Ivan Basso and Franco Pellizotti are preparing the Giro d’Italia in earnest. The Liquigas-Doimo pair, together with Robert Kiserlovski, rode the last 90 kilometers of what will be stage 15 in the 2010 Giro d’Italia, on May 23rd. Basso, Pellizotti […]

The Amaury Sports organisation (ASO) announced a couple of changes to two of its races, the Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. ASO announced the news today at a meeting in Paris. Flèche Wallonne, which takes place on April 21, will switch […]

Jean Eudes Demaret has been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease by the medical staff of his Cofidis team. The Frenchman participated in the Tropicale Amissa Bongo (January 19-24), but finished the race very weak. Demaret was suspected to have a severe […]

Daniele Bennati is quite motivated for Milano-Sanremo on March 20. He did a reconnaissance ride with his Liquigas teammates Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli and Fabio Sabatini on Tuesday. Winning a stage in the Tour of Oman – after almost an […]

Tour of Murcia organizer Paco Guzmán made some remarks regarding the absence of Italian teams that have been reverberating through the press. Yesterday Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union, lashed out at the organizer on his comments. Guzmán […]

Lance Armstrong will do his first race in Europe in Spain today. The Texan lines up at the 30th edition of the Vuelta Ciclista Murcia, which runs from March 3 to March 7. Armstrong wasn’t quite pleased to leave his […]

Stijn Devolder is relieved that he performed well in Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and that his off-day in Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was just a fluke. He was much more relaxed on Sunday evening than 24 hours prior. While he didn’t finish […]

Christophe Riblon outfoxed a group of 20 to take the Boucle du Sud-Ardèche, ahead of Pierrick Fédrigo and Cyril Gautier, both riding for Bbox Bouygues Telecom. The group formed in the final part of the race, marked by the climb […]

Theo Bos took his biggest win on the road so far by outsprinting Mark Cavendish in the Clásica de Almería on Sunday. Graeme Brown finished third and Luis León Sánchez fourth in the bunch sprint. “It was a pretty hard […]

Bobbie Traksel emerged the victor in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, a race dominated by a heavy storm that raged over central Europe on Sunday. Traksel won the sprint of a three-man lead group in a race that was shortened by 20km, due to […]