Black and red team relying on Ballan and Van Avermaet for breakaways and Taylor Phinney in the sprint The BMC Racing Team is sending a team to Paris-Tours this coming Sunday, which it hopes will be successful however the race […]
Italian stagiere makes immediate impact on professional peloton Enrico Battaglin (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the Coppa Sabatini to take his first ever professional victory at the end of the 200km 1.1-ranked race. The 21-year-old, who is related to 1981 Vuelta-Giro double […]
Late climbs and a far shorter run up the Avenue de Grammont gives every chance to the breakaway specialists This Sunday will see the 105th edition of Paris-Tours, which will start from the fashionable town of Voves to the south […]
Dutch Tour de France hero exhausted after 120 days racing this year Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) has called an early end to his 2011 season, according to de Telegraaf, citing fatigue after a long year’s racing. The Dutchman was one of […]
French sprinter has recovered from Tour of Poland collarbone break; looking to build for Worlds Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) is set to return to racing at the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen in Aartselaar, Belgium, next Wednesday. The French sprinter crashed in […]
Team Movistar rider admits his batteries are running low Although the course of the world road race championships could suit Spanish sprinter Fran Ventoso, who is very quick inside the final kilometre of races and also good on uphill finishes, […]
Seven wildcard invitations awarded for WorldTour finale The organiser of the Giro di Lombardia, RCS Sport, has announced the list of twenty-five teams that have been invited to the ‘Race of the falling leaves’, which will take place on Saturday, […]
Former underdogs have had the upper hand recently with riders like Philippe Gilbert and Jurgen Van Den Broeck OmegaPharma-Lotto’s general manager has greeted the news of the deal struck by Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere with a Czech billionaire and […]
Classics star refuses to give up on Ronde and Roubaix Swiss time trial and classics specialist, Fabian Cancellara wants to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Giro di Lombardia next year. If he succeeds, he will become only one of four cyclists to […]
OmegaPharma-Lotto rider gets Wallonia’s biggest award once more Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) has won the Kristallen Fiets (Crystal Bike) award for the third consecutive year. The Walloon rider took the prize this year in recognition of another dominant year in the […]
Belgian has recovered from problems that have blighted his 2010 season as he prepares for 2011 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has declared himself ready for the 2011 season as he prepares for his “Tom Boonen and Friends” charity cyclocross race […]
Belgian Classics specialist ponders targeting major stage races On a high after winning the Giro del Piemonte, the Tour of Lombardy and the prestigious Flandrien award, Belgiam rider Philippe Gilbert has talked about his future goals and the possibility that […]
Italy’s new star fails to win his first classics, held back by a crash Italy’s new cycling star and winner of the Vuelta a España, Vincenzo Nibali failed to win the Giro di Lombardia yesterday in Como, Italy. The normal […]
Riders to wear helmet stickers instead to register discontent The riders’ protest, which was to delay the start of tomorrow’s Giro di Lombardia by 10 minutes, has been called off, according to tuttobiciweb.it. Instead the riders will wear stickers on […]
Vuelta a España winner has recovered from Australia trip and looking forward to Lombardia Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) will start tomorrow’s Giro del Lombardia as one of the riders to beat. His best finish in the race to date was his […]
Irishman riding strongly, will be amongst race favourites for end of season Classic Taking a fine second place last weekend in the Giro dell’Emilia showed two things to Ireland’s Daniel Martin. The first was that he was in superb form, […]
Norway’s Thor Hushovd races Giro del Piemonte and begins year as World Champion Norwegian Thor Hushovd made his debut as World Champion this morning in Cossato in northwestern Italy, at the start of the Giro del Piemonte one-day race. “I […]
Peloton will demonstrate displeasure at Ettore Torri’s accusation that they all dope The start of Saturday’s Giro di Lombardia in Milano will be delayed by the riders, according to de Telegraaf, as they protest against comments made by Ettore Torri, […]
