Cavendish and Rogers opt for Tour of California over Giro
This year’s Amgen Tour of California has continued to draw some of the biggest names in cycling with the announcement that ten-time Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish and multiple world time trial champion Michael Rogers will lead the […]
Wiggins and Sunderland react to Team Sky’s Tour de France selection
Bradley Wiggins, who was the clear surprise in last year’s Tour de France in fourth place overall, has given the thumbs up to yesterday’s news that Team Sky is one of the six wildcard teams for the prestigious French event. […]
HTC-Columbia women optimistic about Flanders title defense
The HTC-Columbia women’s team is ready to go for their third consecutive Tour of Flanders victory this coming Sunday in Belgium. Judith Arndt and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg took home the honors in 2008 and 2009 respectively, and after a strong start […]
Frenchman Turgot takes stage two away from Gilbert in Three Days of De Panne
Bbox Bouygues Telecom continued their winning ways in stage two of the Three Days of De Panne today, when Frenchman Sébastien Turgot took the sprint in Sint-Idesbald easily over his three breakaway companions in a shortened stage marked by foul […]
Hoste: “I spent more time on the toilet than on my bike!”
OmegaPharma-Lotto’s three-time Ronde van Vlaanderen runner-up Leif Hoste approaches this Sunday’s race after some less than ideal preparation. The 32-year-old Belgian has been suffering from stomach flu and performing less than spectacularly at the Three Days of De Panne. He […]
Nuyens to lead Rabobank to Flanders
Rabobank’s Nick Nuyens has recovered sufficiently from the injuries he sustained in Gent-Wevelgem, and will lead the Dutch team in this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Nuyens has had an unlucky classics season so far, suffering multiple punctures in the Omloop […]
Frederik Willems doubtful for Flanders
Liquigas-Doimo’s classics captain Frederik Willems is now a doubt for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen after suffering from pain in his knee. Starting the Three Days of De Panne with dossard number 1 as last year’s winner, the only Belgian on […]
Pozzato convinced he can challenge in the Tour of Flanders
Last year Filippo Pozzato was clearly one of the strongest riders in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, or Tour of Flanders, but some negative tactics saw him mark Tom Boonen very closely and allow the latter’s team-mate Stijn Devolder to race […]
2010 Tour de France: Dutch teams miss out on start
The Grand Départ of the 97th edition of the Tour de France is set for July 3rd in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, but despite its location, there will be one less Dutch team present than the previous year. In 2009 Rabobank, […]
Cervélo TestTeam's Haussler and Klier will miss Spring Classics
Cervélo TestTeam has announced today that Heinrich Haussler will be unable to ride in the classics this spring due to problems with his knee. The 26 year old had an impressive string of results last year at this time, including […]
