Sunny Sky in Qatar for Boasson Hagen
Team Sky continued its good debut season with a win in the opening team time trial of the Tour of Qatar. The British squad beat the Cervélo Testteam by eight seconds over the 8.2-kilometer course. Garmin was third, also eight […]
Boasson Hagen hoping for strong Qatar showing
Today is an important day for Edvald Boasson Hagen, who gets his 2010 season underway and also makes his official debut with his new Team Sky squad. The Tour of Qatar begins with a short 8.2 kilometre team time trial, […]
Wiggins aiming at the Tour with Sky, but no room for Cavendish
Bradley Wiggins, fourth in last year’s Tour de France, pins on his first number as a Team Sky rider at the Tour of Qatar tomorrow. After his controversial transfer from Garmin-Slipstream, the multiple Olympic champion can’t wait to get going, […]
Ciolek scouting out Classics routes
Gerald Ciolek had a disappointing 2009 but is hoping to make an impact in this year’s Classics. A day before the travel to the Tour of Qatar, Ciolek went to Belgium together with teammates Servais Knaven, Roy Sentjens, Niki Terpstra […]
Petacchi powers to Costa Etrusca win
Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) took his third victory of the season with a sprint in the GP Costa degli Etrusci in Doneratico, Italy. He beat Alberto Loddo (Androni Giocattoli-Serramanti PVC Diquigiovanni) and Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo) into second and third, […]
Furious Merckx denies cancer reports
Eddy Merckx has reacted angrily to reports in the media that he suffered from intestinal cancer a few years ago, according to Het Nieuwsblad. The Belgian media, and several news agencies, reported a conversation that apparently took place between Merckx […]
Sánchez looking forward to Mallorca challenge
Luis León Sánchez is looking forward to the Mallorca Challenge, where the Caisse d’Epargne rider wants to continue to build his form that saw him finish second in the Tour Down Under. Surprisingly, the 2009 Paris-Nice winner will not defend […]
Nys outsprints Stybar in Krawatencross
Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) showed that he is not yet ready to hand over to the next generation of riders by outsprinting newly crowned World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) in the Krawatencross in Lille, Belgium. Nys and Stybar took the lead […]
Molmy wins Bessèges stage 4 as Dumoulin disqualified
Arnaud Molmy (Roubaix-Lille Metropole) has won the fourth stage of the Etoile de Bessèges in Alès, but only after the disqualification of Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), according to wielermagazine.com. Matthieu Lagadnous (la Française des Jeux) was second and Pieter Ghyllebert (An […]
Eddy Merckx confirms cancer battle
Belgian legend Eddy Merckx has confirmed that he suffered from intestinal cancer some years ago, but acknowledged that he has had no problems since, according to AFP. The five-time Tour de France winner lost a great deal of weight in the […]
