“I’m not in my best condition, but anything is possible” Lining out in Sunday’s race as defending champion but having had three big disruptions to his preparation in recent months, Tom Boonen has conceded that he’s not in the same […]

Marianne Vos the big favourite as usual to take her first Vlaanderens Mooiste Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen – the Tour of Flanders for women – will be the tenth edition of what is, arguably, the biggest one-day race […]

Men and women looking for success; Roelandts and Debusschere looking for better luck Lotto-Belisol is targeting the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday, with teams in both the men’s and women’s editions. The Belgian squad’s men have been active and present […]

Race organisers also trying to sort out additional costs and accommodation for extra team The headache caused by the UCI Licence Commission’s initial refusal of a WorldTour place for the Katusha team and then the overruling of that decision by […]

Kazakh team puts its backing behind two leaders Following on from an impressive sequence of results in recent weeks, Slovenian fastman Borut Bozic and last year’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Maxim Iglinskiy will share leadership roles with the Astana team for Sunday’s […]

Argos Shimano’s women’s team confident in chances of Kirsten Wild Most are looking to riders such as Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Nissan), Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale), last year’s winner Tom Boonen or perhaps his Omega Pharma Quick Step team-mate Sylvain Chavanel […]

BMC Racing Team duo join impressive race lineup Days after finishing third overall in the Critérium International, Tejay van Garderen will continue to push for an increase in form by riding the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The BMC Racing Team […]

Italian hopes for good weather in order to get the best out of himself Twelve months after he finished second to Tom Boonen in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Filippo Pozzato has issued an assurance that he is going well, and […]

American rider focuses on Roubaix, Gilbert on Ardennes Classics Although both riders had initially been scheduled to ride the Ronde van Vlaanderen/Tour of Flanders this Sunday, the BMC Racing Team has announced that neither Philippe Gilbert nor Taylor Phinney will […]

French “Machine” powers past the sprinters to take second overall victory Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) completed the successful defence of his Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde title with a dominant performance in the final, flat time trial, from De Panne to […]