Johnny Hoogerland ready to extend contract with Vacansoleil team
Dutchman wants to take up team manager on offer to spend more years with Belgian team Vacansoleil’s team manager Daan Luijkx would like to extend the contracts of Johnny Hoogerland and Lieuwe Westra. Hoogerland is ready to do so, as […]
Klemme opens up the winning account for Leopard Trek in GP Samyn
German also posts his first win since joining the ProTour Dominic Klemme used a powerful solo in the end of the GP Samyn to take his first Protour victory. Klemme’s move to reel in lone breakaway rider Kevyn Ista also […]
Sky's Sutton takes surprise win in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne bunch sprint
Sunny weather eliminates epic breaks and leads to bunch sprint Team Sky’s Christopher Sutton won the bunch sprint to take Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne ahead of Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) and André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto. Tyler Farrar, who was boxed in, only […]
Katusha's Rodríguez has already circled key stages in Tirreno-Adriatico
Spaniard hopes that canceled altitude training camp won’t effect his competitiveness in March The Russian Katusha team, along with Joaquim Rodríguez, had intended to do a training camp at altitude this week in Italy. The squad had hoped to get […]
HTC-Highroad's Miller wins final Tour of New Zealand criterium
American team takes almost all glory in Kiwi week Amanda Miller (HTC-Highroad) took the final criterium of the Tour of New Zealand by riding home solo. She and teammate Judith Arndt had made the decisive selection of five riders. The […]
Top sprinters Boonen and Farrar beaten in Kuurne sprint
Change of tactics for one, flat tires and bad lines for the other put fast men out of contention The nice weather ensured that a large bunch sprint decided Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Two of the top favorites for such a race ending […]
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Langeveld takes two-man sprint against Flecha
Centimeters decide outcome of first classics race in 2011 Sebastian Langeveld took a hard earned victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, having attacked solo with over 50 kilometers to go. He was joined by Juan Antonio Flecha for the final […]
Phinney crashes on training ride in Italy
American suffers a mild concussion in ‘freak’ accident Taylor Phinney crashed on a training ride near his home in Lucca, Italy, on Friday. The BMC rider suffered a mild concussion when colliding with Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervélo). Phinney is said to […]
Visconti wins GP Insubrica in sprint against Team Type 1's Jure Kocjan
Italian says that he could deal ok with temperature change from desert races Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Neri) took the victory in the 168-kilometer long GP Insubrica, formerly known as GP dell’Insubria – Lugano. Visconti beat Jure Kocjan (Team […]
Sagan takes Giro di Sardegna overall title
Scarponi storms to stage victory Michele Scarponi took victory in the final stage of the Giro di Sardegna, ahead of Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez, Damiano Cunego and Peter Sagan. Sagan’s fourth place was enough to give him the overall victory. […]
