Aldag calls Martin's Paris-Nice victory an important step to Tour de France
Big obstacle may be a conflict of interest with Mark Cavendish in July Tony Martin celebrated his biggest victory to date when he won the 69th edition of Paris-Nice on Sunday. His sports director Rolf Aldag was quite satisfied with […]
Paris-Nice: Voeckler grabs another stage win, Martin wins overall
French and German triumph on Promenade des Anglais On what was another dangerous, rain-splattered day in Paris-Nice, French champion Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) soled to an excellent second stage victory of the race, while Tony Martin (HTC Highroad) held on to […]
Gilbert takes unruly stage five in Tirreno-Adriatico with great final surge
Climber Gesink loses leader’s jersey to Evans on final hill Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) used his panache to pass the leading duo breakaway on the finishing straight of the fifth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. Gilbert led home a small group that […]
Tirreno race leader Gesink is wary of Cancellara, Evans and Scarponi
Big battle certain in days ahead Dutch rider Robert Gesink has named those who he considers to be his major rivals in the battle to take Tirreno-Adriatico. The Rabobank rider grabbed the race lead yesterday when he finished sixth on […]
Phinney to return in Catalunya, still hopeful for Roubaix and Flanders
Gifted 20 year old fully recovered after last month’s training crash Rising US talent Taylor Phinney has recovered from the concussion he suffered in a training crash on February 25th and will shortly return to racing. The BMC Racing Team […]
Philippe Gilbert burned all over his body in Saturday's Tirreno stage
Unknown ascent to Chieti proved slightly too long for Belgian classics star Philippe Gilbert finished tenth yesterday in stage four of Tirreno-Adriatico, after showing his usual aggressiveness on the final slope up to Chieti. The Belgian admitted that the climb […]
Thomas De Gendt Interview: Who is the big Paris-Nice discovery?
Belgian rider making big progress at 24 years of age Jump back to the 2009 Tour of Britain, and one of the stars of the show there is a young Belgian from the Topsport Vlaanderen team, Thomas De Gendt. He […]
Cadel Evans climbs into second place overall at Tirreno-Adriatico
2009 World Champion in an ideal position to vie for overall honors over final three days Cadel Evans launched into second place overall at Tirreno-Adriatico following an excellent third place finish in Stage 4 behind an unbeatable short, steep, uphill […]
BMC's Karsten Kroon impresses with long breakaway at Paris-Nice, returning to top form
Dutchman happy with team’s progress, once again aiming at Ardennes Classics Dutch one day specialist, Karsten Kroon, had a lackluster year with his first year with the BMC team in 2010, but things look to be turning around nicely for […]
Riccardo Riccò quits cycling at age 27
Troubled Italian denies new doping charges, but has no desire to continue as a professional Riccardo Riccò announced that he is quitting professional cycling, after having just recovered from what looked like a blood transfusion gone wrong. The 27-year-old Italian […]
