Former Gent-Wevelgem winner and Milano-Sanremo champion to spearhead US team’s classics team HTC-Highroad will be led in Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen by 2010 Gent-Wevelgem winner Bernhard Eisel and this year’s Milano-Sanremo winner Matt Goss. Both riders have been sick recently, […]
Dutch champion to be replaced by Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) is out of this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen after breaking his collarbone in today’s Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijede time trial. The Dutch road champion was hit by an […]
Youth also given a chance with Klaas Lodewyck and Britain’s Adam Blythe OmegaPharma-Lotto has announced a team built around the talents of classics star Philippe Gilbert and sprinter André Greipel for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Belgian ProTeam’s roster, which […]
RadioShack dominates race against the clock in West Flemish stage race once again Sébastien Rosseler (RadioShack) secured overall victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde with a flying performance in this afternoon’s 14.7km time trial around De Panne. The Belgian completed […]
Everything behind a third victory for the Belgian in the biggest day of the team’s year Quick Step is unsurprisingly fielding its strongest team possible in this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, as it seeks a third victory for Tom Boonen. […]
Cancellara and Schleck’s victories show team is delivering It’s taken a while, but last weekend showed that the Leopard Trek team is hitting form at just the right time. Fabian Cancellara dominated the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen with a long solo […]
Belgian team got nothing today but form bodes well for Sunday’s Ronde Despite Gert Steegmans and Sylvain Chavanel being two of the most aggressive riders in today’s first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, their Quick Step team came away […]
Every effort will be made to ensure safety and security at Vlaanderens Mooiste The Ronde van Vlaanderen is the biggest event in the Belgian cycling calendar, maybe even the Belgian sporting calendar. It’s almost 100 years old but it seems […]
Head wound could jeopardise three-time Ronde runner up’s chances on Sunday Leif Hoste (Katusha) suffered a serious crash in the first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde today. The Belgian crashed on the approach to the Eikenmolen, landing on his […]
Gorilla wins in long distance escape with the peloton at its heels Its no great surprise that André Greipel (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde between Middelkerke and Zottegem, but the German sprinter did it the […]
Towns at the end of current route want 15,000 signatures The Mayors of the towns of Ninove, Geraardsbergen and Galmaarden have launched a petition to persuade Flanders Classics, the organiser of the Ronde van Vlaanderen to leave the race’s finish […]
British champion has no designs on the overall World Cup but is angry over the loss of major races Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) has started the 2011 World Cup as she ended the 2010 one: with a dominant solo victory. As […]
Organisation unable to secure enough road closure so event will be un-timed The Paris-Roubaix Challenge is to change format, according to organiser ASO. The event, covering 138km between Saint Quentin and the cobbled sector at the Carrefour de l’Arbre, was […]
Leopard-Trek Classics leader Fabian Cancellara rode all over the field at E3-Prijs today, leaving the entire race in his wake as he cruised to an easy win after coming back from a day marked by mechanical difficulties. Jürgen Roelandts (Omega […]
“Little Ronde van Vlaanderen” cannot compete with the WorldTour event on the same weekend The decision to move WorldTour Gent-Wevelgem to the Sunday before the Ronde van Vlaanderen is having a catastrophic effect on the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, which takes […]
HTC-Highroad’s 2010 winner recovering from bad cold Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Highroad), the winner of the 2010 edition of Gent-Wevelgem has been suffering from a cold during his preparation for the defence of his title. The 30-year-old Austrian is confident and determined […]
Past winners and on-form riders will be protected in cobbled WorldTour race The BMC Racing Team will start this coming Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem with two former winners, but will also be supporting the interests of two on-form cobble specialists. George Hincapie, […]
Quality but a little inexperience for the acid-green team Liquigas-Cannondale approaches the next week of Belgian races with confidence, but with the admission that many of its riders lack experience in the tough, cobbled courses of the north. The acid-green […]
