Riis relieved by Saxo Bank WorldTour licence decision
Dane pledges to put his energy into rebuilding team Responding with relief after the UCI’s Licence Commission decided not to strip the Saxo Bank team of its place in the WorldTour, Bjarne Riis has said that a weight is off […]
Klöden loses possibility of defending Vuelta al Pais Vasco title
German rider drops five minutes on day one Defending champion Andreas Klöden has lost out on the chance of defending his Vuelta al Pais Vasco title, with the German cracking on today’s opening stage of the race. The RadioShack Nissan […]
UCI Licence Commision preserves Saxo Bank ProTeam licence
Rules that Bjarne Riis’ team shouldn’t be demoted after Contador sanction The UCI’s Licence Commission has ruled that the Saxo Bank team shouldn’t lose its WorldTour licence on the basis of Alberto Contador’s sanctioning by the Court of Arbitration for […]
Vuelta al Pais Vasco: Spanish champion Rojas wins opening stage
Sprint decides first leader’s jersey in tough WorldTour event Jose Joaquin Rojas bounced back from his recent crash in the finale of Gent Wevelgem to win today’s opening stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Gueñes. The Movistar rider […]
Women’s Vlaanderen reactions: “It’s strange that it was the same as four years ago”
Judith Arndt reflects on an identical one-two to 2008; mixed fortunes for others on the new course finale Judith Arndt (GreenEdge-AIS) outsprinted Kristin Armstrong (United States) at the end of the Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen in Oudenaarde yesterday; the […]
Moinard and Pinotti lead BMC Racing Team in Vuela al Pais Vasco
Cummings back in action after fractured pelvis Runner up last year in the King of the Mountains classification in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, BMC Racing Team’s Amaël Moinard will begin today’s first stage of the WorldTour race in a […]
Fourth fracture diagnosed for Cancellara, operation successful
Swiss rider likely to be out of competition for a month and a half Hours after his crash in yesterday’s Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara underwent an operation to repair the damage caused when he fell in the […]
Flanders Roundup: Sagan pleased with experience of fifth place
NetApp, Ag2R-La Mondiale, Lampre-ISD and Saxo Bank voice their experiences A worn out Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) took second in the sprint for fourth place in the Tour of Flanders, being bested by Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing. Unfortunately for […]
Luca Paolini rides aggressively to seventh in Flanders
Katusha rider tried several escapes before taking top ten finish Riding his best spring campaign in some time, Luca Paolini (Katusha) built on previous good results in the one-day Classics, coming home in seventh place at the Tour of Flanders. […]
Pozzato disappointed to lose, but pleased to ride strongly once again
Did Italian make a tactical error in the Ronde Van Vlaanderen finale? Disappointed not to succeed in his goal of winning the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Filippo Pozzato has chosen to focus on the positive and says that he comes away […]