Hopes to be competitive in sprints Flèche Wallonne runner-up Emma Johannson was closest to Marianne Vos in yesterday’s Classic, but admits there was little she could do when her rival hit the gas close to the top of the Mur […]
Leopard Trek’s powerful roster hoping to dethrone Gilbert on Easter Sunday Despite another crushing defeat at the hands of Philippe Gilbert, the Walloon’s rivals aren’t giving up the ghost just yet ahead of the spring’s final Monument, Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Leopard Trek’s […]
Busy season means Flèche Wallonne winner needs to take a break Marianne Vos underlined her ability yesterday when she triumphed in the women’s Flèche Wallonne for the fourth time in her career. The Dutchwoman became the first to do so […]
American rider satisfied with how season is going Christian Vande Velde said prior to the start of today’s Flèche Wallonne that Ryder Hesjedal and Dan Martin were the team’s protected riders for the race. Martin subsequently crashed out, but the […]
German buoyant prior to start of Ardennes Classic Leopard Trek’s evergreen veteran Jens Voigt was in bright spirits this morning at the start of Fleche Wallonne, saying that his team would try to ride to set up either Frank or […]
Irishman gunning for good result Dan Martin will start today’s Flèche Wallonne as one of Garmin-Cervélo’s protected riders. Third overall in the Volta a Catalunya showed that he is going well, and his climbing ability could well put him in […]
Rivals no match for Dutchwoman on final climb Marianne Vos made history today when, with a daunting burst of power atop the Mur de Huy, she scorched to what is her fourth career victory in the women’s Flèche Wallonne. The […]
Kazakh rider still hopes to repeat Liège-Bastogne-Liège win on Sunday Alexander Vinokourov finished fourth today in Flèche Wallonne and said that he could do no better. Vinokourov was placed well at the bottom of the climb but had no answer […]
Flèche Wallonne winner ready for Sunday showdown As he did in the autumn of 2009, Philippe Gilbert is on the verge of taking his fourth race in what is already a superb winning streak. Back then he triumphed in the […]
Amstel Gold winner makes Mur de Huy look easy as the rest flounder in his wake Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) emphasised his status as the number one rider in the hilly classics this season with an imperious victory in la Flèche […]
Last year’s third place not on top form after suffering from a cold Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) is looking forward to racing in tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne, although he concedes that a cold caught after the Vuelta a Castilla y León […]
Defending champion still recovering from training injury The BMC Racing team will start tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne in Charleroi, Belgium without its defending champion Cadel Evans. The Australian former World champion sustained a quadricep injury in training three weeks ago and […]
American team doesn’t want it to come down to a race up the Mur de Huy HTC-Highroad is hoping to mix things up in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, to decide the race with long range attacks, rather than wait for the […]
No chance to defend World Cup race for 2010 winner Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne Femmes will start without 2010 winner, and outstanding favourite, Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) as the British champion has broken her collarbone. The 28-year-old sustained the injury in a […]
Ivan Basso, Vincenzo Nibali and Peter Sagan all heading to the hilly races Liquigas-Cannondale will be bringing three of its biggest stars to the Ardennes Classics, which begin with the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday. Slovakian Peter Sagan will lead […]
Lampre rider passes on home Grand Tour The 2004 Giro d’Italia winner Damiano Cunego has confirmed that he will not take part in this year’s edition, deciding instead to focus on the Classics and the Tour de France. The Lampre […]
Team Europcar misses out on Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège invitations On the same day it announced the teams invited to Paris-Roubaix, race organiser ASO has released the list of invitees for the Ardennes classics of La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. […]
With last weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the cycling season moved into its next phase, when the main emphasis will be on stage races such as the Grand Tours. Many of the one day specialists will take a short break and set about […]
