Sanchez ready for Ardennes battle
In the second surge of dominance we’ve seen in the Classics this spring following Fabian Cancellara’s legendary performance on the cobbles, Philippe Gilbert has made it hard to recall that other people even have a chance the rest of the […]
Gerdemann headed to the Giro
Germany’s sole remaining ProTour team, Milram, has high hopes leading into May’s Giro d’Italia. The team will be headlined by former Maillot Jaune at the Tour de France, Linus Gerdemann, and hopes to continue a great start to the season […]
American weekend wrap: Battenkill, Sun King and Sea Otter
American racing took a turn for the serious this weekend with three major races spread across the continental United States: from New York, to Alabama, to California. Tour of the Battenkill Sunday’s, UCI 1.2 ranked Tour of the Battenkill was […]
Greipel fires back
In an intriguing interview with Spanish website, Ciclismo a fondo, Andre Greipel takes an opportunity to voice his thoughts on his painful situation within the HTC-Columbia team. In terms of success, he could not ask for much more in the […]
De Waele surprises on the Cauberg
Overall, most would agree that Belgium has had a lackluster at best Spring Campaign…up until this past week. There have been bright spots (Keukeleire, Boonen, and others), solid placings (Boonen and Gilbert), and promising prospects giving glimpses to their potential […]
Timmy Duggan: from one injury to another
Timmy Duggan has had a rough start to the year. Today, Jonathan Vaughters described Duggan’s luck so far in 2010 as a glass of lemonade with a few too many lemons, following a crash at today’s Amstel Gold Race, which […]
Roy solo at Tro-Bro Léon
Jeremy Roy (Francaise des Jeux) took top honors at Sunday’s Tro-Bro Léon in Brittany. The race, nicknamed the Paris-Roubaix Breton and the Petit Paris-Roubaix, is one of the hardest races of the year on the French racing calendar and takes […]
Pauwels a no go for the Ardennes
Team Sky’s 26-year-old Belgian talent, Serge Pauwels, has had a nightmare start to his 2010 campaign. His list of maladies reads like any bike racer’s worst nightmare: “I did very well over the winter, but then the problems started. I […]
Euskaltel-Euskadi's Igor Anton steadily rising
27-year-old, Igor Anton, has been on a steady march forward as a general classification contender for his Basque team, Euskaltel-Euskadi. After four years of progression, it appears that Anton is on the verge of making his firm entrance into the […]
A once in a hundred year drought: The Belgian Shut-Out
A Belgian shut-out: it has been over 100 years since the feat was last achieved, 103 actually. Belgium drew a complete blank in the nine critical early season classics. Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha started the Classics season with a win […]
