Spaniard goes close to sensational Classic victory Launching a well timed but opportunistic attack with seven kilometres to go, hitting the final climb of the Cauberg with a slight lead over a hard-chasing group of race favourites, Oscar Freire narrowly […]
Three-way sprint taken by Italian after Oscar Freire caught in the final metres Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) claimed victory in the closest Amstel Gold Race for many years, to go two places better than his third place of 2010.The 30-year-old Italian […]
Joaquim Rodríguez, Oscar Friere, Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sánchez all vying for victory in the Dutch Classic In the Amstel Gold Race’s 46-year history there has yet to be a winner from south of the Pyrénées. The Netherlands – of […]
Liquigas Cannondale duo believe their pooled strength could win out tomorrow Prominent in Milan-Sanremo, the pairing of Peter Sagan and Vinceno Nibali will try to pull off an important victory tomorrow in the Amstel Gold Race. The Liquigas Cannondale riders […]
Danish rider slowly building after a winter of illness and injury; riding for namesake Nicki and local boy Karsten Kroon in Dutch Classic Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank) is beginning to find some form this season after struggling with illness […]
Farnese Vini Selle Italia rider will instead target success in Giro d’Italia Filippo Pozzato’s goal of winning one of the spring Classics have gone up in smoke with the news that he has been forced to withdraw from tomorrow’s Amstel […]
Belgian climber “curious, but not nervous” about riding Ardennes Classics for himself for the first time Although he has ridden the Amstel Gold Race several times before, Sunday’s race will be the first time that Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) […]
Gilbert, Evans and Van Avermaet comment prior to Amstel Gold Race Despite a budget which is considerably bigger than that of most of the rest of the peloton plus a lineup which includes some of the top riders in the […]
BMC Racing Team lineup for Amstel Gold to include Evans and Gilbert Having recently returned to racing after a painful pelvic fracture suffered on stage three of the Volta ao Algarve in February, BMC Racing Team rider Steve Cummings has […]
Hoogerland fighting sore throat, Houanard, Jeannesson taking time off Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Barracuda) is having his knee checked out at a Waregem hospital today, after injuring it in a crash in yesterday’s GP de Denain. Vanmarcke was able to finish the […]
Schlecks not yet in form of 2011 Second and third in last year’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Frank and Andy Schleck will lead the RadioShack Nissan team in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race hoping for a jump in form. Both riders have had indifferent […]
Liquigas Cannondale and Farnese Vini Selle Italia lineups confirmed The Liquigas – Cannondale and Farnese Vini – Selle Italia teams have named squads for Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race which could be major factors in the outcome. Strong duo Peter Sagan […]
Tour of California suggested as potentially being Belgian’s next race Citing both an ongoing tendon problem and fatigue as the reason, Ronde Van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix victor Tom Boonen has confirmed that he will now not line out in the […]
Belgian continues spring campaign, race will also function as worlds preview Although many big names who target the northern Classics tend to back off after the conclusion of Paris-Roubaix, Tom Boonen has said that he will continue racing, lining out […]
Robert Gesink looking to improve on ninth in 2011; Michel Kreder preparing for Cauberg’s uphill sprint The Netherlands’ biggest riders are preparing for the country’s biggest one day race, the Amstel Gold Race, which will take place in just over […]
Europcar and Rusvelo given the nod ahead of those invited in 2011 The Amstel Gold Race has announced the award of its final two wildcard invitations for the 2012 race, with Professional Continental teams Europcar and RusVelo getting the nod. […]
Organiser Leo van Vliet closes the gap between the Keutenberg and Cauberg The route of the Amstel Gold Race is to undergo a small, but critical, change this year, which will see the distance between the final two climbs reduced […]
Spanish Katusha rider outlines programme and key ambitions Pinpointing victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège as his big target for 2012, Catalan rider Joaquim Rodriguez wants to finally step up after previous close calls and land a major one day success. “I was […]
