Sanchez will look to open up his 2012 account This weekend the Euskaltel Euskadi squad will look to divide and conquer as they send strong teams to both Paris-Nice in France and the Vuelta a Murcia on home turf in […]
Boonen will have cards to play for the sprints Omega Pharma-Quick Step is heading into this weekend’s 70th edition of Paris-Nice with the aim of keeping its momentum securing the overall victory for the team. The Belgian squad picked up […]
Ten of the Tour’s top fifteen riders expected at the Race to the Sun Race organiser ASO has confirmed the route of this year’s Paris-Nice, which was inadvertently leaked into the French media last week. As was leaked, the 70th […]
Classic finale makes its reappearance in Race to the Sun The Col d’Eze time trial, for many years a nailbiting finale to Paris-Nice, is set to make a reappearance in the 2012 edition, according to French sources today. The route […]
Bretagne-Schuller the only French ProConti team to miss out Race organiser ASO has announced names of the four Professional Continental teams that have been awarded wildcards for this year’s Paris-Nice. The race is part of the International Cycling Union (UCI) […]
Czech rider to train in Tenerife, no racing planned for over a month Although he had hoped to figure strongly in Paris-Nice and had the backing of Alexandre Vinokourov and the Astana team behind him, Roman Kreuziger had to be […]
Said partnership worked ‘extremely well’ This year’s Paris-Nice was the first occasion for the UCI and the French anti-doping agency AFLD to work together under the latter’s new president Bruno Genevois. It followed on from previous tensions under the former […]
HTC-Highroad rider nudges Cameron Meyer off the top spot Overall victory in last week’s Paris-Nice has lifted Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) straight to the top of the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Ranking. The German’s win, plus his victory in the […]
Yates pleased with Team Sky performance in World Tour event Bradley Wiggins became the third Briton to land a top three placing in Paris-Nice yesterday, ending the World Tour event 41 seconds behind Tony Martin (HTC Highroad) and just five […]
Big obstacle may be a conflict of interest with Mark Cavendish in July Tony Martin celebrated his biggest victory to date when he won the 69th edition of Paris-Nice on Sunday. His sports director Rolf Aldag was quite satisfied with […]
French and German triumph on Promenade des Anglais On what was another dangerous, rain-splattered day in Paris-Nice, French champion Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) soled to an excellent second stage victory of the race, while Tony Martin (HTC Highroad) held on to […]
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 […]
Spaniard had higher expectations himself Luis León Sánchez lost 1’40 to stage winner Tony Martin in the stage six time trial of Paris-Nice. The Spaniard was one place and two seconds behind his teammate Bauke Mollema, with whom the Rabobank […]
Astana rider has massive scare in final kilometers on wet roads Rémy Di Gregorio (Astana) finished off a well-timed move with 13km to go in stage seven of Paris-Nice. The 215 kilometers between Brignoles Biot – Sophia Antipolis were held […]
Wiggins second in TT, Klöden unable to cope with pace of fellow German Already victorious in the time trial and the overall classification of the Volta ao Algarve, Tony Martin’s successful season continued today with a stomping time trial win […]
RadioShack’s German veteran poised for second overall victory 11 years after his first RadioShack’s Andreas Klöden was as surprised as anyone to outsprint Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the fifth stage of Paris-Nice. Despite having two second places in […]
Team RadioShack rider picks up first win in two years Team RadioShack rider Andreas Klöden shook off his reputation as a non-sprinter when he proved quickest of an eight man breakaway group in Paris-Nice today. Led out by team-mate Janez […]
Tommy V and Tommy DG beat the bunch One day after promising to keep trying for a stage win, French champion Thomas Voeckler delivered on that vow when he grabbed a dramatic stage victory in Paris-Nice. The Team Europcar captain […]
