Boonen and De Weert named on Quick Step team for Vuelta a España
Belgian team aiming for stage win and top ten overall Multiple Grand Tour stage winner Tom Boonen and all rounder Kevin De Weert will be two prominent riders on the Quick Step team in the upcoming Vuelta a España, with […]
Brian Holm signs two year deal with Quick-Step Cycling Team
Danish directeur sportif to play important team role Experienced directeur sportif Brian Holm is set to move from the folding HTC Highroad squad to Quick Step at the end of the season, with the Dane signing a two year contract […]
Boonen downplays likelihood of Olympic Games road race sprint finish
Says course is very tough Having ridden Sunday’s Olympic Test event in London, otherwise known as the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, former world champion Tom Boonen said that the route is sufficiently difficult to ensure that there won’t be a big […]
Joaquim Rodriguez confident heading into the Vuelta a España
Katusha rider determined to make amends after time trial implosion cost him 2010 victory Perhaps unfairly, Joaquim Rodriguez’s Vuelta a España performance last year is remembered as much for his meltdown in the final trial as he is for his […]
Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth feeling good after Tour of Utah
American team places Bajadali twelfth overall The American squad Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth concluded a solid Tour of Utah yesterday, as Andrew Bajadali finished fourteenth on the queen stage to Snowbird Ski Resort, securing his twelfth place overall. The team also […]
Caja Rural remains diplomatic despite Vuelta snub
Developing Spanish team continues to look forward Caja Rural, the Spanish pro continental team in its second year of existence, will be forced to watch the Vuelta a España on television, but team management refuses to be bitter one week […]
No Vattenfall Cyclassics for Philippe Gilbert
Belgian champion to take a break; WorldTour lead will have to wait at least another week Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) will not be on the start line of Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, the next event in the International […]
Tom Boonen insists he can race at the highest level again
Belgian looking forward to the Vuelta and Worlds Tom Boonen has insisted that, in spite of a forgettable 2011 so far, he can still make it back to the highest level of the sport. He will try to go well […]
Philippe Gilbert adds Belgian time trial championship to 2011 haul
Road champion takes second driekleur in incredible season; Liesbet De Vocht takes women’s title from teammate Grace Verbeke Evidently coming out of the Eneco Tour with very hot form, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has added the time trial driekleur to […]
Vuelta a España: Igor Antón aiming to make up for last year’s “missed opportunity”
Race organiser would love to see a Basque rider wear the red jersey as the Vuelta visits the province for the first time in 33 years Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was forced to abandon last year’s Vuelta a España with a […]
