Trofeo Binda opens 2011 Women’s World Cup
Italian race will start without last two years’ winner The Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comine di Cittiglio marks the start of the 2011 Women’s Road World Cup this Sunday. The race starts and finishes in the town of Cittiglio, the birthplace of […]
Philippe Gilbert: "The route of the Ronde suits me."
Strade Bianche winner expects a bunch sprint in Wevelgem on Sunday Speaking at a press conference today in Deinze, two days before the start of the next stop on the World Tour calendar, Gent-Wevelgem, Philippe Gilbert was at ease and […]
Saxo Bank's Juan Jose Haedo recovering from nasty crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen
Argentinian sprinter collided with a tree at 70 km/h on the descent off the Tiegemberg While Wednesday was an overall banner day for Bjarne Riis’s Saxo Bank team with wins in both Belgium and Spain, it wasn’t a great day […]
Adriano Malori takes Coppi-Bartali stage 4 time trial
Emanuale Sella does just enough to hold on to race lead Adriano Malori (Lampre-ISD) won the stage 4 time trial of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali in Crevalcore. The 23-year-old Italian completed the 14.3km course in a time of […]
Relocation of Gent-Wevelgem may be the death of the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
“Little Ronde van Vlaanderen” cannot compete with the WorldTour event on the same weekend The decision to move WorldTour Gent-Wevelgem to the Sunday before the Ronde van Vlaanderen is having a catastrophic effect on the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, which takes […]
Costa signs three year contract with Team Movistar
Deal ends nightmare period for Portuguese rider After suggestions earlier this week that he could be returning to the team structure he competed with for two seasons, Rui Costa has reportedly signed a three year contract with Team Movistar. The […]
Québec withdraws bid for the 2015 cycling world road championships
Deems event is too expensive to host The list of candidates for the 2015 world road race championships has dropped to two following the news that Québec has withdrawn its bid. The city was seen to have a strong candidacy […]
Samuel Dumoulin sprints to Catalunya stage 5
More attacks pepper the stage but the sprinters win the day once more Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) won the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya between El Vendrell and Tarragona in a bunch sprint. The punchy French sprinter beat José […]
Bernhard Eisel determined to be healthy for Gent-Wevelgem defence
HTC-Highroad’s 2010 winner recovering from bad cold Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Highroad), the winner of the 2010 edition of Gent-Wevelgem has been suffering from a cold during his preparation for the defence of his title. The 30-year-old Austrian is confident and determined […]
Prudhomme says Tour de France has waited for too long for final Contador decision
Tour chief frustrated by delays Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme has said that he doesn’t want the Alberto Contador appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to drag on too long. He is worried that the […]
