Greipel also ruled out by misfortune Paris-Roubaix was a frustrating day for Vacansoleil-DCM rider Bjorn Leukemans, who was clearly one of the stronger competitors and who was jostling with Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) and Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo) at certain points […]
Belgian team has worst luck ever in Hell of the North Belgian manager Patrick Lefevere’s teams have been a dominant force in the cobbled Classics for the past 16 years. Starting with Johan Museeuw’s Ronde van Vlaanderen success in 1995, […]
Happy with performance, will wait to decide his future with the race later Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) came into Paris-Roubaix today with a target on his back. With his performances in the E3-Prijs and the Tour of Flanders, the man […]
Quick Step trainer talks of problems keeping riders hydrated in hot, dusty Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix has not gone to plan for Quick Step. Team leader and talisman Tom Boonen suffered a mechanical problem in the Arenberg forest, then crashed out while […]
Hushovd strong, team fighting bad luck in race The Tour of Flanders didn’t go to plan, but Jonathan Vaughters said this morning prior to the race start that the Garmin-Cervélo team were psyched for Paris-Roubaix. “The guys are motivated; they’ve […]
Mark Cavendish “like a kid” ahead of first Enfer du Nord HTC-Highroad has put its strongest classics team out on the roads of today’s Paris-Roubaix. On paper the team’s leaders would be Milano-Sanremo winner Matt Goss and super-sprinting Manx Missile […]
Defending champion insists that he’s not the only favourite Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) has declared himself ready for Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix, according to Het Laatste Nieuws, and the defending champion insists that his team is ready too. The Swiss rider is […]
Belgian chasing a record equalling fourth victory in l’Enfer du Nord Quick Step has announced the eight-man team that is to attempt to deliver Tom Boonen’s fourth victory in Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. The former World and Belgian champion won the […]
Two past podium finishers confident of going even better this time The BMC Racing Team will be supporting Alessandro Ballan and George Hincapie in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. Both riders have finished on the podium in previous editions of the Hell of […]
Lampre-ISD captain will not start fifth stage but return to Italy for training Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) will not start tomorrow’s fifth stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco after being dropped by the leaders on today’s steep final climb of […]
Belgian will give 200% in Sunday’s Hell of the North OmegaPharma-Lotto will put its energies behind Jürgen Roelandts in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix, according to Sporza. The Belgian team, which last won the race in 2003 with Peter Van Petegem, has undergone […]
Nothing broken but serious abrasions for Belgian sprinter after Scheldeprijs crash Leopard Trek’s Wouter Weylandt was one of the principle victims of the huge finishing straight crash in Wednesday’s Scheldeprijs. Although he suffered considerable abrasions as he rolled around the […]
Team hoping to continue run of outsiders’ victories in this season’s monuments HTC-Highroad is taking a strong team to what it hopes will be a fast Paris-Roubaix this Sunday. While the American doesn’t possess a strong favourite for the race […]
American rider hoping for top result on Sunday US Paris-Roubaix contender George Hincapie appears to be recovering solidly after his bad crash in Wednesday’s Scheldeprijs, allaying any fears that he might have to cancel his participation in Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. […]
Third start, third win for Briton, Farrar amongst fallers Repeating his wins of 2007 and 2008, HTC Highroad’s Mark Cavendish got his season back on track when he sped to a dominant bunch sprint victory in the 99th edition of […]
Hopes fellow Frenchman will have Flanders form in French race Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme expects to see a top performance from fellow Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel in Paris-Roubaix this Sunday. The Quick Step rider was in superb form […]
Race’s only Belgian winner has to settle for seventh in frantic finale Her victory in the 2010 edition made Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen 2012-Ridley) one of the big names to watch in this year’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Early season form […]
Belgian legend comments on Sunday’s race; says it’s time for the route to change Belgian legend Freddy Maertens predicted that a rider like Nick Nuyens would win Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The double World champion who, despite going close on […]
