Italian champ Giovanni Visconti leads team in his last race for Italian squad For Giovanni Visconti (Farnese-Vini), tomorrow’s Giro di Lombardia marks his last race with the Farnese-Vini team prior to a move to Movistar for 2012. The team will […]
Triple winner hoping form comes good for tomorrow’s big clash Last year’s runner-up Michele Scarponi has been forced to cancel his planned participation in this year’s Giro di Lombardia due to illness; consequently, the Lampre-ISD team will throw its full […]
Belgian climber ends his 2011 season to avoid recurrence of old injury Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has decided against taking the start of both today’s Gran Piemonte and Saturday’s Il Lombardia because of an irritation to his knee, according to […]
24-year-old Saxo Bank-SunGard rider now looking forward to il Lombardia on familiar roads Eighth place in the GranPiemonte represents the best result of André Steensen’s career so far. The Danish rider, who only turned 24 years old on the day […]
Belgian team banking on Sylvain Chavanel, Dries Devenyns and Dario Cataldo in race of the falling leaves Quick Step will be starting Saturday’s il Lombardia with the three-headed attack of Sylvain Chavanel, Dries Devenyns and Dario Cataldo. The Frenchman, Belgian […]
Both teams include race winners from the past week Fresh from winning Paris-Tours last Sunday, Greg Van Avermaet will be heading with BMC Racing Team to the season-ending Giro di Lombardia this weekend. Last year the Belgian finished sixteenth while […]
The race of the falling leaves comes forward to allow specialists to capitalise on Worlds form; Tour of Beijing to become WorldTour finale Il Lombardia, as the Giro di Lombardia has become known, will move forward in the calendar next […]
Astana leader will ride Chrono des Nations instead Still building form after his serious crash on the ninth stage of the Tour de France, Astana rider Alexandre Vinokourov has taken the decision to cancel his planned participation in the Giro […]
Rainbow jersey debut confirmed for Sunday’s Paris-Tours race Perhaps due to his ongoing contract negotiations for 2012, the previously reported participation of Mark Cavendish in Thursday’s Paris-Bourges will not now take place. Directeur sportif Brian Holm has confirmed that the […]
Solid showing in Memorial Marco Pantani, three Italian races left for Spaniard Ninth in the Memorial Marco Pantani on Saturday, Vuelta a España winner Juan Jose Cobo and his team have confirmed that the Spaniard will keep racing right up […]
Kazakhstan rider said team management never visited him after his crash One day after his 38th birthday, the Kazakhstan rider Alexandre Vinokourov has made clear that he is prepared to continue his career into the 2012 season, saying that this […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
Gilbert and Scarponi side by side on final climb before Gilbert takes off Philippe Gilbert had no problem with the burden of the pre-race favorite, taking his second Giro di Lombardia in impressive style on a rainy day in northern […]
Norwegian rider talks about his career-changing victory Today is a significant day for the Norwegian rider Thor Hushovd, provoking feelings of several emotions. He has lined out in the prestigious Tour of Lombardy Classic clad in the striking white jersey […]
Belgian feels well in role of potential winner On-form Philippe Gilbert is the main favorite for today’s Giro di Lombardia, the final classic of the season. The Belgian showed at the World Championships with a promising late attack that he […]
