Yesterday’s Paris-Roubaix wasn’t all good news for Fabian Cancellara and his Saxo Bank team. While the Swiss rode away with the race nearly 50 kilometers from the finish, teammate Matti Breschel was forced to pack it in 30 kilometers after […]
The team undoubtedly started the race dreaming of success but, in the end, the third place attained by Juan Antonio Flecha was Team Sky’s best result in Paris-Roubaix. Given Fabian Cancellara’s dominance and some soft pedalling by Hushovd when his […]
Before the war began on the cobblestones of France today, race organizers requested a minute of silence for former Pairs-Roubiax winner Franco Ballerini. The Italian, who won “Hell of the North” in 1995 and 1998, died tragically this past February […]
Fabian Cancellara took a 48km solo flyer to finish alone in the famous velodrome of Roubaix, two minutes ahead of Thor Hushovd and Juan Antonio Flecha. With his Flanders-Roubaix double in solo style within one week, the Swiss rider proved […]
Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) completed her set of podium places at the Drenthe races with a solo victory in the Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe. Third in Thursday’s Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo, and second in yesterday’s World Cup race, […]
Three-time Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Bonnen had a chance to equal Roger de Vlaeminck’s record of four wins in the race today, until Fabian Cancellara went on the attack with 50 kilometers remaining in the race. Boonen, who has won the […]
Chris Horner celebrated his very first stage race victory in Europe, when he clinched the overall title in the Volta al País Vasco yesterday. Horner won the final time trial to stay ahead in GC by seven seconds over Spaniard […]
Fabian Wegmann recovered quicker than expected from his collarbone fracture that he sustained in March. The Milram rider now plans to ride the Amstel Gold race on April 18. Wegmann will take a final decision after talking to the medical […]
Leif Hoste is getting ready for Paris-Roubaix and seems to have found his legs just in time. While he was unable to be a factor in the decisive part of the Tour of Flanders, the Belgian managed to finish in […]
Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit) won the Unive Ronde Van Drenthe, the third round of the UCI Women’s World Cup in the east of the Netherlands, after escaping from a 13-rider group in the closing kilometres. Teammate Annemiek Van Vleuten won […]
Yesterday the Quick Step team completed their traditional reconnaissance of the Paris-Roubaix route. The riders who are taking part in the race rode 85 kilometres of the parcours starting with the 17th sector of cobbles, the Troueé d’Arenberg, and finishing […]
Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) are the most obvious favourites for tomorrow’s Paris-Roubaix Classic but, behind the two past winners, there are a large number of other riders who could be fighting it out at the […]
Cervélo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler is back on the bike after injuring his quadriceps tendon in a crash during Tirreno-Adriatico. The German-Australian was expected to be a factor in the Spring Classics after securing second place finishes in Milan-Sanremo and the […]
The 108th edition of Paris-Roubaix is set to take place this Sunday and, after his dominating performance in the Tour of Flanders last week, former winner Fabian Cancellara from the Saxo Bank team will be seen by many as the […]
BMC Racing’s George Hincapie is among a rare breed of cyclists that relish the opportunity to take in the heavy dose of pavé that this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix will dish out. The American has finished top ten in the “Hell of […]
Tomorrow’s edition of Paris-Roubaix is expected to be dry, which will make navigating the cobbled sections less of a challenge. Despite the absence of mud, the weather forecast still suggests that Mother Nature will manage to play a decisive role […]
HTC-Columbia have announced that Gent-Wevelgem winner Bernhard Eisel will be the sole leader for the team at this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix. The American team is sending an experienced squad to support the Austrian in cycling’s toughest one day Classic. “Everybody bar […]
Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) won her third successive Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo, the first support race for this weekend’s Ronde van Drenthe World Cup. The German champion won the sprint from a breakaway group of eleven riders that escaped in the […]
