World Champion Thor Hushovd: "Paris-Roubaix haunts me."
Garmin-Cervelo leader makes no excuses about Flanders, looking ahead to his favorite race Garmin-Cervelo went in to Sunday’s Tour of Flanders as the odds on favorites to be the team that could possibly dethrone the mighty Fabian Cancellara. However, for […]
Geraint Thomas pleased with top ten at Flanders
Sky rider looking ahead to Sunday’s showdown on the cobbles at Paris-Roubaix Geraint Thomas’s steady rise to the top continued on Sunday with another excellent ride on the cobbles. The reigning British road champion finished 10th out of the dozen […]
Het Nieuwsblad winner, Sebastian Langeveld, satisfied with fifth place in Flanders
Dutch rider and team happy with Sunday’s race The loss of Nick Nuyens to Saxo Bank and Matti Breschel’s lost spring will always be mentioned in respect to Rabobank’s Classics campaign. With Nuyens soaring to hitherto unheard of heights and […]
Sylvain Chavanel: "I had legs of fire."
Quick-Step rider comes painfully close to the win in Meerbeke Heading into Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, Leopard Trek’s Fabian Cancellara was the unquestioned favorite with a small army of major stars snapping at his heels: Tom Boonen, Philippe Gilbert, Juan […]
Patrick Lefevere: "If Boonen wants to keep his financial situation, he must also perform."
Tom Boonen’s contract runs out at the end of 2011, contract negotiations begin With the Ronde van Vlaanderen only four days distant and Paris-Roubaix looming just a week later, the most important part of the season is now upon Patrick […]
Stijn Devolder: "Boonen should be scared of Cancellara."
Belgian champion can at least count on good form, Leukemans, and his team come Sunday Before the start of the second stage of the Three Days of De Panne in Oudenaarde, Vacansoleil captain, Stijn Devolder, met with the press to […]
Astana's Tomas Vaitkus showing solid form heading into Tour of Flanders
Lithuanian hardman finishes fourth in Stage 2 after extremely long sprint Tomas Vaitkus has long been a rider who has promised a big result in the cobbled classics of the springtime, but up until this point, his successes have been […]
Katusha to decide on Leif Hoste's Flanders participation on Thursday
Belgian classics threat’s injuries from Tuesday’s De Panne crash could keep him out of Flanders The Three Days of De Panne is typically known as a crash fest each year, and in 2011, the major victim so far appears to […]
Niki Terpstra left empty-handed after aggressive effort at the E3
QuickStep’s Dutch champion showed himself as one of the race’s strongest While it is little comfort to Niki Terpstra or his QuickStep team, the Dutch champion showed himself as one of the absolute strongest riders in the race on Saturday. […]
Levi Leipheimer drops out before Volta a Catalunya's final stage whilst in second overall
RadioShack leader felled by sickness RadioShack’s Levi Leipheimer’s solid run at the Volta a Catalunya will end before he even takes the start in today’s final stage. The American ended yesterday’s stage in second place overall, 23 seconds behind Saxo […]
