Rabobank unsure about tactics for third stage in País Vasco
Two sprints in two days should have been the ideal scenario for Rabobank’s fast man Oscar Freire, but he came up short both times. On Monday he was disqualified for leaving his line and squeezing out Alejandro Valverde. On Tuesday, […]
Teams for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California announced
The organizers of the Amgen Tour of California have announced the 16 teams that will form the peloton for the week-long race. The event has been moved to May (16-23), which allows for a more selective route. Several passes that […]
Valverde wins it fair and square against Freire in País Vasco
Alejandro Valverde won the sprint in the second stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco against Oscar Freire without controversy this time. The peloton managed to neutralize a last-minute three-man move with 200m to go. Freire was perfectly placed behind […]
Cofidis' Keukeleire new leader of UCI Europe Tour
Cofidis rider Jens Keukeleire leads the UCI Europe Tour ranking. The 21-year-old Belgian had a dream start to his professional career, taking wins in the GP Le Samyn, a stage and the overall in the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen and the […]
Sánchez takes bunch sprint in first stage of Circuit de la Sarthe
Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) took his third win this season, when he outsprinted his competitors in the Circuit de la Sarthe. Sánchez won the opening stage in the sprint, after a two-man move had been eliminated with only three […]
Police raids come up clean for Petacchi, not for Bernucci
Guardia di Finanza searches of the homes of Lampre-Farnese Vini teammates and friends Lorenzo Bernucci and Alessadro Petacchi this weekend came in with mixed results for the Italians. While police revealed banned substances were found in Bernucci’s home, according to […]
Paris-Roubaix: Lefevere says Chavanel out, Devolder in
After Fabian Cancellara powered to victory over Tom Boonen in yesterday’s Tour of Flanders, Quick Step team boss Patrick Lefevere has made his first tactical decision for next Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix. He’s decided not to start last year’s eighth place finisher […]
Haedo storms to second victory in Rund um Köln
One day after Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of Flanders, Juan José Haedo delivered another victory to his Saxo Bank team, when he took the sprint in the 198km long Rund um Köln. Haedo jumped out of the Rabobank wheels […]
Riis: “It’s time for Frank to show some results”
With the Saxo Bank team’s spring season having been largely successful so far, team boss Bjarne Riis is now looking to his biggest stars, the Schleck brothers, to start to show themselves. Swiss champion Fabian Cancellara’s Ronde van Vlaanderen victory […]
Boonen and Gilbert vow to fight back after Flanders defeat
Disappointed to take second and third in yesterday’s Tour of Flanders, both Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert are looking to the later Spring Classics in hope that they can each take a big win. Boonen was attempting yesterday to take […]
