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 […]
British rider keen to come back after broken collarbone kept her out of 2011 race Emma Pooley (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) is ready for tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne, and is looking to take her second victory in the Women’s World Cup event. The […]
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 […]
Sinus infection means Australian will return home Former race winner Cadel Evans won’t compete in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne nor next Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, with the Australian dropping out of those Ardennes Classics today. His BMC Racing Team has said that Evans […]
Upcoming races will decide the Eagle of Filottrano’s support team for next month’s Corsa Rosa Until two months ago, Lampre-ISD’s Michele Scarponi was preparing to go one better than second place in May’s Giro d’Italia. Since the retrospective disqualification of […]
Longer course makes World Cup race a closer challenge to the men’s WorldTour race The Women’s World Cup is set to continue in la Flèche Wallonne Femmes next Wednesday, April 18th, with Marianne Vos (Rabobank) aiming at an unprecedented fifth […]
Diabetes team invited to Tour of Poland and both Ardennes Classics for the first time; Colombian team add La Flèche Wallonne to long list of invitations After being named in the list of wildcard teams invited to the Tour of […]
Belgian teams favoured for Ardennes Classics; French teams miss out; Team Type 1 invited to both Race organiser ASO has announced the teams that have been invited to its two Ardennes Classics, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, which will run […]
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 […]
Belgian rival teams’ fortunes are reflected in those of each of their star riders Philippe Gilbert’s incredible Ardennes triple – or quadruple if you count Brabantse Pijl in the week before Amstel Gold – only serves to emphasise the current […]
Domination of hilly Classics sees Belgian way out ahead of the rest As if anybody really needed telling, Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) is now the International Cycling Union (UCI) World number one. Following last week’s Amstel Gold victory, which saw him […]
Pollen affected him on Wednesday Leopard Trek co-leader Andy Schleck believes that allergies hampered his form in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne and, despite the pollen count remaining far higher than usual, expects to be strong in tomorrow’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Ardennes region […]
American rider continuing to make good progress Top US talent Tejay Van Garderen underlined his ability last season with an unexpected third place overall in the Criterium du Dauphiné. The HTC Highroad rider took second in the prologue, conceding just […]
Canadian aiming for good ride in Liège-Bastogne-Liège Garmin-Cervélo rider Ryder Hesjedal finished seventh in last year’s Tour de France, stepping up to a leadership role after Christian Vande Velde crashed out of the race. The Canadian is aiming to go […]
Belgian is overwhelming favourite for la Doyenne but takes nothing for granted Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has won his last three races: the Brabatse Pijl, the Amstel Gold Race and la Flèche Wallonne, and is overwhelming favourite for Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. […]
Riders explain tactics in Flèche Wallonne Team HTC Highroad had one of the strongest line-ups in the peloton in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, and sought to make the most of that in the way that it tackled the race. It threw […]
Katusha rider hoping for third time lucky against Philippe Gilbert Second place at Flèche Wallonne for the second year in succession was disappointment for Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez, especially as it followed a second place in the Amstel Gold Race three […]
