Boonen to meet Cavendish between the Two Seas
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, […]
Henderson wins nervous Paris-Nice stage 1
Greg Henderson (Team Sky) won the first stage of Paris-Nice in a small group sprint. The New Zealander was fastest of a select group of riders that detached from the front of the peloton in the closing kilometres. Second place […]
Wagner sprints to West Vlaanderen stage 2; Keukeleire holds lead
Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) won stage number 2 of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen – the Three Days of West Flanders – into Handzame as it once again finished in a sprint. He beat Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne winner Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) into second, and […]
Rabon takes stage and lead in Murcia TT; round one to Wiggo in battle with Armstrong
Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia) won the stage 4 individual time trial of the Vuelta a Murcia. The Czech time trial champion, who was third from last to start, blasted round the pan-flat 22km course in a time of 25’10”, 33 seconds […]
Nocentini vows to return stronger than before
Rinaldo Nocentini’s hopes of a repeat of his successful 2009 season were dashed after he was brought down in a crash in the GP Insubria last month. Victory in stage 1 of the Tour du Haut Var attested to his […]
AFLD threatens to involve judicial authorities after UCI snub
The French anti-doping agency (AFLD) has fired the latest shot in its current war with the International Cycling Union (UCI). In a statement released yesterday the agency threatens to involve the French judiciary of suspected doping in this week’s Paris-Nice […]
UCI chief reacts to latest AFLD comments
International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid has reacted to the latest comments from the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), according to AFP. In a press conference on the eve of the Paris-Nice race, McQuaid hit back at statements from AFLD […]
No Dwars door Vlaanderen invitation for 'third-rate' BMC
The BMC Racing team has been refused a wildcard invitation to the Dwars door Vlaanderen (Across Flanders) race because it amounts to what the organiser called a “third-rate” team, according to the Belgian news agency. The 1.1 rated race covers […]
Hunter strikes again in Murcia stage 2
Robert Hunter sprinted to a second successive stage victory in the Vuelta a Murcia between Calasparra and Caravaca de la Cruz. Once again Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Vicente Reynes were second and third behind the South African. The early kilometres […]
Thomas Dekker unhappy at maximum two-year suspension
Thomas Dekker was banned for two years by the Monaco cycling federation yesterday after testing positive for Dynepo, a variant of EPO, but is unhappy to have received to maximum possible sentence, according to de Telegraaf. “Why do I get […]
