Nick Nuyens: 'I’m stronger than I thought'
Rabobank’s classics captain Nick Nuyen’s had an unlucky day at the races in Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, then abandoned along with most of the peloton in Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. His abandon on Sunday was not entirely weather though, as he was […]
Tom Boonen: 'I didn’t want to throw away 4 months work'
Despite wearing dossard number 1 as the defending champion, Quick Step’s Tom Boonen had no qualms whatsoever about abandoning yesterday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne race. The Belgian champion had gone into the race with the intention of repeating his two previous victories (2009 […]
Ricco believes his fans will support him
Even with negative press swirling around him, Riccardo Ricco still believes that his fans will remain loyal. Ricco’s ban for CERA ends March 17th. However his ex-girlfriend and mother of his son, Vania Rossi, came up positive after placing second at […]
Schleck outlines his 2010 race schedule
This Wednesday Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank will make his 2010 racing debut in Italy at the Giro del Friuli. The 2009 Tour de France runner up was scheduled to start his race season at the Challenge Mallorca. However, due […]
Giro Donne presents a real climber’s course for 2010
This year’s Giro d’Italia Femminile – the Giro Donne – was presented at the Diadora Museum of Sport in Caerano San Marco, in Treviso province on Saturday. This year’s corsa rosa for women will cover a total of 921.9km over […]
McCann wants to build slowly, Langkawi chances unclear
Multiple Irish road race and time trial champion David McCann is taking part in the Tour de Langkawi and is the second-oldest rider in the race. A solid climber and time trialist, he’d normally be a reliable bet for a […]
Rujano wants to win Tour de Langkawi prior to successful Giro campaign
Tiny Venezuelan climber Jose Rujano has returned to his old stomping ground of the Tour de Langkawi, and is planning to use the race as a psychological and physiological springboard to major success this spring. The 28 year old ISD-Neri […]
Armstrong leads RadioShack in Murcia
Team RadioShack’s seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will be leading his team in the Tour of Murcia, which takes place from March 3rd to the 7th. Riding alongside Armstrong will be German Andreas Klöden and Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia, […]
Quick Step's Lefevere wants to 'forget very quickly'
With the opening weekend on the Belgian calendar behind him, Quick Step manager Patrick Lefevere said he’s ready to move on and forget about what happened to his team. Since 2003 Lefevere’s riders have taken a win in the critical […]
Victory for Matthews on stage one of Tour de Langkawi
A hot, humid opening day of the Tour de Langkawi saw very strong performances from the Australian and Malaysian riders in particular, with nineteen year old Aussie Michael Matthews grabbing the first professional victory of his career The Team Jayco […]
