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 […]
Daphny Van Den Brand outsprints Sanne Cant to take Oostmalle race
Second place is enough to give Belgian champion overall GvA Trofee Daphny Van Den Brand (ZZPR.nl) won the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle, Belgium, the final race of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee, outspinting Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) in a two-woman sprint. […]
Niels Albert solos to Oostmalle GvA victory
Sven Nys secures eighth overall title Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) convincingly won the final round of the Gazet van Antwerpen (GvA) Trofee in Oostmalle, Belgium in convincing solo fashion. The Belgian champion escaped on the sixth of nine laps of the […]
Geraint Thomas Interview: Building on a successful 2010
British champion speaks about the coming year on the road and the track Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) has made a steady start to 2011. His personal results in January’s Santos Tour Down Under were fairly unspectacular, but he spent the […]
Theo Bos takes his second Oman stage in another windy sprint
Another victory for Dutch former track star with his new team Theo Bos (Rabobank) won the third stage of the Tour of Oman, starting and finishing in Sur, on the eastern tip of the country. The Dutch former track star […]
Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi to spearhead Lampre-ISD in Laigueglia
Ale-Jet’s season finally starts after bronchitis problems The Lampre-ISD team will be led by the double-header of Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi at this Saturday’s Trofeo Laigueglia. The race, around the Ligurian coast between Genova and Sanremo, will mark the […]
John Degenkolb takes first professional win in Algarve stage two
German sprint prodigy beats a number of big names to make an early mark on the sport John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) has taken his first ever professional victory in the second stage of the Volta ao Algarve between Lagoa and Lagos […]
Matti Breschel: “I missed the taste of blood in my mouth”
Rabobank’s Danish star relishes his return to racing after knee injury Matti Breschel (Rabobank) has finally started his first race for his new team: he is currently at the Volta ao Algarve and, while he has not featured in the […]
Ivan Basso ready to start his European season at the Trofeo Laigueglia
Training is over for Giro champion, it’s time for racing to begin The training camps are now over for 2010 Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) and after last month’s Tour de San Luis in Argentina, he is ready to […]
LiveStrong CEO pays tribute to retiring Lance Armstrong
Seven-time Tour de France winner’s charity looks forward to new challenges post-cycling According to a statement by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, made as he announced his retirement, one of his big priorities in his post-cycling career will […]
