Greg Van Avermaet and Marcus Burghardt to lead BMC Racing into Belgian classics season
Both riders looking to capitalise on Oman and Qatar form The BMC Racing Team has named its eight-man teams for the coming weekend’s Belgian classics openers Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. The team’s classics specialists have spent the last few […]
Quick Step is ready for the Belgian “Openingsweekend”
The real season starts here for Belgian classics team The Quick Step team has spent the day riding the course of Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the opening race of the Belgian calendar, and declares itself ready. The “Openingsweekend” of Het […]
Damiano Cunego climbs to take Giro di Sardegna stage two
Stage win and race lead for Lampre-ISD’s hilly classics specialist Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) won the second stage of the Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) between Porto Rotondo and Nuoro, Monte Ortobene. The three-time Giro di Lombardia winner escaped a […]
Oscar Freire takes first win of the year in Ruta del Sol stage 4
Bunch sprint sees Markel Irizar hold his overall lead Oscar Freire (Rabobank) opened his 2011 account with victory in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta Del Sol between La Guardia de Caen and Cordoba. After mistiming his sprint […]
Daphny van den Brand signs for AA Drink-Leontien.nl
One more season at the top for multiple Dutch cyclocross champion European cyclocross champion Daphny van den Brand has signed with the AA Drink-Leontien.nl team on a one-year contract. The 32-year-old from Zeeland in the Netherlands had considered retirement at […]
Francisco Ventoso wins third stage of Ruta del Sol
Movistar sprinter goes one better than previous stage on uphill finish Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) managed to go one better than his second place of yesterday to take the third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta Del Sol between Otura and […]
Peter Sagan wins opening stage of Giro di Sardegna
Slovakian strongman outsprints a splintered peloton to take the lead in the island race Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the opening stage of the Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) between Olbia and Porto Cervo, outsprinting the rest of a 25-strong […]
Rabobank sending on-form team to Belgian “Openingsweekend”
Strong Dutch team for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne The Rabobank team is sending a number of on-form riders to the Belgian “Openingsweekend” of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne this coming weekend. Lars Boom and Maarten Wijnants both put […]
Tech News: Black is the new Red for SRAM’s top groupset
Chicago company’s top groupset now available in stealthy new colourscheme Following the success of the Limited Tour Edition (LTE) of its range-topping Red groupset, where the red graphics are replaced by yellow ones, SRAM is releasing a new black colour […]
Johnny Hoogerland loses two fingernails in Ruta del Sol crash
Tough Dutchman will start stage three but team jokes that gear changes may be difficult Disaster struck for Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) in the closing kilometres of yesterday’s second stage of the Ruta del Sol. The combative Dutchman was heading towards […]
