Riccò denied Giro d’Italia start
More bad news greeted Riccardo Riccò on his return to the peloton as Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan has announced that the Cobra’s Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce team will not be receiving a wild card invitation to the race. “In the […]
Haussler sits out classics with knee injury
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 […]
Sanremo big guns nominate one other as favourites
On the eve of Milano-Sanremo, the big names are all attempting to take the pressure off themselves by nominating one another as the favourites for the race. Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Philippe […]
Andy Schleck adds Catalunya to race schedule
Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank has become the latest big name rider to make adjustments to his spring schedule, opting to race next week’s Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The Luxembourg champion was hit by a car in training last December; […]
The week in women’s cycling
Johansson dominant but no longer unbeatable in Belgium In Saturday’s race in Oostduinkerke Grace Verbeke (Lotto Ladies) managed to break the stranglehold that Emma Johansson (RedSun Cycling) has had over Belgian racing this season. She won a two-up sprint in […]
Keukeleire adds to unbeatable March with Nokere Koerse
Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) won the 65th Nokere Koerse in a sprint finish at the top of the cobbled Nokereberg. He beat Kris Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) into second and third, respectively. The 21-year-old Belgian adds this victory […]
Hincapie and Ballan lead BMC to Sanremo
US champion George Hincapie and 2008 World champion Alessandro Ballan will be two of four team captains of the BMC Racing team as it heads to its first ever appearance in the Milano-Sanremo. The other two protected riders in the […]
Successful collarbone operation for Francesco Reda
Quick Step rider Francesco Reda underwent an operation on his broken right collarbone at the Herentals Clinic yesterday. The 27-year-old Italian fractured the bone in a crash in stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico between San Gemini and Chieti on Saturday. He […]
Ignatiev solos to Tirreno stage 6; Scarponi just holds on
Mikhali Ignatiev (Katusha) won stage six of Tirreno-Adriatico between Montecosara and Macerata. He was the last survivor of a twelve-man breakaway, attacking alone at the beginning of the last of three finishing circuits to take a solo victory in the […]
Belgians take classics rivalry to the Italians in Sanremo
Quick Step and OmegaPharma-Lotto are traditional rivals in the cobbled classics of the north. The hard men from each team pit themselves against one another for supremacy over their native cobbles, but this weekend will see Belgium’s biggest teams do […]
