Evergreen rider Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) proved that he still has what it takes to win by taking victory in stage 4 of the Volta a Catalunya between Oliana and Ascó. He beat breakaway companion Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) in a […]

The decision for Tom Boonen to ride both the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and Gent-Wevelgem this weekend is a bad one, and is just to please the sponsors, says Quick Step director sportif Wilfried Peeters. The weekend double means changes to […]

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 […]

Xavier Tondo (Cervélo TestTeam) won the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya between La Vall d’en Bas and La Seu d’Urgell. He beat Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) in a two-up sprint after the pair escaped on the final climb of […]

Jose Serpa (Androni Giocattoli) won the second stage of the Settimina Coppi e Bartali between San Lazzaro di Savena and Faenza. The Colombian climber won the sprint from a group of six breakaway riders, with Fortunato Baliani (Miche) in second […]

Race organiser ASO has announced the 25 teams invited to both Ardennes classics, la Flèche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. In addition to the eighteen ProTour teams, seven wild cards have been awarded to Professional Continental teams. French teams Cofidis and Bbox-Bouyges […]

Paul Voss (Milram) scored the biggest win of his career so far by winning the opening 3.6km time trial of the Volta a Catalunya in the seaside resort of Lloret de Mar. The 23-year-old German completed the mostly flat course […]

With this year’s Giro d’Italia starting in the Netherlands’ capital Amsterdam, the Dutch teams may have been hoping for a favour from the race’s organiser RCS Sport. It was not to be though, and the country’s sole representative at the […]

Despite his announcement in the autumn, amid much fanfare, that Jacob Fuglsang had extended his contract with the Saxo Bank team by three years, Bjarne Riis has now admitted that paperwork was not actually signed. The 24-year-old has ridden for […]

Cervélo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler was the revelation of last year’s classics season, but is being forced to sit out the next few races as he recovers from a knee problem. The Australian/German crashed out of stage 4 of the Volta […]