Veteran broadcaster answers a range of questions about the sport When you hear sentences like “once again, they’ve stretched the elastic” or “his legs have turned to rubber and his effort reduced to mere survival,” you are probably watching a […]
Belgian legend comments on Sunday’s race; says it’s time for the route to change Belgian legend Freddy Maertens predicted that a rider like Nick Nuyens would win Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The double World champion who, despite going close on […]
British Sky Proteam rider goes close in Gent-Wevelgem The cobbled Classics season has started well for Team Sky; Aussie CJ Sutton won from a huge bunch at Kuurne; Welshman Geraint Thomas took second to a resurgent Nick Nuyens (Saxo & […]
Welshman goes close to victory in Dwars door Vlaanderen It’s arguable that but for two results, Team Sky’s arrival in the Pro Tour peloton in 2010 could have been classed as a poor one. The first was Juan Antonio Flecha’s […]
British champion has no designs on the overall World Cup but is angry over the loss of major races Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) has started the 2011 World Cup as she ended the 2010 one: with a dominant solo victory. As […]
German scouted out decisive climb on eve of two-day race on Corsica Jens Voigt has won the Critérium International five times, putting him on equal numbers with Frenchmen Emile Idée and Raymond Poulidor. This year, the German has the chance […]
UCI President talks about threatened split within the sport It started off being about race radios, but as time progressed, it has become clear that there is more to the current tension between some teams and the UCI than just […]
UCI President on radio debate, voting rights, sporting structure Part I of this interview dealt with a rival league that threatens to split the sport and, potentially, cause a civil war in cycling. Pat McQuaid gave the UCI’s perspective on […]
In-form sprinter raring to go on eve of La Primavera With the countdown to the 102nd Milan – Sanremo now into the final stages, VeloNation caught up with a man who has to be on any list of favourites for […]
Belgian rider making big progress at 24 years of age Jump back to the 2009 Tour of Britain, and one of the stars of the show there is a young Belgian from the Topsport Vlaanderen team, Thomas De Gendt. He […]
Kiwi national champion ready for good season Despite the fact that it was cosy in the quiet dining room of the luxury hotel on the outskirts of Gent where HTC Highroad was holed up on the eve of the 2011 […]
Former Tour Maillot Jaune and CPA chief speaks Cedric Vasseur’s pro career spanned some 15 seasons, from racing under the stewardship of the legendary Peter Post at Novemail in 1993 to being a ‘QuickStep man’ under Patrick Lefevre in 2007, […]
An Post Sean Kelly rider still ambitious in what could be his final season Today’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne is an important race for the 2006 Belgian champion Niko ‘Rambo’ Eeckhout. After working on his racing condition in the Tours of Qatar and […]
Portuguese rider given green light after earlier positive test The 2010 season was a very difficult season for Rui Costa who, along with his brother Mario, tested positive for the substance methylhexaneamine at the Portuguese national time trial championships last […]
Motivation still strong at 36 years of age Whilst the media focuses on Sky, Cav, Brad and the Tour, there are some riders who ‘just get on with it’ in the real world of pro cycling – no agents, no […]
British champion speaks about the coming year on the road and the track Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) has made a steady start to 2011. His personal results in January’s Santos Tour Down Under were fairly unspectacular, but he spent the […]
Dutch rider aiming for a good season Scottish Continental team, Endura Racing has stepped up a level from season 2010. The part time riders have gone but the strong men, riders like Frenchman Alex Blain, Kiwi Jack Bauer and Englishman […]
Former Barloworld and RadioShack rider fighting back after Pegasus disappointment For many, Daryl Impey might be best remembered as the man who was cruising to overall victory in the last stage of the 2009 Presidential Tour of Turkey when Theo […]
