Quick Step's Keisse heads home from Worlds with broken collarbone
Yesterday Quick Step’s new recruit Iljo Keisse was preparing for this week’s World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark when he crashed hard on the track. His teammate Jonathan Dufrasne went down in front of him leaving the Belgian with nowhere to […]
Chicchi still on form in Settimana Coppi e Bartali opener
Liquigas-Doimo sprinter Francesco Chicchi took the opener today in the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in a sprint finish. The Italian continued his strong start to the season on the 81 kilometer circuit in Riccione taking honors as he […]
Bos to make ProTour debut in Gent Wevelgem
In previous years he’d be counting down the days to the start of the world track championships but this time, five-time world sprint champion Theo Bos is completely focussed on another major target. On Sunday the 26 year old will […]
Stephen Roche Insight: Impressed with Freire’s Milan-Sanremo, not with others
Former Tour de France champion Stephen Roche has commented on Saturday’s Milan-Sanremo Classic, applauding Oscar Freire for his victory while also stating that other riders threw away their chance to win. Describing Freire’s dramatic sprint success ahead of Tom Boonen […]
2010 Giro d'Italia teams announced; RadioShack missing, ISD-Neri overlooked
Organizers of the Giro d’Italia, RCS Sport, have announced the twenty-two teams that will be at the start line of the the 2010 edition of the race on May 8th in Amsterdam. Only fifteen of the ProTour teams made the […]
Armstrong and Bruyneel say Radioshack opted not to ride Giro d’Italia
Lance Armstrong has rejected media reports that the Radioshack team was turned down for the 2010 Giro d’Italia, stating instead that the team itself decided not to take part. The seven-time Tour de France winner was speaking in advance of […]
Tony Martin deals with early season setbacks
After a banner 2009 campaign followed a promising debut season in the ProTour ranks the previous year, it should come as no surprise that Tony Martin is being lauded as the next great German. His 2009 was awash in success: […]
Sastre returns to racing at Catalunya
Carlos Sastre of the Cervélo TestTeam lined up for the first time this season today at the Volta a Catalunya. This marked his first competitive appearance since the 2009 Tour de France. The seven-day Spanish race kicked off with a […]
Riis admits that Fuglsang’s new contract remains unsigned
Despite his announcement in the autumn, amid much fanfare, that Jacob Fuglsang had extended his contract with the Saxo Bank team by three years, Bjarne Riis has now admitted that paperwork was not actually signed. The 24-year-old has ridden for […]
Voss pips Leipheimer in Catalunya opener
Paul Voss (Milram) scored the biggest win of his career so far by winning the opening 3.6km time trial of the Volta a Catalunya in the seaside resort of Lloret de Mar. The 23-year-old German completed the mostly flat course […]
