Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Valverde fears Gilbert, Rodríguez doesn’t
Spanish riders weigh up their rivals on the eve of la Doyenne The two Spanish favourites for Liège-Bastogne-Liège will certainly be watching one another during Sunday’s race. According to Sporza, however, what Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) don’t […]
Bastogne to host la Flèche Wallonne start in 2014 in Battle of the Bulge 70th anniversary year
Walloon provinces to share Semi-Classic start; finish to remain on Mur de Huy The 2014 edition of la Flèche Wallonne will start in Bastogne in 2014, race organiser ASO announced last night on several of its race’s Twitter feeds. So […]
Denis Menchov out of Liège and Romandie with recurrence of knee injury
Tour de France preparation disrupted for Katusha’s Russian captain Denis Menchov (Katusha) will now miss Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour de Romandie, which starts on Tuesday, after suffering a recurrence of the knee injury that disrupted the first half of […]
Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Valverde fears Gilbert, Rodríguez doesn’t
Spanish riders weigh up their rivals on the eve of la Doyenne The two Spanish favourites for Liège-Bastogne-Liège will certainly be watching one another during Sunday’s race. According to Sporza, however, what Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) don’t […]
Giro del Trentino: Vincenzo Nibali seizes final victory on the steep climb to Sega di Ala
Stage win and overall for Astana rider as mechanical costs Bradley Wiggins Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) seized overall victory in the 2013 Giro del Trentino with an attack on the final climb to the finish of the fourth and final stage, […]
Philippe Gilbert: “I just hope that my condition is better than Flèche Wallonne”
World champion predicts tactical Liège-Bastogne-Liège; shares BMC leadership with Greg Van Avermaet Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) heads into Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège as one of the big favourites to repeat his 2011 victory, despite having yet to win a race in his […]
Giro del Trentino: Vincenzo Nibali seizes final victory on the steep climb to Sega di Ala
Stage win and overall for Astana rider as mechanical costs Bradley Wiggins Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) seized overall victory in the 2013 Giro del Trentino with an attack on the final climb to the finish of the fourth and final stage, […]
Barry Markus and Romain Feillu both out of Vacansoleil-DCM Giro d’Italia team with injury
Scaphoid fracture and torn thigh muscle for Dutch team’s top sprinters Vacansoleil-DCM is facing a forced change of plans for the Giro d’Italia, which starts in Naples on May 4th, as both of the Dutch teams top sprinters will miss […]