Norwegian champion takes bumpy cobbled sprint and his first international pro victory After fourth place on stage one, and second place on stage two, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) has finally taken his first international victory in the professional ranks, in stage […]
Tom Boonen seeks to join the immortals with third victory in Vlaanderens Mooiste While many of his teammates were riding the second stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde today, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Classics captain Tom Boonen was leading a reconnaissance […]
Norwegian champion leads both overall and points classifications but would have preferred a stage victory After his fourth place on stage one, and second place on stage two, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finds himself in the leader’s jersey of the Driedaagse […]
Second place for Alexander Kristoff gives Norwegian champion the lead after Peter Sagan dropped German wunderkind sprinter Marcel Kittel (Project 1t4i) returned to winning ways, after his second place in the Handzame Classic two weeks before, with an emphatic victory […]
Robert Gesink looking to improve on ninth in 2011; Michel Kreder preparing for Cauberg’s uphill sprint The Netherlands’ biggest riders are preparing for the country’s biggest one day race, the Amstel Gold Race, which will take place in just over […]
British champion joins the list of riders to watch in Sunday’s Vlaanderens Mooiste; 23-year-old staking claim to leadership of GB Olympic team Lizzie Armitstead’s victory in Sunday’s first ever women’s edition of the great Semi-Classic Gent-Wevelgem was her second of […]
Tom Boonen sits out tough, windy stage race again as he prepares for Sunday’s Ronde Omega Pharma-Quick Step is sending an aggressive team to this week’s Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, with ambitions to take overall honours as well as stage victories. […]
Want to seize opportunities in upcoming races Although he had to be satisfied with ninth place in yesterday’s Gent Wevelgem Classic, Filippo Pozzato is upbeat about the performance and regards it as a success. Not so much for the result, […]
Italian gets in on the sprint and talks up his team’s chances in Flanders Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil-DCM) mixed it up with the sprinters on Sunday in Gent-Wevelgem, eventually coming across the line in seventh place, and the success has Italian […]
Radioshack-Nissan satisfied, looking for better fortune next weekend Despite a sizeable string of bad luck in the E3 Prijs Harelbeke on Friday and in Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem, Radioshack-Nissan is happy with the results of the recent Flanders races, including Daniele Bennati’s […]
Dutch champion continues dominance of 2012 World Cup with final climb attack Marianne Vos (Rabobank) continued her domination of the 2012 World Cup with a dominant solo victory in the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Cittiglio, northern Italy. The Netherlands champion, […]
Sagan second, Freire frustrated again, Cavendish caught behind split After taking the E3 Prijs Harelbeke on Friday, Tom Boonen made it two in a row in two different ways on Sunday. The Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider took his second win […]
Belgian will compete in tomorrow’s Gent Wevelgem, worried about Flanders Philippe Gilbert’s loss of strength and subsequent withdrawal from yesterday’s E3 Prijs Harelbeke race has been blamed on a tooth infection, according to his BMC Racing Team. Team doctor Giovanni […]
Photo finish after race of constant attacks sees Belgian take outright record in the “Mini Ronde van Vlaanderen” Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) confirmed his return to the top of the sport with his fifth victory in the E3 Prijs […]
Slovakian and Italian rouleurs hoping that youthful enthusiasm can make up for relative lack of experience in big Belgian races Liquigas-Cannondale has announced its eight man team that will be heading to Flanders, northern Belgium, for the four big cobbled […]
Dutch team looking forward to the big northern races after best season start to date After its best start to the year to date, putting it sixth in the WorldTour rankings so far, Vacansoleil-DCM is now looking forward to the […]
Farnese Vini Selle Italia rider speaks about fresh outlook and new team Taking confidence from a good sixth place finish in Milan Sanremo, a result that came despite breaking his collarbone just over a month before, Filippo Pozzato has spoken […]
Says finishing line closer to Poggio could boost safety and drama Twenty years after his stirring 1992 victory in Milan-Sanremo, Sean Kelly has agreed that one of the proposed tweaks to the route could be beneficial to the early-season Classic. […]
