Organizers of the Tour of Flanders have announced the teams that will participate in the 94th edition of the event on Sunday April 4th. This year’s edition of the race will not only be important for riders targeting the the […]
Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank has become the latest big name rider to make adjustments to his spring schedule, opting to race next week’s Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. The Luxembourg champion was hit by a car in training last December; […]
ISD-Neri’s leader for Milan-Sanremo, Giovonni Visconti, had to take an early exit from Tirreno-Adriatico earlier this week due to physical problems. The former Italian national champion was forced to abandon during the mountainous stage six, with the team sending him […]
Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) won the 65th Nokere Koerse in a sprint finish at the top of the cobbled Nokereberg. He beat Kris Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) into second and third, respectively. The 21-year-old Belgian adds this victory […]
US champion George Hincapie and 2008 World champion Alessandro Ballan will be two of four team captains of the BMC Racing team as it heads to its first ever appearance in the Milano-Sanremo. The other two protected riders in the […]
Astana team manager, Yvon Sanquer, had agreed to waive the ProTour team’s right to participate in Paris-Roubaix this April. The team announced that they had previously discussed the situation with race organizers, the Amaury Sports Organization, and wanted to clarify […]
Quick Step and OmegaPharma-Lotto are traditional rivals in the cobbled classics of the north. The hard men from each team pit themselves against one another for supremacy over their native cobbles, but this weekend will see Belgium’s biggest teams do […]
Lance Armstrong will be part of the RadioShack team to tackle Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo, according to tuttobiciweb.it. An agreement was reportedly made between the seven-time Tour de France winner and race director Angelo Zomegnan in a personal phone call last night. […]
The director of the Amstel Gold Race, Leo van Vliet, has announced the final wild card selections that will be a part of the twenty-four teams to participate in the Dutch Spring Classic. The last four wild cards were given […]
This week in Tirreno-Adriatico Belgian Tom Boonen finally managed to win a race on Italian soil. In one week’s time the first Spring Classic of the season will also take place in Italy. It is there on the Italian Riviera […]
Paris-Roubaix organizers the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) have announced the list of twenty-five teams who will contest the 108th edition of the race on April 12th. Two of the eighteen ProTOur teams were not invited, the Astana team of two-time […]
With Fabian Cancellara’s strong end to the 2009 season, it’s easy to forget that last year at this time the reigning time trial World Champion was struggling to find any semblance of form. He began his season at the Tour […]
RadioShack sprinter Gert Steegmans has been operated on for the broken collarbone he sustained in the Paris-Nice prologue. Just one day afterwards he held a press conference to talk about his immediate plans. “It’s a lot better,” he said of […]
An Post-Sean Kelly Team leader Niko Eeckhout had an ultrasound done on his knee yesterday and has been advised to take it easy until this Thursday. The 38-year-old has been experincing issues with his knee since February. “The ultrasound indicated […]
Yesterday Team RadioShack sprinter Gert Steegmans broke his collarbone in Paris-Nice’s opening prologue. The Belgian crashed spectacularly on a downhill section just 4 kilometers into the 8 kilometer course when a strong gust of wind threw the rider head over […]
The lime green-clad riders of Liquigas-Doimo will head to Tirreno-Adriatico aiming for a three-pronged attack on the race. Daniele Bennati will be their man for the bunch sprints, while Vincenzo Nibali and Tour de France mountains jersey winner Franco Pellizotti […]
Mark Cavendish offered a strong indication that he wants to repeat his Milano-Sanremo win from last year, by checking out the final of the Italian Classic on Sunday. The defending champion should be counted as one of the favorites, but […]
A sunny spring day, though crisp, allowed fans to relax in Siena’s Piazza del Campo and watch cycling’s emerging classic: Strade Bianche. Only in its fourth year, the Italian one-day race, organised by RCS Sport, has produced great racing thanks […]
