Belgian rival teams’ fortunes are reflected in those of each of their star riders Philippe Gilbert’s incredible Ardennes triple – or quadruple if you count Brabantse Pijl in the week before Amstel Gold – only serves to emphasise the current […]
Three-time Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Johan Museeuw is helping the city of Ronse with its bid to become host to the finish of Flanders’ biggest one-day race, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. The Ronde has finished in Meerbeke, on the […]
Astana rider wary about flat cobbles in today’s race His name may not have figured on the Muur or Bosberg but Astana’s young Aussie Simon Clarke did a good job for his team in Sunday’s edition of the Ronde; co-starring […]
Belgian legend comments on Sunday’s race; says it’s time for the route to change Belgian legend Freddy Maertens predicted that a rider like Nick Nuyens would win Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The double World champion who, despite going close on […]
Hopes fellow Frenchman will have Flanders form in French race Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme expects to see a top performance from fellow Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel in Paris-Roubaix this Sunday. The Quick Step rider was in superb form […]
Race’s only Belgian winner has to settle for seventh in frantic finale Her victory in the 2010 edition made Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen 2012-Ridley) one of the big names to watch in this year’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Early season form […]
Close proximity of track worlds affects World Champion’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita-Forno d’Asolo) didn’t have her best day in yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The World Champion finished in 79th place, exactly 4 minutes behind race winner Annemiek van […]
Ronde Van Vlaanderen winner now targeting Amstel Gold Saxo Bank-SunGard’s Nick Nuyens had already won a number of semi-classics before yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, including the Omloop Het Volk (now Het Nieuwsblad) and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne; until yesterday though, he had not […]
Quick-Step rider comes painfully close to the win in Meerbeke Heading into Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, Leopard Trek’s Fabian Cancellara was the unquestioned favorite with a small army of major stars snapping at his heels: Tom Boonen, Philippe Gilbert, Juan […]
Lack of team-mates affected race for Hushovd and Farrar Garmin-Cevelo chief Jonathan Vaughters has explained his tactics against a defensive policy during the finale of the Tour of Flanders on Saturday, saying that there was little choice. He told his […]
Dutch rider and team happy with Sunday’s race The loss of Nick Nuyens to Saxo Bank and Matti Breschel’s lost spring will always be mentioned in respect to Rabobank’s Classics campaign. With Nuyens soaring to hitherto unheard of heights and […]
Should be even better for next weekend’s Paris-Roubaix Two-time Ronde Van Vlaanderen runner up Leif Hoste came into today’s edition of the race with the sole aim of helping teammate Filippo Pozzato to the top step of the podium. His […]
Belgian back to his best, Cancellara fires too soon and gets third Nick Nuyens has been falling short of his top form for several seasons, but his rejuvenation continued today when he picked up his second success in less than […]
Dutchwoman wins two-rider sprint to take career-best victory Annemiek van Vleuten once again proved that Nederland Bloeit is about more than just Marianne Vos by winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen for women. The Dutchwoman outsprinted Russian champion Tatiana Antoshina (Gauss) […]
Reining World and Olympic time trial champion ready for battle Following his dominating performance in last weekend’s E3-Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) goes into today’s Tour of Flanders as the odds on favorite. The Swiss […]
Ronde favourite is pleased he didn’t fly back to Monaco after Gent-Wevelgem victory Tom Boonen (Quick Step) was due to fly back to his home in Monaco immediately after his victory in last Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem; instead he stayed behind in […]
Belgian rider satisfied with his form, even though he’s not at 100 percent Fabian Cancellara may be top of the list of favourites for most people for tomorrow’s Tour of Flanders, with Tom Boonen also mentioned as a big contender, […]
Only Belgian to win the race starts tomorrow with similar form to 2010 Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012) returns to defend her title I tomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Vrouwen on what promises to be the toughest course yet. As the […]
