Matti Breschel: “I didn’t have the power”
Danish rider returns to the Ronde van Vlaanderen but can do nothing about the decisive break After a torrid 2011, dominated by a knee injury that he picked up in the previous year’s Paris-Roubaix, Matti Breschel (Rabobank) is steadily making […]
Heinrich Haussler: “The race didn’t go to plan for Garmin-Barracuda”
Australian reflects on an unlucky day for the Argyle team, but admits that they “didn’t have the legs” on tough new Ronde course Garmin-Barracuda started the Ronde van Vlaanderen with the confidence gained from Sep Vanmarcke’s victory in the Omloop […]
Leipheimer hit by car, out of Vuelta al Pais Vasco
‘I’m lucky to be alive’ says American On a day when his Omega Pharma Quick Step team celebrated Tom Boonen’s win in the Tour of Flanders, an incident involving Levi Leipheimer put a sobering slant on things. The American rider […]
Tom Boonen: “Maybe in the shower it will start to sink in”
Belgian joins the greats with third Ronde van Vlaanderen victory; new course is not harder, just different Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) joined the greats of Flemish cycling with his third victory in the Ronde van Vlaanderen today. In a […]
Cancellara’s Classics season over due to shattered collarbone
Langeveld also facing sidelines due to similar injury Classics favourite Fabian Cancellara’s chance of winning next week’s Paris-Roubaix has gone the same way as his Tour of Flanders ambitions, with a bad crash in the feedzone of today’s Classic putting […]
Third Ronde Van Vlaanderen success for Belgium’s Boonen
Pozzato and Ballan forced to settle for second and third in sprint Belgian favourite Tom Boonen rocketed to his third Ronde Van Vlaanderen finish in Oudenaarde today, winning a three man sprint at the end of reinvented Classic. The Omega […]
Judith Arndt wins her second Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen
World time trial champion outsprints Kristen Armstrong in identical one-two to 2008 race Judith Arndt (GreenEdge-AIS) has won her second Ronde van Vlaanderen, four years after her first, in an identical two-up sprint with Kristin Armstrong (United States). The two […]
Cancellara: I’m not scared of anyone
Former race winner confidence about his chances in Ronde Van Vlaanderen Although some feel that there’s a lot of pressure on his shoulders after riding well but missing out on the win in a number of races this year, Milan-Sanremo […]
Absence of Marianne Vos means a very different women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen
World number one sick with flu; more onus on other teams to make the race One thing that was universally agreed on the start line of the Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouen – the Tour of Flanders for women – […]
Boonen: Cancellara isn’t the only rival in Flanders
Belgian ready for major battle on new race course Many are calling tomorrow’s Ronde Van Vlaanderen as being a likely showdown between Tom Boonen and RadioShack Nissan’s Fabian Cancellara, but the Belgian is adamant that there will be other riders […]