Cofidis' Keukeleire new leader of UCI Europe Tour
Cofidis rider Jens Keukeleire leads the UCI Europe Tour ranking. The 21-year-old Belgian had a dream start to his professional career, taking wins in the GP Le Samyn, a stage and the overall in the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen and the […]
Haedo storms to second victory in Rund um Köln
One day after Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of Flanders, Juan José Haedo delivered another victory to his Saxo Bank team, when he took the sprint in the 198km long Rund um Köln. Haedo jumped out of the Rabobank wheels […]
Cancellara wins dream final over Boonen in stunning Tour of Flanders
Two of the strongest riders on the roads of the Tour of Flanders simply rode away from the peloton on the Molenberg, with Fabian Cancellara then demolishing Tom Boonen on the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Philippe Gilbert and Björn Leukemans finished […]
Serpa Perez wins in Lombarda per jury decision
An exciting final in the fourth stage of the 40th Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda was won by Josè Rodolfo Serpa Perez, after the jury decided that Matteo Carrara needed to be relegated to third place. In the 153km stage, Michele Scarponi […]
Verbeke surprises Vos in women's Tour of Flanders
Grace Verbeke took out a solo win in the women’s Tour of Flanders, held on a shortened route over many of the same climbs as the men’s race. Marianne Vos sprinted past a small group of riders to finish second, […]
BMC with four captains to Flanders
Alessandro Ballan (winner in 2007), George Hincapie, Marcus Burghardt and Karsten Kroon will lead the BMC team in today’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Not a bad line-up to have for the Belgian classic. Or are there too many leaders? No, says […]
Devolder: "The Ronde van Vlaanderen is my race"
Stijn Devolder has won the Ronde van Vlaanderen in the last two years and will try to defend the title tomorrow. He would become only the fifth person to win it three times. His teammate Tom Boonen can achieve the […]
Huguet wins Hel van het Mergelland
Skil-Shimano’s Yann Huguet won the 37th edition of the Hel van het Mergelland ahead of Jos van Emden of the favored Rabobank team. The two had escaped with 30km to go from a 20-man group. Huguet praised his teammates. “I […]
Rodríguez storms to victory in GP Miguel Indurain
Joaquín Rodríguez continued his winning way and took the GP Miguel Indurain over 179km, after having won the Volta a Catalunya just last week. Rodríguez was the strongest in a tough final, outlasting Alejandro Valverde and Michel Kreder. Numerous attacks […]
Riccò returns to winning in Lombarda
It took Riccardo Riccò less than three weeks from the end of his doping suspension mid-March to winning a race. The Italian took the third stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda. In a hectic finale, six riders slipped away from […]
