Philippe Gilbert romps to Flèche Wallonne victory
Amstel Gold winner makes Mur de Huy look easy as the rest flounder in his wake Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) emphasised his status as the number one rider in the hilly classics this season with an imperious victory in la Flèche […]
Christian Vande Velde Video Interview: Playing a team role in Fleche Wallonne, building towards Tour
American rider satisfied with how season is going Christian Vande Velde said prior to the start of today’s Flèche Wallonne that Ryder Hesjedal and Dan Martin were the team’s protected riders for the race. Martin subsequently crashed out, but the […]
Jens Voigt Video Interview: Fleche Wallonne and more
German buoyant prior to start of Ardennes Classic Leopard Trek’s evergreen veteran Jens Voigt was in bright spirits this morning at the start of Fleche Wallonne, saying that his team would try to ride to set up either Frank or […]
Dan Martin Interview: Garmin-Cervélo rider ambitious for Flèche Wallonne
Irishman gunning for good result Dan Martin will start today’s Flèche Wallonne as one of Garmin-Cervélo’s protected riders. Third overall in the Volta a Catalunya showed that he is going well, and his climbing ability could well put him in […]
Giro del Trentino: Voeckler out-duels Scarponi in stage 2
Italian’s consolation is the overall race lead Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) won the two-up sprint against Michele Scarponi (Lampre) in stage two of the Giro del Trentino. The two strongest riders of the day finished 25 seconds clear of the chase […]
Alberto Contador looking forward to Flèche Wallonne on the way to the Giro d'Italia
Last year’s third place not on top form after suffering from a cold Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) is looking forward to racing in tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne, although he concedes that a cold caught after the Vuelta a Castilla y León […]
Tour of Britain presents challenging route with sixteen teams invited
Split stage on final day includes a time trial for the first time in six years The route of the Tour of Britain was presented in London today, with a course that features a time trial for the first time […]
Plasticizer test inches closer to being validated
More work lies ahead for anti-doping scientists Following on from a paper published on Christmas Day last year studying the theoretical detection of blood transfusions via high plasticizer levels in blood, researchers at the anti-doping laboratory in Lausanne appear to […]
BMC Racing to take on la Flèche Wallonne without Cadel Evans
Defending champion still recovering from training injury The BMC Racing team will start tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne in Charleroi, Belgium without its defending champion Cadel Evans. The Australian former World champion sustained a quadricep injury in training three weeks ago and […]
Right to Play challenges amateurs to “Ride to the Tour”
International children’s charity teams up with Specialized for five-day event International children’s charity Right to Play is once again organising what it claims to be “2011’s most exciting multi-day fundraising ride”, but challenging amateur riders to “Ride to the Tour”. […]
