Tomorrow will see Team Katusha’s Kim Kirchen back in action after having to sit out the Brabantse Pijl and the Amstel Gold Race. The Luxemburger has had issues with a saddle sore since the E3 Prijs which was then followed […]
Now just twelve points off the Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez in the UCI world ranking, Philippe Gilbert will also target the Tour de Romandie in order to boost his chances of taking over as world number one. “I’ve spoken with […]
The HTC-Columbia team has chosen to let the road decide who’s strongest during Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne. Rather than going into the second of the Ardennes Classics with a specific leader, everyone on the squad will be given the opportunity to […]
Team Saxo Bank and BMC Racing had both started yesterday’s Amstel Gold Race hoping for success, but both were left thinking of what might have been afterwards. In the case of Saxo Bank, the riders were amongst the strongest in […]
Quick Step rider Dries Devenyns has declared himself fit to ride Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, despite being taken to hospital after a crash in the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday. “I’m still a little stiff in the muscles of my neck, […]
Rabobank’s Pieter Weening has left it too late to make the trip north and compete in this Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne. Like so many others, Weening has been affected by the restrictions on air travel as a result of volcanic ash […]
After winning the Amstel Gold Race, the only counting race this week, Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) has jumped from sixth to third in the UCI’s “World Rankings”. Ranking leader Luis Leon Sanchez and World Number 1 Alejandro Valverde (both Caisse d’Epargne) […]
With the Icelandic volcano disrupting many riders’ travel arrangements, preventing them from getting to races, one man will be missing the second of the three Ardennes classics voluntarily. Despite finishing Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race as the best rider in his […]
Philippe Gilbert and the Omega Pharma Lotto team have agreed terms for the Amstel Gold winner to stay an additional season with the team, meaning that the Belgian will compete in its colours at least until the end of 2012. […]
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is clearly in strong form, having taken his third stage race victory of the season yesterday when he triumphed in the Vuelta a Castilla y León. The Astana rider is next scheduled to compete […]
Today’s Amstel Gold race, won by Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), kicked off the Ardennes Classics week that includes La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday and Liège-Bastogne-Liège next Sunday. With his aggressive performance in the Dutch race, Gilbert has now put […]
Philippe Gilbert gave his Omega Pharma-Lotto team its first win of the season when he proved to be the strongest on the Cauberg in the Amstel Gold Race. Gilbert launched the decisive attack less than 400m from the line and […]
Today’s Amstel Gold Race was the scene of a series of alcohol tests carried out by Maastricht police for the team managers, presumably those staff that would be driving cars in the race caravan. Sportweek.nl reported that none of the […]
Beginning with the Brabantse Pijl in Belgium earlier his week, the peloton has made the transition from the cobbled Classics to the Ardennes Classics, which officially begin with tomorrow’s Amstel Gold Race. The route will see the peloton criss-cross The […]
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in southern Iceland has created the first decisive split in this Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race. The volcano has left several would-be participants stranded due to the ash cloud that has taken residence over the […]
Cervélo TestTeam riders Carlos Sastre and Volodimir Gustov will be forced to sit out the Amstel Gold Race tomorrow due to travel complications from the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in southern Iceland. The volcano has spewed ash over the […]
Philippe Gilbert heads into the Ardennes Classic with good form and plenty of ambitions. Tomorrow’s Amstel Gold race kicks off the week, followed by La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday and Liège – Bastogne – Liège on the subsequent Sunday. Gilbert […]
This Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race has had it’s first break regarding the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in southern Iceland, when government officials decided to allow helicopters needed for the Television broadcast to fly. Flights around northern Europe have been […]
