Labbe gets contract with Cofidis
Arnaud Labbe received a contract from the French Cofidis team. The former Bouygues Telecom rider was racing as an amateur this season. Cofidis lost Jean Eudes Demaret and Tony Gallopin due to injury for a longer period of time. Labbe […]
Txurruka questionable for final stage in País Vasco
Amets Txurruka may be unable to defend his climber’s jersey in today’s final stage of the Volta al País Vasco. Txurruka crashed in yesterday’s stage and has broken his right collarbone. The fracture does not appear to be a complicated […]
De Vlaeminck rates Cancellara and Boonen above rest for Paris-Roubaix
Roger de Vlaeminck is the record holder in Paris-Roubaix, with four wins to his credit. As tough as the Belgian was on the cobbles in the “Hell of the North”, is as outspoken as he is about the chances of […]
Sick Cunego drops out in Basque Country, rest of Lampre better
Damiano Cunego abandoned today’s fifth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country after less than 25 kilometers. Cunego suffered from intestinal problems during the night and had not recovered enough to get through the stage. Cunego was quite tired […]
Ravard wins final Sarthe stage ahead of overall winner Sánchez
Anthony Ravard gave the French something to cheer about as the AG2R La Mondiale rider won the bunch sprint of the final stage in the Circuit de la Sarthe. He beat Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) and Julien Simon (Saur […]
Rodriguez wins in Basque Country, Valverde defends lead
Joaquím Rodríguez attacked 21km from the line to take a well deserved win in the fifth stage of the Volta al País Vasco. He saved 14 seconds ahead of Samuel Sánchez, Alejandro Valverde and Chris Horner. Valverde managed to keep […]
Sánchez takes bunch sprint in first stage of Circuit de la Sarthe
Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) took his third win this season, when he outsprinted his competitors in the Circuit de la Sarthe. Sánchez won the opening stage in the sprint, after a two-man move had been eliminated with only three […]
Rabobank unsure about tactics for third stage in País Vasco
Two sprints in two days should have been the ideal scenario for Rabobank’s fast man Oscar Freire, but he came up short both times. On Monday he was disqualified for leaving his line and squeezing out Alejandro Valverde. On Tuesday, […]
Teams for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California announced
The organizers of the Amgen Tour of California have announced the 16 teams that will form the peloton for the week-long race. The event has been moved to May (16-23), which allows for a more selective route. Several passes that […]
Valverde wins it fair and square against Freire in País Vasco
Alejandro Valverde won the sprint in the second stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco against Oscar Freire without controversy this time. The peloton managed to neutralize a last-minute three-man move with 200m to go. Freire was perfectly placed behind […]
