Philippe Gilbert (Silence Lotto) continued his hot streak by winning today’s 184km Giro del Piemonte in Fossano, Italy. The Belgian has been unstoppable since placing sixth at the World Championships, taking three victories in a row, winning last Sunday’s Paris-Tours […]
Dutchman Steven de Jongh will be wearing a race number for the last time in tomorrow’s Giro del Piemonte, bringing an end to a professional career that began with the TVM team in 1995. Among the highlights of his career […]
Second place in Paris-Tour is a case of ‘so near, yet so far’ for Tom Boonen. The former world champion has had a difficult season, with his win in Paris-Roubaix being followed by another positive case for cocaine and an […]
Roger Hammond has shown excellent form since riding the first Grand Tour of his career but his goal of a strong result in today’s Paris-Tours race was frustrated by a fall during the prestigious Autumn semi-Classic. “I went back to […]
Team Columbia HTC’s Andre Greipel has clocked up 20 victories this season and netted the green jersey in the Vuelta a España. He’s undoubtedly one of the best sprinters in cycling but has been overshadowed somewhat by his team-mate Mark […]
One of the final races of the European road cycling calendar, the 103rd edition of Paris-Tours, will take place this Sunday with great speculation. A race known as the “Sprinters Classic” hasn’t quite lived up to its name in recent […]
Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) has made up for his disappointing World Championships by winning today’s Coppa Sabatini in Tuscany. The 27-year-old Belgian was the strongest in the uphill sprint after 199 kilometers to Peccioli beating Italian Giovanni Visconti (ISD), winner in […]
The Dutch Pro-continental team Vacansoleil only has two places left to fill. Five riders are in contention for last two spots and will have to fight it out in the upcoming races. The five in with a chance are Gerben […]
With the 2009 season drawing rapidly to a close, riders are pushing hard to finish up with some decent results. The Giro di Lombardia is the biggest race left and many are using thoughts of a strong ride there as […]
After winning yesterday’s third stage in the Franco-Belge, Beglian Champion Tom Boonen (Quickstep) announced that he would be racing Paris-Tours to cap off his season. Boonen provided some insight into yesterday’s stage, marked by ferocious winds that shredded the peloton […]
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) will be hoping to capitalize off of his top form in his final races of the season, the Giro dell’Emilia and Giro di Lombardia. Lombardia, dubbed the race of the falling leaves, is the last of cycling’s […]
World number one Alejandro Valverde has decided, with the agreement of his Caisse d’Epargne team, to call an end to his 2009 season. The Vuelta a España winner will therefore not take part in the upcoming end of season races, […]
Alejandro Valverde will have something to prove when the Clásica de San Sebastián, one of the top one-day events on the UCI ProTour, takes places on Saturday in northern Spain. The 29-year-old Caisse d’Epargne rider was recently banned from competing […]
