OmegaPharma-Lotto’s three-time Ronde van Vlaanderen runner-up Leif Hoste approaches this Sunday’s race after some less than ideal preparation. The 32-year-old Belgian has been suffering from stomach flu and performing less than spectacularly at the Three Days of De Panne. He […]

Rabobank’s Nick Nuyens has recovered sufficiently from the injuries he sustained in Gent-Wevelgem, and will lead the Dutch team in this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Nuyens has had an unlucky classics season so far, suffering multiple punctures in the Omloop […]

Liquigas-Doimo’s classics captain Frederik Willems is now a doubt for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen after suffering from pain in his knee. Starting the Three Days of De Panne with dossard number 1 as last year’s winner, the only Belgian on […]

Tour de France organiser, ASO, has announced the teams to be invited to this July’s race. Sixteen teams had already received invitations, as agreed with the International Cycling Union (UCI) in September 2008, and now a further six teams have […]

The five big Flemish races of the season so far have all been won by non-Belgians for the first time in history, but this is no disgrace says former coach turned TV commentator José De Cauwer to Sporza. The Omloop […]

With Philippe Gilbert’s third place finish at Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem the Omega Pharma-Lotto team’s best result of the season by far; one might think that a little panic would be setting in. This is not the case, say the Belgian ProTour […]

Pat McQuaid has spoken in response to the call from Vacansoleil team manager Hilaire Vanderschueren for political intervention in securing more invitations for Dutch teams at this year’s Tour de France. The UCI president spoke at a press conference, according […]

Marianne Vos, riding for the Netherlands national team, got her 2010 road season off to a perfect start with the successful defence of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio. The Dutch champion beat compatriot Martine Bras (Gauss-RDZ-Ormu) and last year’s […]

After missing out on invitations to the Giro d’Italia and the Walloon classics double of la Flèche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Vacansoleil team manager Hilaire Vanderschueren is calling for politicians to step in to make sure that the Dutch team secures […]

Let the competition begin, in Italy Sunday sees the twelfth edition of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Commune di Cittiglio, the first round of this year’s Women’s UCI Road World Cup. The race will cover 129.8km starting and finishing in the town […]