Andy Schleck ends Saxo Bank stint with a serious of Italian one-day races Andy Schleck will end his six-year stint at team Saxo Bank with a serious of Italian one-day races. He announced his decision following an ejection from the […]
Australian completely over his injuries from the Tour Physically recovered from his elbow fracture sustained at the Tour de France, and condition building after a period of time training at altitude, world road race champion Cadel Evans will return to […]
Blue and Fuchsia team confident about the chances of three-time Lombardia winner The Italian Lampre-Farnese Vini team has travelled to Paris, from where it will fly to Canada on Tuesday to take part in the two new ProTour races at […]
Big teams miss out on the end of the season’s most prestigious race The list of 25 teams for the Giro di Lombardia has been released by the race’s organiser RCS Sport, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The “race of […]
Germany’s Patrik Sinkewitz wins first race of the year in Italy German Patrik Sinkewitz won his first race of the year for team ISD-Neri at the Giro della Romagna today in Lugo, Italy. He finished ahead of escape companion Domenico […]
No more knee pain for Quick Step leader Quick Step leader Tom Boonen is still on track to resuming racing at the Circuit Franco-Belge at the end of the month. The Belgian was involved in a crash at the Tour […]
Hills in the closing stages could foil the sprinters The Paris-Brussels race, one of the last big races of the Belgian season, presented a new course for its 90th edition, to be run on September 11th. The 2010 edition of […]
National coach, Paolo Bettini criticises Italians ahead of Worlds for underestimating rivals The Italians stand no chance of winning their 20th World title October 3 in Geelong, Australia, if they underestimate their rivals, according to National Director Paolo Bettini. Bettini […]
‘The ideal way would be able to jump clear with a small group’ Filippo Pozzato’s march to a gold medal at the World Championships in Australia takes a big step forward at the Vattenfall Cyclassics today in Hamburg, Germany. The […]
Luis León Sánchez Clasica win in San Sebastián a boost, but enough? Team Caisse d’Epargne’s time to find a new sponsor for next year is running out. The French bank announced last year that it will end its six years […]
Basque race makes the finale twice as difficult This year’s ProTour classified one-day event, the San Sebastián Classic, will take place on July 31st, six days after the Tour de France ends in Paris. The race, which took place for […]
American Floyd Landis made an appearance on Larry King Live yesterday to discuss the news Monday that he was issued an arrest warrant by a French judge for computer intrusion. The warrant pertains to his alleged involvement in hacking into […]
With all the media talk focused on the predicted duel between Tour de France champion Alberto Contador and seven-time winner Lance Armstrong, there is another hot contest to look forward to next year; at least Belgium hopes so. 2010, if […]
The UCI has once again stated that it is not willing to work with the French anti-doping agency AFLD on next year’s Tour de France, and wants to do the controls itself. “In the 2009 Tour, we tried to collaborate […]
During yesterday’s Tour of Lombardy Johnny Hoogerland capped off a brilliant end of season with a strong fifth. The perennial attacker pushed the pace up the Ghisallo with his jersey wide open with “pers te VDB” written on his shirt, […]
Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) beat Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in a two-up sprint to win the final big race of the 2009 cycling season, the 242km Giro di Lombardia. Gilbert sprinted from the front and made the decision a little more exciting; he […]
Tomorrow’s Giro di Lombardia, “the race of the falling leaves”, could see 2007 and 2008 winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) match the record in the race of an Italian legend. Alfredo Binda – who was once paid to NOT ride the […]
Shortly after taking his third consecutive win of the end of season, Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert dedicated his victory to his late compatriot Frank Vandenbroucke. “I thought about him when I rode over the line,” he told Het Laatste Nieuws […]
