Team fires masseur and Riccò’s friend, Mongiardo Dutch team Vacansoleil risks starting its first Giro d’Italia this May due to its connection with Riccardo Riccò and Ezequiel Mosquera. The two are involved in separate doping investigations in their home countries […]

‘I would like to race Tirreno’ Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti may race the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race starting Wednesday if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rules in his favour. It is expected to rule on his biological passport anti-doping […]

‘The Basso-Contador battle in Catalonia, I’ll be there too.’ Former World Champion Cadel Evans starts his season today at the Giro del Friuli one-day race in Italy. A win is not an option, but the Australian aims to do so […]

Astana’s new Grand Tour star focused on winning Giro d’Italia Czech Roman Kreuziger has began his first season with a new team, Astana. After five years at Liquigas, he switched to Astana to take more of a leadership role. At […]

GP Lugano winner Ivan Basso, a ‘bull in a bullfight’ Italian Ivan Basso wants to carry the winning momentum through this spring to Tirreno-Adriatico and to face Alberto Contador. He proved that he’s ready for the challenge yesterday with a […]

GP Insubrica win gives motivation for Italian stage race Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti aims to win the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in Italy next month. Yesterday, he proved he is ready by winning the GP Regio Insubrica one-day race. Content after […]

‘I’ve always been in love with Italy. Tuscany is in my heart’ Leopard-Trek will race the Tour de France in July as one of the strongest teams. Amongst their ranks they have the powerful combination of the Schleck brothers, Fränk […]

Dutchman Bobbie Traksel back for more one-day classic wins Dutch cyclist Bobbie Traksel hopes to see rain clouds at the start of the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne race today in Belgium. “The worse the weather, the stronger I become,” Traksel told Het Nieuwsblad […]

‘It costs nothing to hold the banners properly’ Three-time world champion, Spain’s Oscar Freire won his first race of the season yesterday in Cordoba at the Vuelta a Andalucía, but it came at a cost. Wind and improperly secured barriers […]

Analyse ahead of Het Nieuwsblad & Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne The Belgian Classics season starts this weekend with two one-day races, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. All eyes are on the country’s two top stars, Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert. Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) […]