Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s perfect Roubaix plans unravelled by fans on the Carrefour de l’Arbre
Niki Terpstra salvages third place as Vandenbergh and Štybar blocked on the cobbles Omega Pharma-Quick Step was sitting pretty with twenty kilometres to go in the 2013 Paris-Roubaix, with Stijn Vandenbergh and Zdeněk Štybar in the leading group of four, […]
Fabian Cancellara Interview: Paris-Roubaix winner speaks to the press after third career victory in race
‘The last hour was just pure fight, and I’m really happy. I probably never damaged myself like this’ He soloed to victory last week in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, having time to really savour his second win in that event. […]
Van Avermaet satisfied with fourth in Paris-Roubaix, Hushovd rues bad luck
Belgian rider best of BMC Racing Team in prestigious Classic Greg Van Avermaet continued his strong spring campaign by narrowly missing out on a podium finish in Paris-Roubaix today, the Belgian rider netting fourth in the cobblestone Classic. The BMC […]
Costa notches up victory for Movistar in Klasika Primavera
Contador and Intxausti caught in final kilometre Rui Costa continued a very good weekend for the Movistar team, following up Nairo Quintana’s success in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco yesterday when he won the Klasika Primavera today. Costa was quickest […]
Fabian Cancellara wins Paris-Roubaix in velodrome sprint over Vanmarcke
Swiss champ plays the waiting game in whittled down lead group, Terpstra wins sprint for third The overwhelming favourite coming into Paris-Roubaix, Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Leopard) confirmed that he is indeed the top classics champion of 2013 by taking a hard […]
Wild keeps stunning momentum going in Energiewacht Tour, takes fourth stage win
Van Dijk holds overall lead heading into final day Argos Shimano rider Kirsten Wild continued her superb run of form in the Energiewacht Tour yesterday, clocking up her fourth sprint win in the race. Her success came out of a […]
Porte up to third in WorldTour rankings, Cancellara could take over number one slot today
Sagan remains in pole position prior to Paris-Roubaix He had to be satisfied with second place overall in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco but Richie Porte’s runner-up slot there has elevated him up three places to third in the UCI […]
Gilbert explains withdrawal from Vuelta al Pais Vasco
World champion playing things safe for Ardennes Classics, but not sure if he is on target Philippe Gilbert has said that playing things safe in advance of the Ardennes Classics is the reason that he opted not to finish the […]
Serebryakov tests positive, apologises and takes responsibility for test result
Rider out of Paris-Roubaix, dropped from Euskaltel Euskadi team with immediate effect Russian rider Alexander Serebryakov has been pulled out of the Euskaltel Euskadi team for Paris-Roubaix and been dropped without pay after testing positive for an as-yet unnamed substance. […]
Quintana overpowers Porte and Henao to scoop Vuelta al Pais Vasco overall victory
Colombian rider grabs second place behind Tony Martin in final time trial Even though he started the final stage second overall, just six seconds adrift of race leader Sergio Henao (Sky), the name of Nairo Quintana was not discussed anywhere […]