Cervélo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler was the revelation of last year’s classics season, but is being forced to sit out the next few races as he recovers from a knee problem. The Australian/German crashed out of stage 4 of the Volta […]
On the eve of Milano-Sanremo, the big names are all attempting to take the pressure off themselves by nominating one another as the favourites for the race. Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Philippe […]
The Italian Liquigas team is naming no less than four captains for Saturday’s Classicissima, the almost 300-kilometer long Milano-Sanremo. Daniele Bennati, Roman Kreuziger, Vincenzo Nibali and Franco Pellizotti will all get to play their cards, depending on the race situation. […]
Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen stepped up from Milano-Sanremo outside favourite to hot pick after his sprint win at Tirreno-Adriatico Tuesday in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy. Team Sky will support the 22-year-old, but will that support come in a sprint […]
Italian legend Mario Cipollini doesn’t let national pride cloud his judgement in assessing who will win Milan-Sanremo; rather than opting for Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) or Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre), he believes that Belgian rider Tom Boonen will be number one on […]
In two day’s time, Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) will search to repeat his Milano-Sanremo win. The Swiss hard man warns that he is going stronger than last year and that he is ready. “At Tirreno-Adriatico I managed myself well,” he […]
Spaniard Oscar Freire is set to lead his Rabobank team in this year’s Milan-Sanremo. He has won La Primavera twice before, and was the first Spaniard to take victory on the via Roma. His 2004 triumph over German rider Erik […]
Robbie McEwen has expressed frustration with his non-selection for Saturday’s Milan-Sanremo Classic, saying that the Katusha team management simply excluded him from the team without any discussion. The Australian sprinter announced yesterday on Twitter that he would not be riding […]
Italian Alessandro Petacchi will be the leader for the Lampre – Farnese Vini squad for this Saturday’s Milan-Sanremo. Ale-Jet last won the race in 2005 riding for team Fassa Bortolo, and since that time has been second (2006), eighth (2007) […]
ISD-Neri’s leader for Milan-Sanremo, Giovonni Visconti, had to take an early exit from Tirreno-Adriatico earlier this week due to physical problems. The former Italian national champion was forced to abandon during the mountainous stage six, with the team sending him […]
US champion George Hincapie and 2008 World champion Alessandro Ballan will be two of four team captains of the BMC Racing team as it heads to its first ever appearance in the Milano-Sanremo. The other two protected riders in the […]
Riders such as Tom Boonen, Daniele Bennati and Thor Hushovd are being spoken of as potential winners of this year’s Milan-San Remo, but another who must be considered is the Danish champion Matti Breschel. He hasn’t won a big Classic […]
The Cervélo Test Team will give full backing to Thor Hushovd in this weekend’s Milan San Remo, with last year’s runner-up Heinrich Haussler being confirmed today as a non-starter. Haussler has been battling a knee problem which arose from a […]
Lance Armstrong will be part of the RadioShack team to tackle Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo, according to tuttobiciweb.it. An agreement was reportedly made between the seven-time Tour de France winner and race director Angelo Zomegnan in a personal phone call last night. […]
Quick Step and OmegaPharma-Lotto are traditional rivals in the cobbled classics of the north. The hard men from each team pit themselves against one another for supremacy over their native cobbles, but this weekend will see Belgium’s biggest teams do […]
Both Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini are not too worried about Mark Cavendish’s chances for a repeat win in Milano-Sanremo. Cavendish has yet to get into gear this year, partially because a lengthy dental treatment has delayed his season start. […]
This week in Tirreno-Adriatico Belgian Tom Boonen finally managed to win a race on Italian soil. In one week’s time the first Spring Classic of the season will also take place in Italy. It is there on the Italian Riviera […]
In a press conference on the eve of today’s Tirreno-Adriatico, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) told the press that his interrupted spring was now getting back on track. The young Manxman was forced to delay the start to his season by an […]
