Ciolek makes racing return tomorrow in Tour de Romandie
Now fully recovered from a damaged shoulder and broken hand suffered in the Tour of Qatar in February, Gerald Ciolek will finally get back to racing tomorrow when he lines out in the Tour de Romandie. The Swiss race will […]
RadioShack’s Impey delays comeback, will return for Tour de Picardie
South African sprinter Daryl Impey and his RadioShack team have decided to postpone his return to racing while he continues to rebuild his form. He crashed during the Tour of Catalunya on March 24th, hitting the deck on a descent, […]
Philippe Gilbert tops UCI World Ranking
It surely doesn’t rival winning his second monument, but Philippe Gilbert did accomplish a big goal he had set for himself today by way of his 4th place finish in Ans: the World #1 spot. Last week, following his win […]
Prudhomme says no problems with Vinokourov in the Tour de France
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has laid rest to any doubts as to whether Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov will be welcome at the event this coming July. He returned to racing last year after a two-year suspension for blood doping […]
Boonen motivated to try for green jersey in the Tour de France
Last summer, Tom Boonen appeared ready to give up on any thoughts of winning another Tour de France green jersey. He had zero form in the 2009 edition of the race, with a best stage placing of only sixteenth, and […]
Vinokourov leaves no doubts with Liège-Bastogne-Liège win
Team Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov took his second win in Liège-Bastogne-Liège today, marking his biggest win since returning from a doping suspension last year, while erasing all doubts as to whether he could still perform at the top level of the […]
Alberto Contador: 'It's as if I had won'
Alberto Contador can leave the Ardennes today with a lot of satisfaction when looking back at the first three months of his 2010 campaign. “In every race I have been contesting or even winning, and those that I have not, […]
Emotional Vinokourov talks about his return
Alexandre Vinokourov’s victory today at Liege-Bastogne-Liege might go down as one of the more unpopular victories in recent memory, but Vinokourov’s comments in the moments following the race were an emotional, honest occasion. He doesn’t come out and admit that […]
Quick Step's Chavanel in the hospital
An unfortunately quiet start to the season just got a bit worse for Quick Step’s Sylvain Chavanel. With 1.3 km to go in Liege-Bastogne-Liege today, Chavanel collided with the back of another’s team’s car as he was trying to connect […]
Kroon will have surgery on Monday, California out
BMC Racing’s Karsten Kroon is scheduled to have surgery Monday morning to repair facial injuries he sustained during a crash on Wednesday during the Fléche Wallonne. With 70 kilometers remaining in the race, Kroon and several other riders collided with […]
