Italian sprinter dreams big after two wins: one at the Giro and one over Cavendish After beating Mark Cavendish and also winning at the Giro d’Italia this season, Italy’s Manuel Belletti wants to continue his progression towards an eventual Milano-Sanremo […]
Former Tour de France champion Stephen Roche has commented on Saturday’s Milan-Sanremo Classic, applauding Oscar Freire for his victory while also stating that other riders threw away their chance to win. Describing Freire’s dramatic sprint success ahead of Tom Boonen […]
It seems that the unlikely coexistence between two of the world’s best sprinters on the same team is just how most had thought it would be: not an easy one. This is an understood fact, but HTC-Columbia has done a […]
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) failed to match his 2005 win yesterday at Milano-Sanremo, but he came away impressed, impressed with his form and with the power of winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank). “A ‘grande campione’ won today,” Petacchi told La Gazzetta […]
Italian Daniele Bennati finished off Liquigas-Doimo’s work in Milano-Sanremo yesterday, but unfortunately, he did not have enough to stop the surge of Oscar Freire. He started the sprint first after a lead-out by team-mate Daniel Oss, but ended the day, […]
Tom Boonen finished second in Milano-Sanremo on Saturday – a race that is high on his wish list for a win. It was his best result so far, after finishing third in 2007 and fourth in 2006. Yet he seemed […]
Team Katusha gave its all in Milano-Sanremo yesterday to avoid a sprint finish, cumulating with the attack of Italian Champion Filippo Pozzato in the final kilometre. He failed to repeat his 2006 win and the sprint went to Oscar Freire, […]
Today Edvald Boasson Hagen went into one of cycling’s monuments, Milan-Sanremo, as a team captain and one of the favorites for the first time. He had done everything right in the lead-up to the event, putting in a solid winter […]
Mark Cavendish was not able to repeat his dazzling performance of 2009 this afternoon in Sanremo, but he did show himself better than most had anticipated. After a dismal first few months of the season beset by health problems and […]
Oscar Freire easily won the sprint royale today in Milano-Sanremo against Tom Boonen and Alessandro Petacchi in a group of about two dozen riders. In an unusual Classicissima, the break of the day was caught early and breaks on the […]
Had he not fallen and broken his collarbone in Paris-Nice, Gert Steegmans would be listed amongst the contenders for today’s Paris-Nice. Instead, he will watch the race as an outsider, and tips fellow Belgian Tom Boonen as a possible winner. […]
Of the riders in this year’s Milan-Sanremo, the one with the best finishing record is undoubtedly triple world champion Oscar Freire. The Rabobank rider has won the race twice, in 2004 and 2007, as well as taking placings of third, […]
Although the Lampre-Farnese Vini team will put a lot of faith in their sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, the Italian squad will also give Damiano Cunego the opportunity to achieve one of the big goals of his career. The former Giro d’Italia […]
With Milan-Sanremo tomorrow, Luxembourg rider Kim Kirchen of Team Katusha weighed in on his team’s chances at Italy’s most important one-day classic, Milan-Sanremo. On a team with some potential La Primevera winners, Kirchen confirmed who their favorite is: “A guy […]
On the eve of the 101st edition of Milan-Sanremo there is much speculation on how tomorrow’s winner will arrive near the port in Sanremo. With the past six winners taking part in the event, and all but last year’s victor […]
Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has unexpectedly withdrawn from tomorrow’s Milan-San Remo, according to his RadioShack team, due to what it termed ‘acute gastroenteritis.’ “It would have been good to have Lance lineup for the start but […]
With less than twenty-four hours before Italy’s biggest one-day classic, Milan-Sanremo, American George Hincapie of Team BMC discussed his preparation as well as the situation for tomorrow with his new team. Hincapie has had a quiet beginning of the season, […]
The American HTC-Columbia team is prepared to do what it takes to deliver their sprinter Mark Cavendish to the line tomorrow and defend his 2009 title. While the Manxman hasn’t had a win yet this year, he’s come close, with […]
