British rider Russell Downing of the Candi TV team won the 196 kilometer first stage of the Tour of Ireland from Powerscourt to Waterford.  Second in last year’s edition, Downing powered away from the escape group schooling Saxo Bank’s duo […]

On a mission to win his eight Tour de France, American Lance Armstrong looks ready to bring on board a team to rival the 2009 Astana lineup. In particular, the Norwegian press has reported that the Texan has been in […]

Quick-Step sprinter Tom Boonen enjoyed his first victory since winning the Belgian national championships on home roads in the 158.3 kilometer third stage of the Eneco Tour from Niel to Hasselt. Boonen blasted out of the last curve in perfect position, […]

Andreas Klöden (Astana) was thought to have broken his wrist yesterday in a crash during stage two of the Eneco Tour. After further examination in Switzerland it was revealed that the 34-year-old’s injury is not as severe as initially thought. […]

Alessandro Petacchi and Lampre-NGC team manager Beppe Saronni met earlier this week to discuss a possible move to his ProTour team. Petacchi wants to end his contract with second-division team LPR Brakes one year early citing the exclusion in ProTour […]

American Tyler Farrar of the Garmin-Slipstream team continued his string of successes today by winning the 178.1 kilometer second stage of the Eneco Tour from Ardooie to Brussels. Farrar got the better of Belarusan Yauheni Hutarovich (Française Des Jeux ) […]

Evergreen sprinter Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes), one of the few riders that has beaten British phenom Mark Cavendish this season, is looking to hook up with a ProTour team for 2010. The Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport the reason […]

After a promising start to the year, Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere is frustrated with the development of his young Belgian Wouter Weylandt. Lefevere told Nieuwsblad.be that “he had expected more” from the promising young rider when questioned about his absence […]

American Tyler Farrar of the Garmin-Slipstream team won the 185km first stage of the Eneco Tour on Wednesday taking the overall race lead from yesterday’s prologue winner Sylvain Chavanel. “I’m in the best form of my life. The team was […]

Sylvain Chavanel, who rides for the Belgian Quick-Step team, won the opening prologue of the Eneco Tour covering the 4.4 kilometer route through Rotterdam in 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Second place went to the winner of Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics, […]