Team yet to decide if American talent will make elite race debut According to the BMC Racing Team, there is a still a chance that Taylor Phinney could start this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix Classic. The 20 year old’s first professional season […]
Should be even better for next weekend’s Paris-Roubaix Two-time Ronde Van Vlaanderen runner up Leif Hoste came into today’s edition of the race with the sole aim of helping teammate Filippo Pozzato to the top step of the podium. His […]
Basque race should be good proving ground before the Ardennes classics While half of the peloton is looking towards the cobbles and bergs of Flanders, the rest is preparing itself for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, which starts on Monday. […]
Dutch champion to be replaced by Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) is out of this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen after breaking his collarbone in today’s Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijede time trial. The Dutch road champion was hit by an […]
Belgian classics threat’s injuries from Tuesday’s De Panne crash could keep him out of Flanders The Three Days of De Panne is typically known as a crash fest each year, and in 2011, the major victim so far appears to […]
Head wound could jeopardise three-time Ronde runner up’s chances on Sunday Leif Hoste (Katusha) suffered a serious crash in the first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde today. The Belgian crashed on the approach to the Eikenmolen, landing on his […]
Team states old problem flared up again Having been ruled out of the Volta a Catalunya due to stomach issues, more details have emerged of Levi Leipheimer’s condition. The RadioShack rider had been sitting second overall in the WorldTour race, […]
Still hopes to ride Paris-Roubaix Taylor Phinney’s tough start to his debut pro season continued today when the rider was forced to withdraw from the Volta a Catalunya, his first WorldTour event. The 20 year old BMC Racing Team rider […]
Autumn classics and home World Championships now the focus of Dane’s season Rabobank’s Matti Breschel has undergone a second knee operation, according to the Dutch team. The Danish rider was re-examined at the hospital in Amersfoort, Netherlands; at first there […]
Condition is worse than team thought and blue-fuchsia team captain withdraws Damiano Cunego’s ear infection is worse than the Lampre-ISD team originally thought and so the blue-fuchsia team has withdrawn its captain from this week’s Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. […]
Third time lucky for Norwegian rider? The demands of Milan-Sanremo often dictate that the winner is one who can both climb solidly and sprint strongly; it’s not necessary to be a specialist climber, but ascents such as the Cipressa and […]
Young Briton medalled at previous two worlds With the UCI track world championships starting just six days for now, the British team has suffered a setback with the loss of talented endurance rider Lizzie Armitstead from the lineup. British Cycling […]
Rider gains weight due to medication Defending champion Joaquim Rodriguez has been forced to abandon plans to line out in the Volta a Catalunya, with illness preventing his start next Monday. The 2010 world number one recently trained hard in […]
Lung issues had threatened his participation Having previously expressed some doubt as to whether he would be able to line out in the race, Alessandro Petacchi’s Lampre-ISD team has confirmed that he is now likely to compete on Saturday. The […]
Gifted 20 year old fully recovered after last month’s training crash Rising US talent Taylor Phinney has recovered from the concussion he suffered in a training crash on February 25th and will shortly return to racing. The BMC Racing Team […]
The Race to the Sun rains down on Belgian team The 2011 edition of Paris-Nice has shown difficult times to the Belgian Quick Step team, with several riders preparing for the upcoming Classics having to abandon the week-long race. Kevin […]
Italian suffered extensive bruising in fall Team Katusha and Luca Paolini will today decide if the Italian is able to continue in Tirreno-Adriatico, basing that assessment on how he is feeling after a bad crash yesterday. The 34 year old […]
Sky Procycling rider to undergo hip replacement surgery A crash in 2007 has come back to haunt John Lee Augustyn (Sky Procycling) and has forced him out of the first half of the season. The 24 year old broke the […]
