Belgian rider not as badly hurt as initially feared Initial concerns that Tom Boonen’s crash could have spelt an end to his spring have eased somewhat, although it remains to be seen if he will be able to participate in […]
Spring Classics campaign may be over Tom Boonen’s chances of repeating his Ronde Van Vlaanderen/Paris-Roubaix double ended approximately twenty kilometres after the start of today’s Tour of Flanders, with the Belgian crashing heavily. The Omega Pharma Quick Step rider hit […]
Former world champion and his BMC Racing team-mate Greg Van Avermaet give their thoughts BMC Racing Team rider Thor Hushovd has said that while Paris-Roubaix is clearly a better race for his attributes, that he believes that he has the […]
‘My victory in E3 was a huge boost of confidence for my team too. I believe in my team. We will be ready.’ When Fabian Cancellara blitzed the field to take the rare double of the Ronde van Vlaanderen and […]
Terpstra one of Omega Pharma Quick Step’s three protected riders As one of the strongest riders in Milan Sanremo and the winner this week of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, Sylvain Chavanel knows he is in the form to challenge for […]
“I’m not in my best condition, but anything is possible” Lining out in Sunday’s race as defending champion but having had three big disruptions to his preparation in recent months, Tom Boonen has conceded that he’s not in the same […]
Marianne Vos the big favourite as usual to take her first Vlaanderens Mooiste Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen – the Tour of Flanders for women – will be the tenth edition of what is, arguably, the biggest one-day race […]
Men and women looking for success; Roelandts and Debusschere looking for better luck Lotto-Belisol is targeting the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday, with teams in both the men’s and women’s editions. The Belgian squad’s men have been active and present […]
Kazakh team puts its backing behind two leaders Following on from an impressive sequence of results in recent weeks, Slovenian fastman Borut Bozic and last year’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Maxim Iglinskiy will share leadership roles with the Astana team for Sunday’s […]
Argos Shimano’s women’s team confident in chances of Kirsten Wild Most are looking to riders such as Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Nissan), Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale), last year’s winner Tom Boonen or perhaps his Omega Pharma Quick Step team-mate Sylvain Chavanel […]
Strongest possible line up for Tom Boonen’s bid for a record fourth victory Omega Pharma-Quick Step has announced the names of the seven riders that will be supporting Tom Boonen in his bid for a record fourth Ronde van Vlaanderen […]
25 teams to start Dutch WorldTour Classic Belgian team Accent.jobs-Wanty has become the sixth Professional Continental team to be awarded a wildcard invitation by race director Leo van Vliet, taking the number of teams in the Dutch WorldTour race up […]
“There is hope,” Belgian states, speaking about knee injury and his ongoing recovery Having finished in the chase group on yesterday’s opening stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde race, Tom Boonen has said that getting through the race is encouraging […]
Lars Boom and Sep Vanmarcke to lead Dutch team but both have question marks Blanco Pro Cycling directeur sportif Nico Verhoeven has proclaimed his team “underdogs” for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, as he concedes that his Classics captains’ form is […]
Succumbs to Sagan but outsprints Van Avermaet and Haussler for second Borut Bozic (Astana) was second place behind Oscar Gatto (Vini Fantini) in Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday, and the Slovenian took another runner-up spot on Sunday in Gent Wevelgem, […]
Debusschere flats out of winning breakaway group, Greipel misses out on bunch sprint for victory Though he had hopped back on his bike after the incident, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) was eventually forced to abandon Gent Wevelgem after being hit by […]
Defending champion Niki Terpstra returns for Omega Pharma Quick Step Sylvain ChavanelOne of the strongest riders in Milan Sanremo, Sylvain Chavanel, has decided not to compete in tomorrow’s Dwars door Vlaanderen as a result of a slight illness he picked […]
Jens Debusschere to lead Belgian WorldTour squad in Flemish semi-Classic With many of its experienced Classics riders keeping their powder dry for March 31st’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, Lotto-Belisol will be blooding many of its younger riders in tomorrow’s Dwars door […]
