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 […]
Both riders say they must ride, even if they only make it halfway round Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Leif Hoste (Katusha) have both suffered bad crashes in the lead up to Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The former came down in […]
Sky’s classics star just wants to enjoy his racing Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) is the British team’s number one man for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Spanish classics star has come close to taking the race, being outsprinted by […]
American team seeks to exploit its strength in depth The in-form Alessandro Ballan and American favourite George Hincapie will be two of what is a very solid BMC Racing Team at the Tour of Flanders this Sunday. Ballan has had […]
Former Gent-Wevelgem winner and Milano-Sanremo champion to spearhead US team’s classics team HTC-Highroad will be led in Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen by 2010 Gent-Wevelgem winner Bernhard Eisel and this year’s Milano-Sanremo winner Matt Goss. Both riders have been sick recently, […]
Dutch champion to be replaced by Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) is out of this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen after breaking his collarbone in today’s Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijede time trial. The Dutch road champion was hit by an […]
Youth also given a chance with Klaas Lodewyck and Britain’s Adam Blythe OmegaPharma-Lotto has announced a team built around the talents of classics star Philippe Gilbert and sprinter André Greipel for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Belgian ProTeam’s roster, which […]
Everything behind a third victory for the Belgian in the biggest day of the team’s year Quick Step is unsurprisingly fielding its strongest team possible in this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, as it seeks a third victory for Tom Boonen. […]
Spearheads young Liquigas team with Sagan and Dall’Antonia Italy’s future classics star, Daniel Oss is hopeful for the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. The 24-year-old will rely on his team Liquigas-Cannondale’s youth and strength in what is his third appearance. […]
2007 Tour of Flanders winner: ‘I am back’ Italian Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) believes himself to be back at the same level that saw him win the Tour of Flanders in 2007. He has had some difficult years since, starting […]
Cancellara and Schleck’s victories show team is delivering It’s taken a while, but last weekend showed that the Leopard Trek team is hitting form at just the right time. Fabian Cancellara dominated the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen with a long solo […]
Belgian team got nothing today but form bodes well for Sunday’s Ronde Despite Gert Steegmans and Sylvain Chavanel being two of the most aggressive riders in today’s first stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, their Quick Step team came away […]
Every effort will be made to ensure safety and security at Vlaanderens Mooiste The Ronde van Vlaanderen is the biggest event in the Belgian cycling calendar, maybe even the Belgian sporting calendar. It’s almost 100 years old but it seems […]
Towns at the end of current route want 15,000 signatures The Mayors of the towns of Ninove, Geraardsbergen and Galmaarden have launched a petition to persuade Flanders Classics, the organiser of the Ronde van Vlaanderen to leave the race’s finish […]
Two-time Ronde van Vlaanderen winner professes to have no opinion on the possible changing of the race’s finish, but admits it would be strange This April will see the Ronde van Vlaanderen finish at the top of the Halsesteenweg in […]
Gifted 20 year old fully recovered after last month’s training crash Rising US talent Taylor Phinney has recovered from the concussion he suffered in a training crash on February 25th and will shortly return to racing. The BMC Racing Team […]
East Flanders course suits Quick Step rider better that Kemmelberg route Tom Boonen (Quick Step) will opt to ride the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke once again this year at the expense of the more prestigious Gent-Wevelgem, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. […]
Believes that Gilbert will take the Tour of Flanders Triple Paris-Roubaix winner Johan Museeuw has predicted that his compatriot Tom Boonen could well win this year’s edition of the Hell of the North, believing that he has the form to […]
