Swedish rider to miss the rest of April’s races with a compound finger fracture Thomas Löfkvist (IAM Cycling) will miss the upcoming Ardennes Classics due to injury, after having become the latest professional rider to have been hit by a […]
Amstel Gold champion almost foretold training accident but should be fit to defend title Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) has recalled an almost prophetic conversation with his girlfriend last night about the safety of riding on the Italian roads, which almost seemed […]
Swedish rider to miss the rest of April’s races with a compound finger fracture Thomas Löfkvist (IAM Cycling) will miss the upcoming Ardennes Classics due to injury, after having become the latest professional rider to have been hit by a […]
Omega Pharma-Quick Step riders both out for weeks after spring crashes Tom Boonen sustained a fractured a rib in his Ronde van Vlaanderen crash, his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team has confirmed. The Belgian champion crashed just 20km into Sunday’s race, […]
Belgian champion writes off Classics season and doesn’t know when he’ll resume training Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won’t be able to bring himself to watch this Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix, as he sits out the race with the injuries he sustained […]
Team Saxo Tinkoff gives Italian time to regain health Team Saxo Tinkoff has had a setback as regards its lineup for Paris-Roubaix, with the squad being forced to rule out Daniele Bennati due to illness. The Italian has been suffering […]
Fractured arm for Dries Devenyns; further examination for Tony Martin and Jurgen Van Den Broeck Belgian teams Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Lotto-Belisol are both counting the cost of the late crash in the first stage of the Vuelta al Pais […]
Van Mol states rider won’t recover in time for next Sunday’s Classic Although x-rays have ruled out fractures after Tom Boonen’s crash today in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Omega Pharma Quick Step doctor Yvan Van Mol has said that the […]
Belgian rider not as badly hurt as initially feared Initial concerns that Tom Boonen’s crash could have spelt an end to his spring have eased somewhat, although it remains to be seen if he will be able to participate in […]
Spring Classics campaign may be over Tom Boonen’s chances of repeating his Ronde Van Vlaanderen/Paris-Roubaix double ended approximately twenty kilometres after the start of today’s Tour of Flanders, with the Belgian crashing heavily. The Omega Pharma Quick Step rider hit […]
American rider focuses on Roubaix, Gilbert on Ardennes Classics Although both riders had initially been scheduled to ride the Ronde van Vlaanderen/Tour of Flanders this Sunday, the BMC Racing Team has announced that neither Philippe Gilbert nor Taylor Phinney will […]
Defending champion wants to rest up before Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen In what can be interpreted as a precautionary measure, Tom Boonen has decided not to continue in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde race, with Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen taking priority […]
“There is hope,” Belgian states, speaking about knee injury and his ongoing recovery Having finished in the chase group on yesterday’s opening stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde race, Tom Boonen has said that getting through the race is encouraging […]
Leg problem from Gent-Wevelgem crash appears to be easing for Belgian rider Concerns that Tom Boonen’s crash in Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem might force him to miss the defence of his Ronde van Vlaanderen title have proven unfounded, with the Omega Pharma […]
RadioShack Leopard rider inches towards form Andy Schleck continued his gradual progress back towards decent racing fitness yesterday when the he went on the attack on the final stage of the Criterium International. The RadioShack Leopard rider responded to an […]
“My knee is swollen and it hurts, but we’ll see how it reacts tomorrow. It is important to keep calm” Omega Pharma-Quick Step entered Gent Wevelgem with multiple cards to play. Mark Cavendish was available for the bunch sprint option, […]
Welcome news for world scratch race champion A day after he crashed badly and fractured his hip in the Tour of Taiwan, the UnitedHealthcare pro team has confirmed a better-than-anticipated prognosis for Martyn Irvine and said that there is ‘a […]
Garmin-Sharp rider running out of time for northern Classics After stating recently that he believes he still hasn’t fully recovered from the fractured hip he suffered in last year’s Paris-Nice, and then withdrawing exhausted from Tirreno Adriatico, Garmin-Sharp rider Nick […]
