21-year-old Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter has a near perfect record in his first full season It may be a little premature to say it, less than a month into his first full season as a professional, but in Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter […]
New women’s superteam starting the season with all its top riders The new MCipollini-Giordana team will start its first ever race at the Tour of Qatar next month and will send all of its former World champions to the Gulf […]
Team will face strong competition in France, Qatar and Oman The Irish sponsored, Belgium-registered An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnnelly Sean Kelly team will get its 2011 campaign underway this Sunday in the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise in southern […]
Youngest member of Marianne Vos’ team can’t wait to get racing in 2011 Emma Trott is the latest and, at just 21 years old, the youngest recruit to the Nederland Bloeit team for 2011. The rider from Cheshunt, just a […]
Nine trade teams and six national teams for women’s season opener in the desert Fifteen teams of six riders will contest this year’s Ladies’ Tour of Qatar, the race organiser ASO announced today. The race, won by Dutch sprinter Kirsten […]
Dutchman’s second victory would be sweet revenge for Rabobank coach Richard Groenendaal Lars Boom (Rabobank) has always said that he would not be riding this month’s Cyclocross World Championships; he will instead be concentrating on the road season and his […]
Belgian sprinter to follow traditional race programme Many of the sports top sprinters will cross swords for the first time in 2011 in the Santos Tour Down Under but Tom Boonen prefers to follow his traditional early-season programme. As is […]
Team Sky outlines early schedules for 2011 season Team Sky’s big name riders Bradley Wiggins and Edvald Boasson Hagen will both get their seasons underway in February, with Wiggins starting racing in the Tour of Qatar (February 6-11) and Boasson […]
Irish-sponsored, Belgian-registered squad could replace Pegasus Sports As a further sign that the team is building its reputation amongst the big race organisers, the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team has been given a call-up to the […]
Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won stage 5 of the Tour of Qatar between Lusail and Madinat Al Shamal, his second victory of this year’s race. The Belgian champion was the fastest of a peloton split once again by strong winds; […]
Saxo Bank sports director, Brad McGee, is keeping a cool head despite wins being within his team’s grasp. His troops have placed third three times in the last four stages of the Tour of Qatar. “You have to remember that […]
Theo Bos (Cervélo TestTeam) has caught the eye of classics star Tom Boonen (Quick Step) in Qatar. The track sprint champion is learning the road racing trade, while leading out team-mate Heinrich Haussler and impressing his rivals. “You’ve never had […]
Franco Ballerini stepped onto the podium yesterday in Al Khor Corniche, Qatar, thanks to stage winner Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas-Doimo). “I don’t know if Franco rode with me,” said Chicchi to La Gazzetta dello Sport, “but I felt a special motivation […]
Gerald Ciolek and the Milram team have been dealt another blow today as it has been announced that the German sprinter has sustained a separated right shoulder and a broken scaphoid bone in his wrist, in addition to his broken […]
Gerald Ciolek’s season is off to a bad start. The German broke his collarbone in a crash in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. On a windy stage in a furious final sprint, the German came down, along […]
Tom Boonen is back to his desert winning ways, taking the third stage of the Tour of Qatar in dominating fashion. With a huge gear, the Belgian propelled himself past Heinrich Haussler and Baden Cooke. A crash on the finishing […]
Yesterday’s upheaval at the Tour of Qatar saw many riders and teams drop out of contention when the peloton blew apart, including overnight race leader Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky). Fierce racing in crosswinds brought about an important selection and, […]
Garmin-Transitions rider Steve Cozza has added to the list of riders injured in this year’s Tour of Qatar, crashing in the middle stages of stage 2 and breaking his collarbone. The incident happened as the lead held by breakaway duo […]
