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Pro Cycling

Cancellara takes over UCI WorldTour lead after Paris-Roubaix triumph

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 […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Russell Downing on Paris-Roubaix debut: “Job done: got to the finish!”

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 […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Spring Classics,

Mathew Hayman: “It would have been nice to get one or two sections further”

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 […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Spring Classics,

Modolo and Coquard confirmed as part of strong sprinting lineup in Presidential Tour of Turkey

Other fast gallopers set to be announced in coming days A stage winner in 2012, the Italian sprinter Sacha Modolo has been confirmed as heading back to this year’s Presidential Tour of Turkey and is fired up to again achieve […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Milan Sanremo winner Ciolek back in action in Brabantse Pijl

MTN Qhubeka riders looking for good showing in semi-Classic After missing out on Scheldeprijs and the GP Pino Cerami due to a recent cold, Milan-Sanremo winner Gerald Ciolek has been confirmed as leading the MTN Qhubeka team in Wednesday’s Brabantse […]

Author: VeloNation Press Categories: Pro Cycling,

MPCC calls on more teams to join its anti-doping movement

Legeay favours a ‘Year Zero’ approach, but also a rigid enforcing of regulations from this point Following an upsurge in requests for membership after the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service scandal, the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible/MPCC [Movement for a Credible […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

MPCC calls on more teams to join its anti-doping movement

Legeay favours a ‘Year Zero’ approach, but also a rigid enforcing of regulations from this point Following an upsurge in requests for membership after the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service scandal, the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible/MPCC [Movement for a Credible […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Russell Downing on Paris-Roubaix debut: “Job done: got to the finish!”

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 […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Paris-Roubaix, Pro Cycling, Spring Classics,

Mathew Hayman: “It would have been nice to get one or two sections further”

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 […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Paris-Roubaix, Pro Cycling, Spring Classics,

Modolo and Coquard confirmed as part of strong sprinting lineup in Presidential Tour of Turkey

Other fast gallopers set to be announced in coming days A stage winner in 2012, the Italian sprinter Sacha Modolo has been confirmed as heading back to this year’s Presidential Tour of Turkey and is fired up to again achieve […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Presidential Tour of Turkey, Pro Cycling,

Milan Sanremo winner Ciolek back in action in Brabantse Pijl

MTN Qhubeka riders looking for good showing in semi-Classic After missing out on Scheldeprijs and the GP Pino Cerami due to a recent cold, Milan-Sanremo winner Gerald Ciolek has been confirmed as leading the MTN Qhubeka team in Wednesday’s Brabantse […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Contador says he needs rest, still undecided about Ardennes Classics

Suggests he may have gone too deep rather than building a sufficient base Racing hard since the start of the year but frustrated by a series of near misses, Alberto Contador has said that he wants to take time to […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Spring Classics, Vuelta al Pais Vasco,

UCI confirms Alexander Serebryakov’s positive test was for EPO

Euskaltel Euskadi rider faces disciplinary hearing before Russian Cycling Federation Officially announcing the rider’s suspension after Alexander Serebryakov’s Euskaltel Euskadi team said that it had fired him for testing positive for an unspecified substance, the UCI has stated that the […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Cancellara takes over UCI WorldTour lead after Paris-Roubaix triumph

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 […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Paris-Roubaix, Pro Cycling,

Phinney on Paris-Roubaix: ‘I think I got a little bit over-excited’

Young BMC Racing Team rider leads through Arenberg, builds important experience Phinney_Taylor_Roubaix13_Arenberg-1Paris-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 […]

Author: VeloNation Press Categories: Pro Cycling, Spring Classics,

Paris-Roubaix: Flecha gets top ten result to show for daylong efforts

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 […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling,

Sep Vanmarcke: “I know I should be proud, but it’s so disappointing if you get so close”

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, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Spring Classics,

Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s perfect Roubaix plans unravelled by fans on the Carrefour de l’Arbre

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, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Spring Classics,

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