World champion aiming to match his super Ardennes spring of 2011 Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) is aiming for a repeat of his 2011 Brabantse Pijl victory on Wednesday as he builds towards his main spring targets in the Ardennes at […]
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 […]
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 […]
25 teams to start Dutch WorldTour Classic Belgian team Accent.jobs-Wanty has become the sixth Professional Continental team to be awarded a wildcard invitation by race director Leo van Vliet, taking the number of teams in the Dutch WorldTour race up […]
Crelan-Euphony, Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise, IAM Cycling, and Europcar get the nod for Dutch Classic The organisers of the Amstel Gold Race have announced the names of the teams that have been awarded the final four wildcards for this year’s race. Two […]
Dutch Classic to end almost 2km beyond Cauberg to offer chance to “more potential winners” The finish line of the Amstel Gold Race is to move two kilometres past the top of the Cauberg climb, to that used at this […]
World champion hoping for another winning Classics season Philippe Gilbert had a large portion of the spotlight shining on him during Friday’s BMC Racing team presentation in Eke, a town in the municipality of Nazareth, Belgium. Gilbert fielded questions casually […]
Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Giro next targets for Spanish Classics victor Having described his stomping Flèche Wallonne victory as the top result of his career thus far, Katusha rider Joaquim Rodriguez will chase more elation when attempting to double up in Sunday’s […]
Sixth place in Amstel Gold makes Belgian champion optimistic, if not confident, ahead of Flèche Wallonne Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) came into this year’s Ardennes Classics as the defending champion in each of the three races, but without having shown […]
Lack of racing may explain disappointing Amstel Gold performance Disappointed with his showing in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, Italian climber Vincenzo Nibali heads into tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne hoping to be in a position to fight for the win. The Liquigas […]
Garmin Barracuda neo-pro making impressive debut One of the surprises of the second half of the Classics season has been the performances of Garmin’s neo-pro 24 year-old Alex Howes, from Golden, Colorado. Howes exploded on to the scene with a […]
Without Gilbert to assist, Vanendert reaches podium in Amstel Gold Race After confirming his potential in the Grand Tours last year, Jelle Vanendert performed admirably in a single-day Classic, coming in second behind Enrico Gasparotto in the Amstel Gold Race. […]
German carries banner for Garmin-Barracuda, who put three in top 20 Fabian Wegmann (Garmin-Barracuda) is looking forward to the week ahead, the Flèche Wallone on Wednesday and next weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, after coming home eighth in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race. Wegmann […]
None of Sunday’s expected protagonists performed on Cauberg finale leaving Wednesday’s race wide open The failure of any of the pre-race favourites to feature in the result of Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race has left this coming Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne race […]
Slovakian frustrated by result yet encouraged for future The theory that Peter Sagan could be a future colossus of the sport received further reinforcement yesterday when the Slovakian followed up on his fourth place in Milan Sanremo and the Ronde […]
Different location for worlds finish line could boost his chances He may have been caught 100 metres from the line, suffering the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a victory he has been chasing for many years, but yesterday’s Amstel […]
Former Amstel winner happy to be with lead group on Cauberg Trying to put the disappointing cobbled Classics season behind them, Radioshack-Nissan have picked up a solid start to the Ardennes season after Frank Schleck came home twelfth at the […]
