Diego Ulissi and Elia Favilli eager to get going with Lampre-Merida
Blue-fuchsia team’s 23-year-olds focus on clear targets for 2013 Ten of Lampre-Merida’s 27-strong roster for the 2013 season are under the age of 25; two of those are Diego Ulissi (pictured) and Elia Favilli, both of whom hail from the […]
Iljo Keisse and Niki Terpstra chasing victory in Rotterdam Six Days
Omega Pharma-Quick Step duo hoping to improve on last year’s fourth place The Omega Pharma-Quick Step duo of Iljo Keisse and Niki Terpstra will start the Six Days of Rotterdam tomorrow night for the second year in succession, and hope […]
Team Colombia ready to face 2013 with host of new partners
National marketing agency Marca País features to promote South American country Team Colombia has declared itself ready to tackle its second season, as 2013 begins, with a number of new partners adorning its new jersey. The predominantly black colourscheme will […]
Zdeněk Štybar: “It is a pity that I couldn’t win a ‘cross, but there was always someone stronger”
Czech champion looks back with satisfaction at his brief Flemish cyclocross cameo Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) closed his brief Flemish cyclocross season at today’s GP Sven Nys, in Baal, with another podium place. The Czech champion has ridden six […]
Bpost Bank Trofee: Kevin Pauwels slogs through the mud to take the GP Sven Nys
Becomes only the fourth different winner of the Kannibaal van Baal’s race Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) escaped through the thick mud of Baal, to take victory in the GP Sven Nys, in the eponymous Belgian champion’s hometown to the north […]
Sickness forces Sven Nys’ withdrawal from his own GP after all
Bronchitis worsened for Belgian champion; Tom Meeusen also out sick For the first time in its 14-year history the GP Sven Nys will go ahead today without the rider it is dedicated to, as the Belgian champion suffers with bronchitis. […]
Sick Sven Nys to start his own race on New Years Day regardless
Belgian champion searching for explanation for poor Diegem performance Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) will start his own race in Baal, Belgium, on New Years Day, despite suffering from an unknown illness in the Diegem Superprestige yesterday. The Belgian champion found himself […]
Superprestige Diegem: Niels Albert solos to fourth straight victory in the floodlit race
A bad day for Sven Nys sees his Superprestige lead cut; Katerina Nash beats Sanne Cant Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) took his fourth straight victory in the Superprestige Diegem, the annual, unique, floodlit race, in the north eastern suburb of the […]
Alessandro Ballan out of intensive care following leg and abdomen surgery
“I am very happy because I have a lot of supporters,” says former World champion Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) has been released from intensive care in Spain today, according to his team, but remains in hospital as he recovers from surgery. […]
Beer-throwing fan ends Sven Nys’ Bpost Bank Trofee hopes
Belgian champion crashes twice in Loenhout but abandons after storming into the crowd The Azencross in Loenhout was a race to forget for Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) as he lost all hope of winning this season’s Bpost Bank Trofee overall. The […]
