Omega Pharma officially confirms its intention to continue WorldTour team
Belgian team hints at merger with smaller, unnamed outfit to make up shortfall for loss of Lotto Although it has already been announced in the media that Omega Pharma intended to carry on with its WorldTour team, despite its co-sponsor […]
Filippo Pozzato returns to racing in Katusha’s Tour of Poland team
Russian team fielding all four of its Italians with Danilo Di Luca building up for the Vuelta After fielding an entirely Russian line up for the Tour de France, Katusha will be sending all four of its Italians to the […]
Thor Hushovd looking for World Championship repeat
Norwegian confident he can defend his rainbow jersey on sprinters’ course in Copenhagen Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) is hoping to successfully defend his rainbow jersey at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in September. The Norwegian was a surprise winner on […]
Philippe Gilbert wins Herentals post-Tour criterium
Belgian champion continues his domination of exhibition races Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) continued his dominance of the Belgian post-Tour races with victory in the Natourctiterium van Herentals. The Belgian champion has been in demand in the traditional exhibition criteriums, having […]
Joaquim Rodriguez to lead Katusha in Basque races
2010 World number one hoping to kickstart current WorldTour campaign Joaquim Rodriguez will lead the Katusha team to the Clásica San Sebastian and the Circuito de Getxo this coming weekend. The Catalan rider, who finished at the top of the […]
RadioShack’s Tour stars to sit out San Sebastian and Tour of Poland
Haimar Zubeldia and Markel Irizar the only men from nine-man Tour de France roster to be racing in Europe this week With four of its nine-man team crashing out of the race, there will only be one RadioShack rider from […]
Pierre Rolland: “Tour success is down to eleven months of sacrifice.”
Europcar’s new French star riding the new wave of French confidence Pierre Rolland (Europcar) was arguably the biggest revelation of the 2011 tour de France. Not only was the 24-year-old Frenchman an almost constant support to his team captain Thomas […]
Samuel Sanchez escapes to win Roeselare criterium
Polka-dot jersey gets “revenge” over Philippe Gilbert in post-Tour exhibition race Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) evened the score in the Belgian post-Tour exhibition criterium races, with victory in the Natourcriteiumvan Roeselare. The polka-dot jersey winner, still wearing the jersey, escaped the […]
Robbie McEwen finally opens his 2011 account in Wallonie stage four
Greg Van Avermaet takes back the race lead in early sprints Robbie McEwen (RadioShack) finally took his first win of the season in the fourth stage of the Tour de Wallonie between Enghien and Mouscron. After going too early the […]
Ezequiel Mosquera named in Vacansoleil-DCM Vuelta long-list
Dutch ProTeam insists that in-limbo Spanish rider will only ride if fully cleared in 2010 doping case Vacansoleil-DCM has released its long-list of thirteen riders, which will eventually be trimmed down to nine to ride the Vuelta a España. Although […]
