Pozzato ill, could miss Tour of Flanders
There is a question mark over the participation of Filippo Pozzato in this weekend’s Tour of Flanders, with the Italian road race champion being hit by flu just days before the start. According to Sporza.be, the former Milan-Sanremo victor fell […]
Lampre-Farnese finally gets ProTour licence registration
After months of uncertainty and fears that the team might be dropped from the UCI ProTour, the Lampre-Farnese Vini team of Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi has been officially registered as a top-level squad for 2010. The UCI issued a […]
Tour of Flanders: Armstrong pre-rides course, prepares for July
Team RadioShack will be bringing seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong to the Tour of Flanders this weekend. His reason for adding Belgium’s biggest race to his schedule is to prepare for stage three of this year’s Tour de […]
Ballan: “I’m ready for Flanders”
2007 Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) has declared that he will be one of the contenders in Sunday’s race. “I’ll be ready,” he told Sporza. After a 2009 ruined by illness when he should have been showing […]
Fuglsang, Riis discuss the Saxo Bank contract that never was
It’s been a bewildering tale that, even now, doesn’t quite add up. Last October Saxo Bank announced that the talented young Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang had committed to three more years with the team, going as far as to quote […]
Tour of Flanders: HTC-Columbia counts on Eisel again, Cavendish to start
The HTC-Columbia team will again be riding for Austrian Bernhard Eisel this Sunday at the Tour of Flanders. Eisel rode to an impressive victory in Gent-Wevegem after acknowledging beforehand that he thought he had the form to win. “My condition […]
Vuelta organiser indicates he could demand Sastre’s participation as condition for wildcard
Despite the fact that the Cervélo Test Team took two stage wins plus a top ten finish overall last year, Vuelta a España director Jose Guillen has indicated that the team might be refused a wildcard if Carlos Sastre is […]
Farrar wins De Panne 3a as Paolini battles for seconds
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) won stage 3a of the Three Days of De Panne in a bunch sprint in the eponymous seaside town. He beat the Skil-Shimano pair of Robert Wagner and Kenny Van Hummel into second and third places. Farrar […]
Tour of Flanders: Boonen prepares for Sunday's battle
Today Tour of Flanders favorite Tom Boonen (Quick Step) took the time to do a reconnaissance ride of this year’s route prior to the event this Sunday. He was joined by teammates Kevin De Weert, Maarten Wynants, Carlos Barredo and […]
Sky's Boasson Hagen will miss the Tour of Flanders due to injury
Team Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen will be forced to miss the start in this weekend’s Tour of Flanders. The team said the Norwegian is still suffering from Achilles tendinitis, something that has caused him problems following the year’s first major […]