Third straight Omloop Het Nieuwsblad now looks doubtful for World number two Emma Johansson (Hitec Products-Mistral Home) has been hit by a car in training, she has reported via her Twitter page, and has sustained two broken collarbones. The Swedish […]
Classics focus remains for Belgian team; new names bring new ambitions The Videohouse Studios on the outskirts of the Belgian capital Brussels, were the venue for the presentation of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team today. The event, run as “The […]
1997 Paris-Roubaix winner readying himself for one final tilt at the pavé before taking his seat in the FDJ-BigMat team car Frédéric Guesdon (FDJ-BigMat) is going through the motions one last time, in preparation for what will be his final […]
Ronde van Vlaanderen winner explains how he is now able to push himself further than before Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-SunGard) had long been touted as a potential big Classic winner but, until this year, he was just unable to make […]
Spanish Katusha rider outlines programme and key ambitions Pinpointing victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège as his big target for 2012, Catalan rider Joaquim Rodriguez wants to finally step up after previous close calls and land a major one day success. “I was […]
Team Sky’s spring captain preparing for his thirteenth season in the pro-peloton Team Sky’s Classics captain Juan Antonio Flecha is preparing himself for yet another season at the top level of the pro peloton. The 34-year-old Argentine-born Spaniard turned professional […]
Dutch champion admits he misses cyclocross, but six races this winter will help him prepare for next year’s Classics Lars Boom (Rabobank) has begun his short winter cyclocross season, but the Dutch champion admits that he doesn’t expect any spectacular […]
Ronde van Vlaanderen winner will take a similar approach to his spring campaign, even though it means missing the start of the Belgian Classics Nick Nuyens is currently in Israel, at the first Saxo Bank team training camp of the […]
Piccolo Prinicipe aiming for Ardennes Classics and Tour de France after seventh place this year After a largely successful 2011, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) has already begun to prepare for next season. The highlight for the 30-year-old from Verona were a […]
Thirty riders for “merger” of 2011 Luxembourg and US teams; not just about the Tour de France for Schleck brothers Just minutes after the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced that the RadioShack-Nissan team had been granted WorldTour registration for 2012, […]
Danish rider hungry for success after difficult 2011 season Greatly frustrated by his injury-plagued 2011 season, Danish one-day specialist Matti Breschel is determined to get back on track as quickly as possible next year, and his psyched by that thought. […]
Believes dynamic between he and Gilbert will lead to big successes He missed out on his goal of winning the race while in the rainbow jersey of world champion but Thor Hushovd remains fixated on winning Paris-Roubaix before the end […]
Oudenaarde’s Tour of Flanders visitor centre to be improved as the race finish moves to the town The Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen has been awarded a €90,000 grant by Geert Bourgeois, the Flemish minister for Tourism, according to Het Laatste […]
Pay rise for Belgian classics rider after his strongest season to date Björn Leukemans has extended his contract with Vacansoleil-DCM through 2013 and, since he enjoyed the best season of his career to date, the 34-year-old has managed to negotiate […]
RadioShack manager talks about the merger with Leopard Trek and the task of winning the Tour de France with Andy Schleck With the merger between RadioShack and Leopard Trek – creating what is currently referred to as RadioShack-Nissan-Trek –team manager […]
The Flanders public appears to be dead set against the course change, but those involved have a more balanced view This week Flanders Classics, the organiser of the Ronde van Vlaanderen – the Tour of Flanders – announced that the […]
‘Vlaanderens Mooiste’ to finish with hilly and cobbled circuit; Muur-Kapelmuur completely overlooked After a year-long decision-making process Flanders Classics, the owner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, has decided to award the finish of northern Belgium’s biggest one-day race to the […]
Former Italian champion could be headed to France after a miserable year with Katusha After a miserable 2011 season with Katusha, Filippo Pozzato could be headed to Europcar from next year, according to French newspaper Ouest France. The former Italian […]
