Langeveld also facing sidelines due to similar injury Classics favourite Fabian Cancellara’s chance of winning next week’s Paris-Roubaix has gone the same way as his Tour of Flanders ambitions, with a bad crash in the feedzone of today’s Classic putting […]
Dutchwoman now says she was previously able to stand prior to ‘miracle recovery’ The Rabobank cycling team has said that it will sit down with Monique Van der Vorst and work out her future plans after a peculiar twist in […]
Dutchman names two ‘second line’ riders as his big tips Bobbie Traksel has had to withdraw from starting Tour of Flanders on the eve of the race on the advice from the team doctor. The Landbouwkrediet – Euphony rider is […]
Belgian fighting back from fractured hip He won’t be able to line out in the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday to defend his title, but Nick Nuyens is celebrating a small triumph this weekend as he is able to return […]
Italian aiming to perform well in Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Involved in a collision with Spanish champion Jose Joaquin Rojas in the finale of Gent-Wevelgem and prevented from taking what was a possible top ten placing in the prestigious Classic, […]
GreenEdge competitor recovering from surgery to pin fracture One week after GreenEdge rider Julian Dean crashed in the Volta a Catalunya and broke his leg, team doctor Peter Barnes has given an update on his condition plus an indication about […]
Belgian champion not firing on all cylinders After another very quiet showing in yesterday’s Gent Wevelgem, the 2011 UCI WorldTour winner Philippe Gilbert appears to have given up hope of performing in one of his big targets of the year, […]
Collarbone fracture pinned this morning Garmin Barracuda’s David Millar underwent an operation this morning to try to speed his recovery from the fractured collarbone he sustained yesterday. The Scot was part of a group of riders who crashed on the […]
Belgian will compete in tomorrow’s Gent Wevelgem, worried about Flanders Philippe Gilbert’s loss of strength and subsequent withdrawal from yesterday’s E3 Prijs Harelbeke race has been blamed on a tooth infection, according to his BMC Racing Team. Team doctor Giovanni […]
Scottish rider suffers injury in big E3 Harelbeke crash The Garmin Barracuda team will lack one of its most experienced riders in the weeks ahead following David Millar’s bad crash in today’s E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke race. The Scottish rider was […]
Norwegian over illness, time ticking down to Roubaix Having missed a key season target in Milan Sanremo, Thor Hushovd is aiming to make up for lost time and to build the necessary fitness to chase his big career goal of […]
Radioshack Nissan uncertain when Dane will return to competition Jakob Fuglsang’s intention to chase a top result for the RadioShack Nissan team in the Giro d’Italia has received a setback after confirmation that he suffered a fracture in a fall […]
Cavendish crashes in Belgium, will undergo scans today Four-time Olympian Julian Dean’s goal of representing New Zealand once again at this year’s London Olympics look very uncertain after he crashed heavily during yesterday’s stage of the Volta a Catalunya. The […]
Injury forces Movistar leader out of race Body bruised and morale dented after yesterday’s second stage of the race, Alejandro Valverde has withdrawn prior to today’s toughest leg of the Volta a Catalunya, thus giving up on his aim of […]
Spaniard currently sidelined from training, hopes to recover soon Proving the old staying that you shouldn’t change anything big on the day of a race, Katusha’s stage race specialist Joaquim Rodriguez is currently sidelined as a result of what he […]
Milan-Sanremo faller expected back in action next month Carlos Quintero’s heavy fall in Milan-Sanremo has been confirmed as having no lasting repercussions, with the Colombian rider’s condition verified after medical tests in the Pietra Ligure hospital. He was released by […]
Liquigas-Cannondale captain back in the peloton after crash injuries forced him out of Paris-Nice Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) will make his return to the peloton in the Volta a Catalunya, which start on Monday, as he recovers from the rib injuries […]
Gilbert, Phinney and Ballan part of squad for Sunday’s Classic The 2010 world road race champion Thor Hushovd has been forced to call a halt to his aim of winning this year’s Milan-Sanremo, with illness ruling him out of the […]
