Slovakian makes his return to the Pavé du Nord for the first time since 2011 Peter Sagan will ride Paris-Roubaix in 2014, his Cannondale Pro Cycling team has confirmed, making an appearance on the Pavé du Nord for the first […]
“Winning Paris-Roubaix is normally an utopia, but the race does suit me” Accepting that the modified route of Milan-Sanremo is too tough for his characteristics, André Greipel has ruled out participating in the first big Classic of the season, but […]
Emphasis on racing this time round after 2013 spring training camps didn’t pay off After a disappointing Classics season in 2013, Edvald Boasson Hagen and his Sky team are changing things up for next season, hoping to find the right […]
In form Astana rider crashed in Paris-Roubaix Slovenian national road race champion Borut Bozic had some very promising results this spring, with his solid form earning him second in both the Dwars door Vlaanderen and Gent-Wevelgem, but his momentum has […]
Double world cyclo-cross champion proud of Classics performance Speaking after a strong performance in Paris-Roubaix, where he looked like a potential winner until he clipped a spectator’s camera at the Carrefour de l’Arbe sector of cobbles and was delayed, Zdenek […]
Former British champion spends a hard day working for the team in his first appearance in the race Russell Downing (NetApp-Endura) is still having new experiences in his career, even at the age of 34, and on Sunday rode his […]
Team Sky’s Australian hardman reflects on a hard, but fruitless, day in Paris-Roubaix Very few meaningful breakaways were allowed to get free of the peloton in yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix, as the RadioShack-Leopard team of eventual winner Fabian Cancellara kept a tight […]
Van Avermaet into top ten, Vanmarcke and Terpstra clock up points Fabian Cancellara’s sprint victory against Sep Vanmarcke (Blanco Pro Cycling) in yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix led to the Swiss rider’s third win in the race, but has also brought the additional […]
Belgian rider best of BMC Racing Team in prestigious Classic Greg Van Avermaet continued his strong spring campaign by narrowly missing out on a podium finish in Paris-Roubaix today, the Belgian rider netting fourth in the cobblestone Classic. The BMC […]
Swiss champ plays the waiting game in whittled down lead group, Terpstra wins sprint for third The overwhelming favourite coming into Paris-Roubaix, Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Leopard) confirmed that he is indeed the top classics champion of 2013 by taking a hard […]
Roelandts rendered ineffective after flat tire during Cancellara’s first move After utilizing aggressively smart tactics to animate the Tour of Flanders last Sunday, Lotto-Belisol was unable to keep the magic going in Paris-Roubaix. The aggression in Flanders helped net Jurgen […]
Young BMC Racing Team rider leads through Arenberg, builds important experience Paris-Roubaix is about strength and skill, but also depends a lot on experience and gauging effort. Taylor Phinney had hoped to be closer to the front than his eventual […]
Leukemans one of many to suffer ill-timed bad luck Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) has had better days at Paris-Roubaix, including several podium finishes, but the Spaniard had a good day overall in the Hell of the North on Sunday, and […]
Belgian reflects on being outsprinted by Fabian Cancellara in Paris-Roubaix finish Sep Vanmarcke (Blanco Pro Cycling) finished a very close second in Paris-Roubaix to Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard) in a sprint that many thought he could have won. The 24-year-old Belgian, […]
Niki Terpstra salvages third place as Vandenbergh and Štybar blocked on the cobbles Omega Pharma-Quick Step was sitting pretty with twenty kilometres to go in the 2013 Paris-Roubaix, with Stijn Vandenbergh and Zdeněk Štybar in the leading group of four, […]
‘The last hour was just pure fight, and I’m really happy. I probably never damaged myself like this’ He soloed to victory last week in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, having time to really savour his second win in that event. […]
2010 runner up says Roubaix course suits him well and should narrow gap Although he withdrew from last weekend’s Ronde van Vlaanderen due to breathing problems, Thor Hushovd has said that he remains convinced he can be a contender for […]
2007 race winner points to Langeveld as top contender Though his opportunities to contest the finale of Paris-Roubaix have probably passed with the years, Stuart O’Grady (Orica-GreenEdge) will start another edition of the Hell of the North on Sunday, and […]
