Italian Champ Visconti aims for Tirreno-Adriatico win
GP Insubrica win gives motivation for Italian stage race Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti aims to win the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in Italy next month. Yesterday, he proved he is ready by winning the GP Regio Insubrica one-day race. Content after […]
Niko Eeckhout Interview (Video): Rambo battling onwards at 40 years of age
An Post Sean Kelly rider still ambitious in what could be his final season Today’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne is an important race for the 2006 Belgian champion Niko ‘Rambo’ Eeckhout. After working on his racing condition in the Tours of Qatar and […]
Leopard-Trek's Nygaard talks Tour and Italy
‘I’ve always been in love with Italy. Tuscany is in my heart’ Leopard-Trek will race the Tour de France in July as one of the strongest teams. Amongst their ranks they have the powerful combination of the Schleck brothers, Fränk […]
Defending Kuurne champion Traksel hoping for bad weather again
Dutchman Bobbie Traksel back for more one-day classic wins Dutch cyclist Bobbie Traksel hopes to see rain clouds at the start of the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne race today in Belgium. “The worse the weather, the stronger I become,” Traksel told Het Nieuwsblad […]
Katusha's Rodríguez has already circled key stages in Tirreno-Adriatico
Spaniard hopes that canceled altitude training camp won’t effect his competitiveness in March The Russian Katusha team, along with Joaquim Rodríguez, had intended to do a training camp at altitude this week in Italy. The squad had hoped to get […]
Neo-pro Matteo Pelucchi takes Geox-TMC's first 2011 win at Clasica de Almeria
Duarte’s second in Lugano and Pelucchi’s win makes for a great day for Geox-TMC The new Geox-TMC team got its first ever victory today at the Clasica de Almeria. The team has been threatening for some time now, but today […]
Pavel Brutt surprises with perfectly timed move to take Classica Sarda Sassari
Sella follows in second, Sagan wraps up great week in Sardegna with third Peter Sagan couldn’t continue his glorious run in Sardegna on Sunday. The Slovakian Sensation ran into a superb Pavel Brutt, who took the win over an ever […]
Ivan Basso takes first win of 2011 at GP Lugano
Italian Tour de France hope takes the win over Duarte and Visconti 2010 Giro d’Italia winner, Ivan Basso, notched up his first win of the 2011 season today in Lugano. The Liquigas rider topped Colombia’s 2008 U23 World Champion, Fabio […]
Bert De Waele's string of bad luck continues, misses season start in Kuurne
Landbouwkrediet rider has been out for seven months with knee problems Usually, when one nets their best ever result, it’s a great sign of things to come. For experienced Belgian, Bert De Waele, it was the harbinger of doom. The […]
HTC-Highroad's Miller wins final Tour of New Zealand criterium
American team takes almost all glory in Kiwi week Amanda Miller (HTC-Highroad) took the final criterium of the Tour of New Zealand by riding home solo. She and teammate Judith Arndt had made the decisive selection of five riders. The […]
