German GC rider turns his attention towards Classic goal HTC Highroad rider Tony Martin rode Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne to loosen up for this weekend; the gloves are off in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, where he will go all out for a big result. […]
Belgian is overwhelming favourite for la Doyenne but takes nothing for granted Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has won his last three races: the Brabatse Pijl, the Amstel Gold Race and la Flèche Wallonne, and is overwhelming favourite for Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. […]
Katusha rider hoping for third time lucky against Philippe Gilbert Second place at Flèche Wallonne for the second year in succession was disappointment for Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez, especially as it followed a second place in the Amstel Gold Race three […]
Hopes to be competitive in sprints Flèche Wallonne runner-up Emma Johannson was closest to Marianne Vos in yesterday’s Classic, but admits there was little she could do when her rival hit the gas close to the top of the Mur […]
Belgian knows the parcours well although he has never ridden the race Despite never having competed in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, BMC Racing’s classics captain Greg Van Avermaet knows the parcours very well. The Belgian has shown good form in some of the […]
Irishman okay after Flèche crash Nicolas Roche hit the deck during yesterday’s Flèche Wallonne, crashing along with his first cousin Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervélo), but has confirmed to VeloNation that he is not too badly hurt and will be okay for […]
Rivals no match for Dutchwoman on final climb Marianne Vos made history today when, with a daunting burst of power atop the Mur de Huy, she scorched to what is her fourth career victory in the women’s Flèche Wallonne. The […]
Kazakh rider still hopes to repeat Liège-Bastogne-Liège win on Sunday Alexander Vinokourov finished fourth today in Flèche Wallonne and said that he could do no better. Vinokourov was placed well at the bottom of the climb but had no answer […]
Flèche Wallonne winner ready for Sunday showdown As he did in the autumn of 2009, Philippe Gilbert is on the verge of taking his fourth race in what is already a superb winning streak. Back then he triumphed in the […]
Amstel Gold winner makes Mur de Huy look easy as the rest flounder in his wake Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) emphasised his status as the number one rider in the hilly classics this season with an imperious victory in la Flèche […]
American rider satisfied with how season is going Christian Vande Velde said prior to the start of today’s Flèche Wallonne that Ryder Hesjedal and Dan Martin were the team’s protected riders for the race. Martin subsequently crashed out, but the […]
German buoyant prior to start of Ardennes Classic Leopard Trek’s evergreen veteran Jens Voigt was in bright spirits this morning at the start of Fleche Wallonne, saying that his team would try to ride to set up either Frank or […]
Irishman gunning for good result Dan Martin will start today’s Flèche Wallonne as one of Garmin-Cervélo’s protected riders. Third overall in the Volta a Catalunya showed that he is going well, and his climbing ability could well put him in […]
Defending champion still recovering from training injury The BMC Racing team will start tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne in Charleroi, Belgium without its defending champion Cadel Evans. The Australian former World champion sustained a quadricep injury in training three weeks ago and […]
Last year’s third place not on top form after suffering from a cold Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) is looking forward to racing in tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne, although he concedes that a cold caught after the Vuelta a Castilla y León […]
American team doesn’t want it to come down to a race up the Mur de Huy HTC-Highroad is hoping to mix things up in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, to decide the race with long range attacks, rather than wait for the […]
Classics star wants to get himself a yellow jersey The day after winning his second consecutive edition of the Amstel Gold Race, classics king Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) has announced that he intends to ride the Tour de France in July, […]
Three-time Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Johan Museeuw is helping the city of Ronse with its bid to become host to the finish of Flanders’ biggest one-day race, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. The Ronde has finished in Meerbeke, on the […]
