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 […]

Belgian spring season continues After last month’s European season opener at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, racing has continued in Belgium; Omloop victor Emma Johansson (RedSun Cycling) has hung on to her winning form to take both races. Saturday saw the Flèche […]

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the second stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in the spa town of Montecatini Terme in a bunch sprint. The Belgian champion beat German Paul Martens (Rabobank) and Italian Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) into second and third. Australian Robbie […]

Alberto Contador (Astana) won the fourth stage of Paris-Nice in Mende after a solo attack on the final climb to la Croix Neuve. The Tour de France champion finished 10 seconds clear of second placed Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne), who […]

Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak, the under-23 gold and silver medallists at January’s World Cyclocross Championships, both tested positive for EPO after the race, according to Sporza. The two riders dominated the race in Tabor, Czech Republic, taking the lead in […]

RadioShack sprinter Gert Steegmans has been operated on for the broken collarbone he sustained in the Paris-Nice prologue. Just one day afterwards he held a press conference to talk about his immediate plans. “It’s a lot better,” he said of […]

Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) won a weather-shortened stage 3 of Paris-Nice as a small group detached from the front of the peloton over the top of the final climb. Joaquim Rodriguez (Team Katusha) was second, with Irish champion Nicolas Roche (AG2r-La […]

Linus Gerdemann (Team Milram) won the first stage of Tirreno-Adriatico between Livorno and Rosignano Solvay today. The German was part of a four man group that escaped the clutches of the peloton in the closing kilometres and managed to hold […]

Starting on Wednesday, this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico – the Race of the Two Seas – looks set to be a battle royal between two of he sport’s fastest men: Tom Boonen of Quick Step, and Mark Cavendish of HTC-Columbia. With luck, […]

Alessandro Petacchi needed five stitches to a wound on his chin and suffered bruises to his right shin and ankle after a crash in training. The Lampre-Farnese Vini sprinter was on a training ride with teammate Lorenzo Bernucci when he […]