourt cyclocross race, in the French Ardennes on Sunday, according to French Eurosport. […]
A strange day for the Grand Tours as Giro d’Italia route also leaked
Gazzetta dello Sport website inadvertently lists Corsa Rosa stages on its English language section On the day that the Tour de France website inadvertently published the 2012 race route, more than a week before its official unveiling, the Giro d’Italia […]
Addy Engels to hang up his wheels in Putte-Kapellen Sluitingsprijs
Dutchman to join 1t4i as sports director after 12 years serving others in the peloton Addy Engels (Quick Step) will retire from professional cycling in the Sluitingsprijs – the closing race of the Belgian season – in Putte-Kapellen tomorrow. The […]
Il Lombardia moving to late September in 2012
The race of the falling leaves comes forward to allow specialists to capitalise on Worlds form; Tour of Beijing to become WorldTour finale Il Lombardia, as the Giro di Lombardia has become known, will move forward in the calendar next […]
