Team yet to decide if American talent will make elite race debut According to the BMC Racing Team, there is a still a chance that Taylor Phinney could start this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix Classic. The 20 year old’s first professional season […]
Close proximity of track worlds affects World Champion’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita-Forno d’Asolo) didn’t have her best day in yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The World Champion finished in 79th place, exactly 4 minutes behind race winner Annemiek van […]
Ronde Van Vlaanderen winner now targeting Amstel Gold Saxo Bank-SunGard’s Nick Nuyens had already won a number of semi-classics before yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, including the Omloop Het Volk (now Het Nieuwsblad) and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne; until yesterday though, he had not […]
Quick-Step rider comes painfully close to the win in Meerbeke Heading into Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, Leopard Trek’s Fabian Cancellara was the unquestioned favorite with a small army of major stars snapping at his heels: Tom Boonen, Philippe Gilbert, Juan […]
Lack of team-mates affected race for Hushovd and Farrar Garmin-Cevelo chief Jonathan Vaughters has explained his tactics against a defensive policy during the finale of the Tour of Flanders on Saturday, saying that there was little choice. He told his […]
Dutchwoman wins two-rider sprint to take career-best victory Annemiek van Vleuten once again proved that Nederland Bloeit is about more than just Marianne Vos by winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen for women. The Dutchwoman outsprinted Russian champion Tatiana Antoshina (Gauss) […]
Reining World and Olympic time trial champion ready for battle Following his dominating performance in last weekend’s E3-Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) goes into today’s Tour of Flanders as the odds on favorite. The Swiss […]
Should be even better for next weekend’s Paris-Roubaix Two-time Ronde Van Vlaanderen runner up Leif Hoste came into today’s edition of the race with the sole aim of helping teammate Filippo Pozzato to the top step of the podium. His […]
Team shake up again shows Dane’s strong ability to lead Today’s Ronde van Vlaanderen saw a surprise winner emerge for the second time in a spring Classic this year, this time the victor being Saxo Bank-Sungard rider Nick Nuyens. As […]
Belgian back to his best, Cancellara fires too soon and gets third Nick Nuyens has been falling short of his top form for several seasons, but his rejuvenation continued today when he picked up his second success in less than […]
Ronde favourite is pleased he didn’t fly back to Monaco after Gent-Wevelgem victory Tom Boonen (Quick Step) was due to fly back to his home in Monaco immediately after his victory in last Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem; instead he stayed behind in […]
Belgian rider satisfied with his form, even though he’s not at 100 percent Fabian Cancellara may be top of the list of favourites for most people for tomorrow’s Tour of Flanders, with Tom Boonen also mentioned as a big contender, […]
Only Belgian to win the race starts tomorrow with similar form to 2010 Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012) returns to defend her title I tomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Vrouwen on what promises to be the toughest course yet. As the […]
British Sky Proteam rider goes close in Gent-Wevelgem The cobbled Classics season has started well for Team Sky; Aussie CJ Sutton won from a huge bunch at Kuurne; Welshman Geraint Thomas took second to a resurgent Nick Nuyens (Saxo & […]
Both riders say they must ride, even if they only make it halfway round Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Leif Hoste (Katusha) have both suffered bad crashes in the lead up to Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The former came down in […]
Basque race should be good proving ground before the Ardennes classics While half of the peloton is looking towards the cobbles and bergs of Flanders, the rest is preparing itself for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, which starts on Monday. […]
Sky’s classics star just wants to enjoy his racing Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) is the British team’s number one man for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Spanish classics star has come close to taking the race, being outsprinted by […]
American team seeks to exploit its strength in depth The in-form Alessandro Ballan and American favourite George Hincapie will be two of what is a very solid BMC Racing Team at the Tour of Flanders this Sunday. Ballan has had […]
