BMC Racing behind Alessandro Ballan and George Hincapie for Paris-Roubaix
Two past podium finishers confident of going even better this time The BMC Racing Team will be supporting Alessandro Ballan and George Hincapie in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. Both riders have finished on the podium in previous editions of the Hell of […]
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe: Anthony Roux secures overall as Bennati takes final stage
Third stage of the race for Italian sprinter as victory drought is well and truly over Having waited months for his first 2011 victory, Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) has found that, like buses, three have come along at once. The […]
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe: Anthony Roux wins as breakaway puts Bennati under pressure
Stage and race lead for Frenchman as David Millar joins the escape Anthony Roux (FDJ) won the fourth stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire between Angers and Pré-en-Pail as David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) was true to his […]
Damiano Cunego abandons Vuelta al Pais Vasco
Lampre-ISD captain will not start fifth stage but return to Italy for training Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) will not start tomorrow’s fifth stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco after being dropped by the leaders on today’s steep final climb of […]
OmegaPharma-Lotto behind Jürgen Roelandts in Paris-Roubaix
Belgian will give 200% in Sunday’s Hell of the North OmegaPharma-Lotto will put its energies behind Jürgen Roelandts in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix, according to Sporza. The Belgian team, which last won the race in 2003 with Peter Van Petegem, has undergone […]
Wouter Weylandt to ride through the pain in Paris-Roubaix
Nothing broken but serious abrasions for Belgian sprinter after Scheldeprijs crash Leopard Trek’s Wouter Weylandt was one of the principle victims of the huge finishing straight crash in Wednesday’s Scheldeprijs. Although he suffered considerable abrasions as he rolled around the […]
HTC-Highroad confident in debutants and underdogs for Paris-Roubaix
Team hoping to continue run of outsiders’ victories in this season’s monuments HTC-Highroad is taking a strong team to what it hopes will be a fast Paris-Roubaix this Sunday. While the American doesn’t possess a strong favourite for the race […]
No Ronde van Vlaanderen repeat for Grace Verbeke
Race’s only Belgian winner has to settle for seventh in frantic finale Her victory in the 2010 edition made Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen 2012-Ridley) one of the big names to watch in this year’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Early season form […]
Freddy Maertens: “I told them that Nick Nuyens would win the Ronde”
Belgian legend comments on Sunday’s race; says it’s time for the route to change Belgian legend Freddy Maertens predicted that a rider like Nick Nuyens would win Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The double World champion who, despite going close on […]
Daniele Bennati finally gets his win to open Circuit de la Sarthe
2011’s ‘eternal second’ opens his Leopard Trek account at last After a succession of second and third places this season, Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) has finally taken his first victory in his new team’s colours. The Italian sprinter outpaced Samuel […]
