Omega Pharma Quick Step team doctor: Boonen to miss Paris-Roubaix
Van Mol states rider won’t recover in time for next Sunday’s Classic Although x-rays have ruled out fractures after Tom Boonen’s crash today in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Omega Pharma Quick Step doctor Yvan Van Mol has said that the […]
Vos takes her first women's Tour of Flanders victory
Van Dijk and Johansson net second and third from small break Grabbing one of the few top races she had yet to win, Marianne Vos (Rabobank) sped to victory in the women’s Tour of Flanders today, outsprinting three breakaway companions […]
Cancellara calm and focussed about Tour of Flanders ambitions: ‘I’m ready’
‘My victory in E3 was a huge boost of confidence for my team too. I believe in my team. We will be ready.’ When Fabian Cancellara blitzed the field to take the rare double of the Ronde van Vlaanderen and […]
Anderson believes that Evans needs to prove he deserves BMC Racing Team leadership over van Garderen
‘The team couldn’t risk everything on Cadel the way he is now’ Former top Australian professional Phil Anderson has said that BMC Racing Team rider Cadel Evans will need to pull out a big performance in order to convince management […]
Tour of Flanders: Chavanel ‘ready to do a good race’
Terpstra one of Omega Pharma Quick Step’s three protected riders As one of the strongest riders in Milan Sanremo and the winner this week of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, Sylvain Chavanel knows he is in the form to challenge for […]
Giro d’Italia still waiting for UCI approval for extra place for Katusha team
Race organisers also trying to sort out additional costs and accommodation for extra team The headache caused by the UCI Licence Commission’s initial refusal of a WorldTour place for the Katusha team and then the overruling of that decision by […]
Gent Wevelgem runner-up Bozic and 2012 Liège winner Iglinskiy lead Astana in Tour of Flanders
Kazakh team puts its backing behind two leaders Following on from an impressive sequence of results in recent weeks, Slovenian fastman Borut Bozic and last year’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Maxim Iglinskiy will share leadership roles with the Astana team for Sunday’s […]
Degenkolb optimistic he can play a role in finale of Tour of Flanders
Argos Shimano’s women’s team confident in chances of Kirsten Wild Most are looking to riders such as Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Nissan), Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale), last year’s winner Tom Boonen or perhaps his Omega Pharma Quick Step team-mate Sylvain Chavanel […]
No Ronde van Vlaanderen for either Gilbert or Phinney
American rider focuses on Roubaix, Gilbert on Ardennes Classics Although both riders had initially been scheduled to ride the Ronde van Vlaanderen/Tour of Flanders this Sunday, the BMC Racing Team has announced that neither Philippe Gilbert nor Taylor Phinney will […]
Sagan and Greipel out of Driedaagse De Panne
Duo join Boonen as non-starters on stage three Stage one winner and former race leader Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Lotto Belisol leader Andre Greipel have both withdrawn from the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde race, opting not to start this morning’s penultimate […]
