John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) took the first home win in the Vattenfall Cyclassics since Erik Zabel in 2001, with a long sprint victory in the centre of Hamburg. The 24-year-old German managed to hold off the attentions of national champion André […]
Former German sprinter “no longer the right person” after doping admission Following the admission that, rather than trying EPO once in 1996, he in fact doped for the majority of his racing career, former German sprinter Erik Zabel has resigned […]
Frenchman quickest in bunch gallop into Hamburg World under 23 champion Arnaud Démare got the better of older, more experienced competitors in yesterday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, the FDJ-BigMat rider beating Andrei Greipel (Lotto Belisol), Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Nissan), Tom Boonen […]
German Gorilla looking to improve on third place of 2010 in his home Classic Lotto-Belisol is banking on tomorrow’s Vattenfall Cyclassics finishing in a sprint, where the Belgian team hopes that André Greipel will prevail. The German sprinter finished in […]
Boonen leads Classics team to Hamburg; Leipheimer defending with climbers in Colorado Although nine of its riders are lining up at the start of la Vuelta a España this Saturday, Omega Pharma-Quick Step will also be sending rosters to the […]
No movement at the top as big names rest The big mover in the International Cycling Union (UCI) World ranking this week is Edvald Boasson Hagen, whose Vattenfall Cyclassics victory lifts him to eighth overall in the season-long competition. Eighty […]
Ciolek and Božic second and third Continuing a superb recent run of form which has seen him take two Tour de France stage wins and a stage plus the overall classification in the Eneco tour, Edvald Boasson Hagen today blazed […]
Italian rider will miss German race Filippo Pozzato has been forced to withdraw from today’s Vattenfall Cyclassics and his place will instead be taken by former Amstel Gold victor and Tour de France stage winner Sergey Ivanov. The Italian’s non-start […]
Team Movistar rider admits his batteries are running low Although the course of the world road race championships could suit Spanish sprinter Fran Ventoso, who is very quick inside the final kilometre of races and also good on uphill finishes, […]
Norwegian sprinter confident after good result in Olympic Test race The BMC Racing Team will be lining up at the start of this coming Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, with the aim of setting up a sprint victory for […]
Belgian champion to take a break; WorldTour lead will have to wait at least another week Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) will not be on the start line of Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, the next event in the International […]
Sprinters once again dominate German race Tyler Farrar sprinted right through the middle of the finishing straight in the Hamburg Vattenfall Cyclassics to beat Edvald Boasson Hagen and André Greipel. The Garmin rider repeated his sprint from last year in […]
Italian classics star aims to repeat 2007 victory, while team is granted special dispensation to race US event Former World champion Alessandro Ballan will lead the BMC Racing Team in this Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, in a bid […]
German team prepared for any eventuality in Vattefall Cyclassics Team Milram, Germany’s only ProTour team, is keen for a good performance in the Vattenfall Cyclassics, Germany’s only ProTour race, this weekend. Gerald Ciolek, the team’s sprinter, was third in last […]
German rider to lead HTC Columbia team on home soil in Hamburg Fresh from two stage wins in the Tour of Poland, German rider André Greipel is now turning his sights to the Vattenfalls Cyclassic race in Hamburg this Sunday. […]
Italian blue and fuchsia team taking an assortment of fast men to Germany The blue and fuchsia Lampre-Farnese Vini team is taking a team full of fast men to the Vattenfall Cyclissics in Hamburg, Germany this weekend. The race generally […]
Tyler Farrar (25) of the Garmin-Slipstream team notched his biggest victory to date in the Vattenfall Cyclassics today, making him the first American to claim victory in the ProTour ranked one-day event. Farrar bested Saxo Bank’s Matti Breschel and home […]
