British rider keen to come back after broken collarbone kept her out of 2011 race Emma Pooley (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) is ready for tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne, and is looking to take her second victory in the Women’s World Cup event. The […]
Sinus infection means Australian will return home Former race winner Cadel Evans won’t compete in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne nor next Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, with the Australian dropping out of those Ardennes Classics today. His BMC Racing Team has said that Evans […]
Upcoming races will decide the Eagle of Filottrano’s support team for next month’s Corsa Rosa Until two months ago, Lampre-ISD’s Michele Scarponi was preparing to go one better than second place in May’s Giro d’Italia. Since the retrospective disqualification of […]
Slovakian frustrated by result yet encouraged for future The theory that Peter Sagan could be a future colossus of the sport received further reinforcement yesterday when the Slovakian followed up on his fourth place in Milan Sanremo and the Ronde […]
Different location for worlds finish line could boost his chances He may have been caught 100 metres from the line, suffering the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a victory he has been chasing for many years, but yesterday’s Amstel […]
Former Amstel winner happy to be with lead group on Cauberg Trying to put the disappointing cobbled Classics season behind them, Radioshack-Nissan have picked up a solid start to the Ardennes season after Frank Schleck came home twelfth at the […]
Without Gilbert to assist, Vanendert reaches podium in Amstel Gold Race After confirming his potential in the Grand Tours last year, Jelle Vanendert performed admirably in a single-day Classic, coming in second behind Enrico Gasparotto in the Amstel Gold Race. […]
German carries banner for Garmin-Barracuda, who put three in top 20 Fabian Wegmann (Garmin-Barracuda) is looking forward to the week ahead, the Flèche Wallone on Wednesday and next weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, after coming home eighth in Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race. Wegmann […]
Up to other riders to try to overhaul ongoing leader Boonen Peter Sagan’s progress up the UCI WorldTour ranking has seen the Slovakian rider move from fifth to second in the latest tables, but that will be as close as […]
None of Sunday’s expected protagonists performed on Cauberg finale leaving Wednesday’s race wide open The failure of any of the pre-race favourites to feature in the result of Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race has left this coming Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne race […]
Spaniard goes close to sensational Classic victory Launching a well timed but opportunistic attack with seven kilometres to go, hitting the final climb of the Cauberg with a slight lead over a hard-chasing group of race favourites, Oscar Freire narrowly […]
Three-way sprint taken by Italian after Oscar Freire caught in the final metres Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) claimed victory in the closest Amstel Gold Race for many years, to go two places better than his third place of 2010.The 30-year-old Italian […]
Joaquim Rodríguez, Oscar Friere, Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sánchez all vying for victory in the Dutch Classic In the Amstel Gold Race’s 46-year history there has yet to be a winner from south of the Pyrénées. The Netherlands – of […]
Liquigas Cannondale duo believe their pooled strength could win out tomorrow Prominent in Milan-Sanremo, the pairing of Peter Sagan and Vinceno Nibali will try to pull off an important victory tomorrow in the Amstel Gold Race. The Liquigas Cannondale riders […]
Danish rider slowly building after a winter of illness and injury; riding for namesake Nicki and local boy Karsten Kroon in Dutch Classic Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank) is beginning to find some form this season after struggling with illness […]
Farnese Vini Selle Italia rider will instead target success in Giro d’Italia Filippo Pozzato’s goal of winning one of the spring Classics have gone up in smoke with the news that he has been forced to withdraw from tomorrow’s Amstel […]
Belgian climber “curious, but not nervous” about riding Ardennes Classics for himself for the first time Although he has ridden the Amstel Gold Race several times before, Sunday’s race will be the first time that Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) […]
Gilbert, Evans and Van Avermaet comment prior to Amstel Gold Race Despite a budget which is considerably bigger than that of most of the rest of the peloton plus a lineup which includes some of the top riders in the […]
