Swiss trio to lead BMC at Tour de Romandie
If there is such a thing as a home advantage in cycling, the BMC Racing team plans to capitalise on that by naming three Swiss riders to lead the squad for next week’s Tour de Romandie. 2004 stage winner Alex […]
Alberto Contador: A man for the Classics
One of the biggest criticisms of Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) over the years has been his solitary focus on one event, the Tour de France. Not many people can argue with his success in La Grande Boucle, with seven victories in […]
Liège-Bastogne-Liège: Can Devolder salvage his spring?
Already in hot water with Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere, two-time Tour of Flanders winner Stijn Devolder will be looking for a good performance in Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège to help relive some pressure. The Belgian failed to win his third successive […]
Garmin's Dan Martin optimistic for Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Having taken eighteenth place in Flèche Wallonne despite feeling the effects of allergies, Irish professional Daniel Martin is psyched to ride strongly in this Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The 23 year old Garmin Transitions rider told VeloNation that he was looking forward […]
Valverde talks about the ‘shadow’ of Operación Puerto allegations
For almost four years now, Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde has been linked to Operación Puerto. The breaking up of a doping ring based in Madrid with links to Italy dominated the headlines from May 2006 onwards, and over time more […]
Gilbert praised by Bartoli and Merckx in advance of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Philippe Gilbert’s status as one of the main favourites for Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège has been further underlined by the endorsement of two past winners of the event. Italian Classic specialist Michele Bartoli and Eddy Merckx, widely recognised as the greatest rider […]
Cuengo checks out Liège course, feels change to route suits him
Triple Tour of Lombardy victor Damiano Cunego is aiming to take his second-ever spring Classic and used Thursday as an opportunity to check out part of the route of this Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The course has been modified, with the Col […]
Liège-Bastogne-Liège: HTC-Columbia confident in Tony Martin
The American HTC-Columbia team will be hanging its hopes in Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Tony Martin this Sunday. The German has had a rough start to the season after having trouble with his knee, but the team is confident he will be […]
Giro del Trentino: Vinokourov secures overall, Pozzovivo the stage
Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) successfully defended his overall lead in the Giro de Trentino today, winning the event by just hundredths of a second over Italian Riccardo Riccó of the Ceramica Flaminia team. Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the final stage […]
Eeckhout out for a month, lucky to be walking
Belgian hardman Niko Eeckhout of the An Post-Sean Kelly Team recieved some bad news from his doctors which will delay his return to competition. The 39 year old rode both the Brabantse Pijl and the GP Denain with a broken […]
