Giro d'Italia King of the Mountains, Matthew Lloyd, to return to racing next week
Omega Pharma-Lotto rider to make season debut at Volta a Catalunya 2010 Giro d’Italia King of the Mountains winner, Matthew Lloyd is set to finally kick off his 2011 season. The Omega Pharma-Lotto rider suffered a bad crash on the […]
Martijn Maaskant breaks seven ribs in Paris-Nice crash
Garmin-Cervelo cobbled specialist’s Classics season disappears Martijn Maaskant’s Spring Classics campaign ended before it even got off the ground, well, that’s at least where it ended. The 27 year old crashed hard in the midst of a strong, active day […]
Daniel Oss is ready: "I feel a wave of confidence in view of races to come."
Young Liquigas rider gaining form and fortitude ahead of Spring Classics 24 year old Liquigas talent, Daniel Oss, is steadily refining his form ahead of his much sought after first highlights of the season: the Cobbled Classics. The young Trento […]
Cadel Evans climbs into second place overall at Tirreno-Adriatico
2009 World Champion in an ideal position to vie for overall honors over final three days Cadel Evans launched into second place overall at Tirreno-Adriatico following an excellent third place finish in Stage 4 behind an unbeatable short, steep, uphill […]
BMC's Karsten Kroon impresses with long breakaway at Paris-Nice, returning to top form
Dutchman happy with team’s progress, once again aiming at Ardennes Classics Dutch one day specialist, Karsten Kroon, had a lackluster year with his first year with the BMC team in 2010, but things look to be turning around nicely for […]
Omega Pharma's Andre Greipel to return to training on Saturday
No broken bones for the German sprinter Good news for Andre Greipel following his unfortunate crash warming up for the opening team time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday: he’ll be back on his bike on Saturday. Following the training crash […]
Farnese Vini's Giovanni Visconti ready for Tirreno-Adriatico's upcoming decisive stages
Italian champion still hoping for solid overall result and dreaming of Sanremo glory Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti’s has started his 2011 season in superb fashion. Visconti already has a win at the GP Regio Insubrica to his credit, along with […]
Saxo Bank's Michael Morkov on JJ Haedo: "In a straight up sprint, he is perhaps the fastest in the field."
Argentinian beats most of the world’s best, while Dane prepares for important GC days After taking third in the bunch kick on Thursday in Tirreno-Adriatico’s hectic sprint in Indicatore, Saxo Bank-Sungard’s Argentinian fastman, Juan Jose Haedo, got it just right […]
Tom Boonen slowly recovering from flu during Tirreno-Adriatico
2005 World Champion took an encouraging 21st place finish in today’s bunch sprint Following his recent bout with the flu that nearly kept him out of Tirreno-Adriatico, Tom Boonen is slowly recovering his forces. Unsurprisingly, Boonen admitted that the first […]
Andre Greipel: "I ended up braking with my face."
German sprinter heads home to Germany to get a better idea about the injuries to his face When Andre Greipel made the move to Omega Pharma-Lotto following an incredible string of success in the Highroad organization, hopes were high that […]
