Omega Pharma-Quick Step sending multiple options to Milano-Sanremo
Mark Cavendish and Tom Boonen supported by a host of aggressive teammates Omega Pharma-Quick Step will line up on the start line of Sunday’s Milano-Sanremo with 2009 winner Mark Cavendish, and two-time podium Tom Boonen, but will not limit itself […]
Filippo Pozzato: “Milano-Sanremo for me is the same as “Holy Week” is for the Belgians.”
2006 winner still dreaming of a second Classicissima di Primavera victory Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) will start Sunday’s Milano-Sanremo with the dream of taking his second victory in the biggest race of the Italian spring. The 31-year-old has the date of […]
Slagter fighting to get WorldTour lead back in Milan-Sanremo
Renshaw is Team Blanco’s plan B for first spring Classic Santos Tour Down Under winner Tom Jelte Slagter will aim to retake his lead in the UCI WorldTour via a strong performance in Milan-Sanremo this coming Sunday. The young Dutchman […]
Tirreno-Adriatico: Cunego pleased with long break and mountains jersey victory
Pozzato takes cautious approach, withdraws due to weather conditions His target is the Ardennes Classics but Damiano Cunego will be encouraged by signs that his form is building well, and also by his mountains classification success in Tirreno Adriatico. One […]
Despite quiet Paris-Nice performance, Basso states there’s no panic about his form
Italian believes he’s still on course for top Giro result Dropped repeatedly during Paris-Nice and finishing a distance 48th overall, Ivan Basso has played down any concerns about his form, saying that he believes he’s on track for his big […]
Martin wins final time trial, Nibali holds off Froome to take Tirreno-Adriatico
Contador deposes Rodriguez and edges out Kwiatkowski for third overall Vincenzo Nibali sealed his second successive Tirreno-Adriatico victory with a solid performance today, following up his jersey-seizing break on stage six with another good performance on the final stage of […]
Scinto predicts Santambrogio could be ‘the surprise of Sanremo’
Tirreno Adriatico performances raise expectations of Vini Fantini manager As one of the strongest riders in the mountains, Mauro Santambrogio commanded a lot of attention in this year’s Tirreno Adriatico. The Vini Fantini signing was second behind Chris Froome (Sky) […]
McQuaid claims Armstrong issue ‘is a thing of ten to fifteen years back’
Says sport has suffered no negative effects at all of US Postal doping scandal Although several anti-doping scientists have said that they believe there is strong proof that Lance Armstrong doped during his 2009 – January 2011 comeback, and despite […]
Porte grabs WorldTour lead after Paris-Nice victory, but says it’s too soon to lead a Grand Tour team
A Froome victory in Tirreno Adriatico would put Sky in a commanding position Richie Porte has taken over the lead of the UCI WorldTour for the first time in his career, the 28 year old racing to the top of […]
Tirreno stage win means that Rodriguez is now considering riding Giro d’Italia
Catalan had previously said that he’d miss race to focus on Tour de France Speaking in the wake of an impressive stage win yesterday in Tirreno-Adriatico, Joaquim Rodriguez has said that he is now seriously considering disputing the Giro d’Italia […]
