Values his Gent-Wevelgem win and concedes strength of Gilbert Tom Boonen has won prestigious races like the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix in the past, but was unable to take a big victory in 2011. He did win Gent-Wevelgem, which […]

American diabetes squad enters prestigious HC race for first time The Team Type 1 – sanofi-aventis team is starting tomorrow’s Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey with an illustrious eight-man team. Aleksandr Efimkin, Rubens Bertogliati, and Laszlo Bodrogi are in the […]

Dutchwoman wins for the fourth consecutive year Kirsten Wild of the AA Drink team outsprinted Charlotte Becker (HTC Highroad) and Mariannne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) to take her fourth consecutive Omloop van Borsele victory. The lead group of 11 was shattered […]

Troels Ronning Vinther takes GP Herning in the other 1.1 race of the day Santiago Perez (Barbot-Efape) used a well-timed move to escape a ten-man group in the Gran Premio Llodio. Perez won by four seconds over his nine chasers, […]

Italian’s doping suspension expires in a few days Davide Rebellin has been suspended due to doping for two years, with the inactive state of the athlete running out on April 27, 2011. Several teams had shown interest this winter, with […]

Kazakh rider still hopes to repeat Liège-Bastogne-Liège win on Sunday Alexander Vinokourov finished fourth today in Flèche Wallonne and said that he could do no better. Vinokourov was placed well at the bottom of the climb but had no answer […]

Barredo crashes hard, Gesink not as hot as expected The Dutch Rabobank team did not have the best day in Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday. Carlos Barredo crashed hard and it remains to be seen if he can participate in Sunday’s […]

Italian’s consolation is the overall race lead Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) won the two-up sprint against Michele Scarponi (Lampre) in stage two of the Giro del Trentino. The two strongest riders of the day finished 25 seconds clear of the chase […]

Contador wins race against the clock; Mollema’s honorable effort falls short Xavier Tondo is one day away from taking his biggest career win, with the overall of the Vuelta Castilla y León. Tondo overcame his three-second overall deficit against Bauke […]

German hopes for own good result in Flèche Wallonne Fabian Wegmann is riding for the Leopard-Trek team, which has to be one of the strongest teams for the Ardennes Classics. There are several riders on the roster with options for […]