Tour of Flanders: Bernucci's home searched, heads home to Italy
Yesterday Lorenzo Bernucci’s team, Lampre-Farnese Vini, said the rider would be a non-starter for today’s Ronde Van Vlaanderen due to illness. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, there are more pressing matters that forced the Italian to head back to […]
BMC with four captains to Flanders
Alessandro Ballan (winner in 2007), George Hincapie, Marcus Burghardt and Karsten Kroon will lead the BMC team in today’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Not a bad line-up to have for the Belgian classic. Or are there too many leaders? No, says […]
2010 Tour of Flanders Preview: Punishment on the Pavé
This Sunday’s Tour of Flanders will mark the second Classic of the 2010 season and, like Milan-Sanremo, the list of possible winners is long and distinguished. This year’s course offers up some changes from last year’s edition, namely the omission […]
Devolder: "The Ronde van Vlaanderen is my race"
Stijn Devolder has won the Ronde van Vlaanderen in the last two years and will try to defend the title tomorrow. He would become only the fifth person to win it three times. His teammate Tom Boonen can achieve the […]
Vacansoleil considers the Tour of California
Pro Continental team Vacansoleil has shown some interest in riding the Tour of California this May, according to Wielermagazine.com. The Dutch team recently got a double dose of bad news in the form of non-invitations to start in both the […]
Huguet wins Hel van het Mergelland
Skil-Shimano’s Yann Huguet won the 37th edition of the Hel van het Mergelland ahead of Jos van Emden of the favored Rabobank team. The two had escaped with 30km to go from a 20-man group. Huguet praised his teammates. “I […]
Rodríguez storms to victory in GP Miguel Indurain
Joaquín Rodríguez continued his winning way and took the GP Miguel Indurain over 179km, after having won the Volta a Catalunya just last week. Rodríguez was the strongest in a tough final, outlasting Alejandro Valverde and Michel Kreder. Numerous attacks […]
Riccò returns to winning in Lombarda
It took Riccardo Riccò less than three weeks from the end of his doping suspension mid-March to winning a race. The Italian took the third stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda. In a hectic finale, six riders slipped away from […]
Vania Rossi's B-sample non-positive according to CONI
Italian Vania Rossi, the former girlfriend of Riccardo Riccò, has had a “non-positive” result returned from her request for the B-sample to be tested. Rossi tested positive for the third generation form of EPO, CERA, at a control that was […]
Chainel and Turgot confident for Flanders after brilliant De Panne
The Bouygues Telecom pair Steve Chainel and Sébastien Turgot had an outstanding Driedaagse de Panne-Koksijde and both Frenchmen are now looking ahead to Flanders’ nicest – the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Both are confident for a good result in the grueling […]