Dutch champion motivated for another successful Classics season following Six-Day success Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is looking ahead to what he hopes will be another successful Classics season for the Belgian team. The Dutch champion was a key part […]
Dutch Classic to end almost 2km beyond Cauberg to offer chance to “more potential winners” The finish line of the Amstel Gold Race is to move two kilometres past the top of the Cauberg climb, to that used at this […]
BMC Racing’s British sprinter looking for more consistent form as he races in the rainbow jersey team Adam Blythe is beginning his second season as a member of the BMC Racing Team in 2013, with hopes of building on a […]
Katusha “judged as” ProConti team and misses Giro; consolation offered with other races RCS Sport has confirmed the identities of the teams to be allocated wildcard invitations to this year’s Giro d’Italia, and its other WorldTour races, with Katusha missing […]
German rider wants to get back to his best, early spring races are first goals Former world under 23 champion Gerald Ciolek had a somewhat quiet year in 2012 but, handed a leader’s role with the MTN Qhubeka squad and […]
Three ribs also fractured by former World champion on final day of Spanish camp Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) has suffered a fractured femur and three fractured ribs, according to a report on tuttobiciweb.it. The 2008 World champion was reportedly taking […]
Swiss rider determined to bounce back after injuries and misfortune He had a season that was so frustrating that he decided to call it quits back in August, even at the cost of missing the world time trial championships, but […]
Czech star reaffirms his absence from the World championships as he aims at the Classics Having apparently been asked continuously when his cyclocross season was going to start, two-time World champion Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has detailed the races […]
World champion philosophical about only taking third place in Belgian Sportsman of the Year race Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) has learned his lesson from 2012, he says, as he prepares for next year’s spring campaign. The World champion failed to […]
Lotto-Belisol teammates aiming for different targets, but with similar focus Lotto-Belisol stars Jürgen Roelandts and Jurgen Van Den Broeck are both looking forward to getting the 2013 season started, as they attend the team’s first real training camp of the […]
Distance of original 1913 event to be ridden on anniversary date of May 25th As part of the celebrations to mark 100 years of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, race organiser Flanders Classics is to run an amateur ride of 324km, […]
Kwaremont/Paterberg circuit remain for Oudenaarde finale; early loop pays tribute to race history Flanders Classics, the organiser of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, has announced the route of the 2013 edition of Vlaanderens Mooiste (Flanders’ most beautiful) to be run on […]
Move to Sunday means the Belgian semi-Classic expects a more prestigious field While it might not please everybody that race organiser RCS Sport has decided to move Milano-Sanremo to a Sunday, it has pleased those behind the Nokere Koerse, the […]
Safety, traffic disruption and TV coverage the main motivators, and fans events to follow The International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed yesterday that it had consented to the moving of Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia to Sundays in 2013. The two Classic […]
Colombia, MTN-Qhubeka and Team Type 1 confirmed as ProConti; WorldTour registration to wait until December 10th The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that it has accepted the request from race organiser RCS Sport to break with more than a […]
Belgian rider unimpressed by more relaxed whereabouts requirements for other sports Tom Boonen will follow the old adage about not changing a winning formula, with the Belgian saying that he will follow the same building up to the Classics in […]
Near-total Cobbled Classics domination sees Belgian champion see off Philippe Gilbert Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) saw off the challenge of World champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) to win his fourth career Kristallenfiets (Crystal Bike) as the Belgian cyclist of […]
World champion’s training for 2013 started three weeks earlier than last year Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) has pronounced himself hungry as he prepares for the 2013 season. The World champion, who finally took what many feel to be a long […]
