Bernard Hinault and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle instruct amateur riders on the way to ride the cobbles Bernard Hinault and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, two former winners of Paris-Roubaix, were on hand today to guide a group of amateur riders over the course of […]
Iljo Keisse getting season’s first road start in 2011 After a disappointing start to the Flemish season, the Quick Step team is sending a team that it hopes will do better at the start of the Walloon one. The team […]
No Belgian winner at Het Nieuwsblad or Kuurne for second straight year For the second year in succession the Belgians have found themselves shut out of their “Openingsweekend” of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. The host nation had to […]
Dutchman Bobbie Traksel back for more one-day classic wins Dutch cyclist Bobbie Traksel hopes to see rain clouds at the start of the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne race today in Belgium. “The worse the weather, the stronger I become,” Traksel told Het Nieuwsblad […]
Successful defence for Swedish champion in Belgian season opener Emma Johansson (Hitec Products-UCK) won the women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, taking her second successive victory in the Belgian season opener, and her first race for the Norwegian team. Just as in […]
Wants UCI to cease threatening race organisers With the prospect of the race being annulled by the UCI, the teams’ assocation AIGCP has announced that it will not stage a protest tomorrow at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad early-season semi-Classic. Teams […]
Too soon to give 100% for the win; Belgian star will not defy radio ban With the sunny preparation races in the Middle East over with, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) is now ready to start his season proper in the […]
Court orders Italian legend to be disturbed An Italian court has ordered that the body of the late Franco Ballerini is to be exhumed in order to help with some insurance companies’ investigations, according to la Gazzetta dello Sport. The […]
Flemish Ardennes city wants the race when Meerbeke’s contract expires The city of Oudenaarde officially launched its bid for the finish of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, when the contract current with Meerbeke expires after this year’s race. The bid was […]
FDJ manager one of the few speaking out in favour of radio ban With all the talk of a now-cancelled protest at tomorrow’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad over the International Cycling Union (UCI) banning the use of two-way radios, there is […]
Many will take the start with earpieces in defiance of ban The war between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the top teams over the abolition of radio communications looks set for another battle this weekend. Several teams are planning […]
Analyse ahead of Het Nieuwsblad & Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne The Belgian Classics season starts this weekend with two one-day races, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. All eyes are on the country’s two top stars, Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert. Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) […]
Both riders looking to capitalise on Oman and Qatar form The BMC Racing Team has named its eight-man teams for the coming weekend’s Belgian classics openers Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. The team’s classics specialists have spent the last few […]
The real season starts here for Belgian classics team The Quick Step team has spent the day riding the course of Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the opening race of the Belgian calendar, and declares itself ready. The “Openingsweekend” of Het […]
Strong Dutch team for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne The Rabobank team is sending a number of on-form riders to the Belgian “Openingsweekend” of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne this coming weekend. Lars Boom and Maarten Wijnants both put […]
Rabobank’s Danish star relishes his return to racing after knee injury Matti Breschel (Rabobank) has finally started his first race for his new team: he is currently at the Volta ao Algarve and, while he has not featured in the […]
British champion speaks about the coming year on the road and the track Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) has made a steady start to 2011. His personal results in January’s Santos Tour Down Under were fairly unspectacular, but he spent the […]
Ale-Jet’s season finally starts after bronchitis problems The Lampre-ISD team will be led by the double-header of Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi at this Saturday’s Trofeo Laigueglia. The race, around the Ligurian coast between Genova and Sanremo, will mark the […]
