World time trial champion loses consciousness and suffers fractured cheekbone Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has been hit by a car while out training near his home in Switzerland, his team has reported. The World time trial champion reportedly lost […]
Andy Schleck crashes out early while Jérôme Pineau, Gerald Ciolek and Peter Sagan all hit the tarmac on the same corner After a predominantly dry Spring Classics season so far, the Belgian heavens finally opened on today’s Brabantse Pijl. The […]
Tour of California suggested as potentially being Belgian’s next race Citing both an ongoing tendon problem and fatigue as the reason, Ronde Van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix victor Tom Boonen has confirmed that he will now not line out in the […]
Could Giro be possible after all? Ruled out of the track world championships due to a fracture to his pelvis, Italian road sprinter Elia Viviani has received some good news which could potentially see him take part in this year’s […]
Haematoma on right knee for Italian Classics star after Paris-Roubaix crash Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) will be forced to take three days of absolute rest following his crash in Paris-Roubaix, his team has announced. The Italian, who finished second […]
No operation needed for knee problem Vacansoleil DCM’s big Classic hope Bjorn Leukemans has been given some welcome news today, although appears it won’t be enough to save the spring Classics campaign he had a lot of hopes for. The […]
Operation could be required to correct knee problem Vacansoleil DCM’s spring campaign has taken a knock with the news that one of its top hopes for the remaining Classcs, Björn Leukemans, will be forced to miss the remaining Classics and […]
Flanders crash sees Vacansoleil-DCM Classics leader sit out Hell of the North; hopes to recover for Ardennes races Björn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM) has decided that the knock he took to his knee in a crash during last weekend’s Ronde van Vlaanderen […]
Italian forced out of Omnium due to yesterday’s points race crash Liquigas Cannondale sprinter Elia Viviani’s hopes of taking a track gold at the world championships in Melbourne came to an end today when the Italian was a non-starter in […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s American captain in a rush to recover for Tour of California Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) suffered a fracture to his left fibula in last week’s training crash, his team has confirmed. The American rider was hit […]
Rider recovering from post-finish Scheldeprijs crash Australian rider Jonathan Cantwell’s aim of riding this year’s Paris-Roubaix has been deemed impossible, with a bizarre crash at the end of yesterday’s Scheldeprijs ruling him out of Sunday’s Classic. Cantwell crashed after the […]
Bad luck for yesterday’s Circuit de la Sarthe stage winner Having taken his first win of the season yesterday and starting today’s second stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe as the race leader, Russian rider Denis Galimzyanov experienced a low […]
Dutchman suffering from flu, team plays it safe Robert Gesink’s goal of targeting his home race, the Amstel Gold Classic, remains unchanged despite the Dutchman deciding not to start today’s stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The Rabobank rider […]
Says wife’s pregnancy helps him cope with setback of injury Two days after his crash in the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Fabian Cancellara has spoken at length about the accident and said that while the disappointment was hard to take, he […]
GreenEdge sprinter speaks to VeloNation about his health problems of 2012 after abandoning halfway through the Ronde van Vlaanderen The season has been a tough one so far for GreenEdge’s Matt Goss, as the Australian sprinter has been struggling to […]
German rider drops five minutes on day one Defending champion Andreas Klöden has lost out on the chance of defending his Vuelta al Pais Vasco title, with the German cracking on today’s opening stage of the race. The RadioShack Nissan […]
Swiss rider likely to be out of competition for a month and a half Hours after his crash in yesterday’s Ronde Van Vlaanderen, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara underwent an operation to repair the damage caused when he fell in the […]
‘I’m lucky to be alive’ says American On a day when his Omega Pharma Quick Step team celebrated Tom Boonen’s win in the Tour of Flanders, an incident involving Levi Leipheimer put a sobering slant on things. The American rider […]
