Robert Gesink hopes to better his third place from last year in the Amstel Gold race. The Rabobank rider faces some tough competition from within his own ranks, as Oscar Freire is a natural favorite for the hilly course with […]
Team Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck will begin his spring Classics campaign this Sunday on an emotional high. The 30 year old had a double cause for celebration on Thursday, celebrating his birthday and also the birth of his first child, […]
One year after finishing second to Sergei Ivanov, Karsten Kroon is returning to the Amstel Gold race with a new team and ambitions to finally stand on the top step of the podium. The 34 year old has twice finished […]
The hugely promising Norwegian talent Edvald Boasson Hagen had hoped to chase Classic victories this season but will now have to sit out this Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race, as well as next week’s Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Team Sky […]
Four days after he dominated Paris-Roubaix and took his second consecutive Classic victory, Fabian Cancellara has deciding against competing in this Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race. The big Swiss rider was tipped for the win by his Saxo Bank boss Bjarne […]
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) is a rider whose characteristics are well suited to the classics of the Ardennes, the Amstel Gold Race, la Flèche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The controversial Spanish rider approaches the races after two stage wins and finishing […]
Now that the cobbled Classics have passed, HTC-Columbia will change out their lineup for spring for the Amstel Gold Race this Sunday. Austrian Bernhard Eisel was their man for the past several weeks, but the team will now look to […]
The Liquigas-Doimo team is going with young talents Roman Kreuziger and Vincenzo Nibali for the Ardennes trio of the Amstel Gold Race, Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The team is giving veteran Franco Pellizotti a chance to test his form after […]
Two crashes in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix have put a temporary stop to the spring campaign of two-time Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Stijn Devolder of Quick Step. An injury to his left knee, sustained in one of those crashes, means that the […]
Perhaps the greatest compliment in the sport of cycling is to be compared to Eddy Merckx and when it is Merckx himself making the comparisons, the plaudit is even more deserved. The Belgian was clearly impressed with the dominance shown […]
Robert Gesink will lead the Dutch Rabobank team to its home classic, the Amstel Gold, on Sunday. The 23-year-old will be hoping to improve on his third place of last year, building on the good form he showed in last […]
Following recent confirmation of what were record-breaking audience figures for the Tour of Flanders, Belgian TV has reported that the viewership for Paris-Roubaix was even higher. A total of 1,147,525 people tuned in to watch Fabian Cancellara foil Tom Boonen’s […]
A Belgian shut-out: it has been over 100 years since the feat was last achieved, 103 actually. Belgium drew a complete blank in the nine critical early season classics. Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha started the Classics season with a win […]
With Tom Boonen being unable to achieve his goal of winning Milan-Sanremo, the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix, the Belgian publics’ focus will turn to Philippe Gilbert for the upcoming Ardennes Classics. They will be hoping that the Omega Pharma […]
Following yesterday’s storming display by Fabian Cancellara in Paris-Roubaix, Team Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis believes that the Swiss rider can do the unthinkable and take his third straight Classic next weekend. The Dane won the Amstel Gold race with […]
While the race win would have been a more prestigious result, the Cervélo Test Team of Thor Hushovd and Roger Hammond can be satisfied with the second and fourth places achieved in yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix Classic. Thor Hushovd outpsrinted Juan Antonio […]
While Team Miram wasn’t able to make a difference on the podium in yesterday’s Paris-Roubax, the German team was still able to help write history in the “Queen of the Classics” with veteran Servais Knaven. The Dutchman started in Compiegne […]
Luis Leon Sanchez of Caisse d’Epargne still leads the UCI’s “World Ranking” classification but now faces pressure from Quick Step’s Tom Boonen and several others. The ranking is based on the results of races in the ProTour series and the […]
