Giro del Trentino: Liquigas looks to Basso and Pellizotti
The Italian Liquigas-Doimo team will be heading to the Giro del Trentino next week to put the finishing touches on their preparation for their home Grand Tour, the Giro d’Itaila. Ivan Basso and Franco Pellizotti will lead the team for […]
To Ribeiro the stage, to Contador the overall in Castilla y León
Sergio Ribeiro (Barbot-Siper) won the fifth and final stage in the Vuelta a Castilla y León in a bunch sprint. Alberto Contador defended his overall lead and took his third stage race of the season, after Paris-Nice and the Volta […]
De Waele surprises on the Cauberg
Overall, most would agree that Belgium has had a lackluster at best Spring Campaign…up until this past week. There have been bright spots (Keukeleire, Boonen, and others), solid placings (Boonen and Gilbert), and promising prospects giving glimpses to their potential […]
Timmy Duggan: from one injury to another
Timmy Duggan has had a rough start to the year. Today, Jonathan Vaughters described Duggan’s luck so far in 2010 as a glass of lemonade with a few too many lemons, following a crash at today’s Amstel Gold Race, which […]
Roy solo at Tro-Bro Léon
Jeremy Roy (Francaise des Jeux) took top honors at Sunday’s Tro-Bro Léon in Brittany. The race, nicknamed the Paris-Roubaix Breton and the Petit Paris-Roubaix, is one of the hardest races of the year on the French racing calendar and takes […]
Milram and Wegmann happy with Amstel Gold race
Despite not obtaining a top result in the Amstel Gold Race, the German Milram team was quite happy with the day in the sunny Netherlands. Fabian Wegmann had a good comeback, returning from his collarbone injury quicker than initially predicted. […]
Amstel Gold Race: Surprise alcohol tests before start
Today’s Amstel Gold Race was the scene of a series of alcohol tests carried out by Maastricht police for the team managers, presumably those staff that would be driving cars in the race caravan. Sportweek.nl reported that none of the […]
Greipel back to winning in Turkey; Visconti takes overall
André Greipel won the final stage of the Tour of Turkey, with another perfect sprint ahead of Angelo Furlan and Kenny van Hummel. Giovanni Visconti clinched the overall title, ahead of HTC-Columbia’s Tejay Van Garderen. The HTC team had an […]
Pauwels a no go for the Ardennes
Team Sky’s 26-year-old Belgian talent, Serge Pauwels, has had a nightmare start to his 2010 campaign. His list of maladies reads like any bike racer’s worst nightmare: “I did very well over the winter, but then the problems started. I […]
Euskaltel-Euskadi's Igor Anton steadily rising
27-year-old, Igor Anton, has been on a steady march forward as a general classification contender for his Basque team, Euskaltel-Euskadi. After four years of progression, it appears that Anton is on the verge of making his firm entrance into the […]
