Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Langeveld takes two-man sprint against Flecha
Centimeters decide outcome of first classics race in 2011 Sebastian Langeveld took a hard earned victory in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, having attacked solo with over 50 kilometers to go. He was joined by Juan Antonio Flecha for the final […]
Phinney crashes on training ride in Italy
American suffers a mild concussion in ‘freak’ accident Taylor Phinney crashed on a training ride near his home in Lucca, Italy, on Friday. The BMC rider suffered a mild concussion when colliding with Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervélo). Phinney is said to […]
Visconti wins GP Insubrica in sprint against Team Type 1's Jure Kocjan
Italian says that he could deal ok with temperature change from desert races Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Neri) took the victory in the 168-kilometer long GP Insubrica, formerly known as GP dell’Insubria – Lugano. Visconti beat Jure Kocjan (Team […]
Sagan takes Giro di Sardegna overall title
Scarponi storms to stage victory Michele Scarponi took victory in the final stage of the Giro di Sardegna, ahead of Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez, Damiano Cunego and Peter Sagan. Sagan’s fourth place was enough to give him the overall victory. […]
Emma Johansson outsprints a small group to win rainy Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Successful defence for Swedish champion in Belgian season opener Emma Johansson (Hitec Products-UCK) won the women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, taking her second successive victory in the Belgian season opener, and her first race for the Norwegian team. Just as in […]
Arndt takes overall victory in HTC-Highroad dominated Tour of New Zealand
Alona Andruk gets first season win for her Diadora Pasta Zara team in final stage Judith Arndt of the American HTC-Highroad team won the overall of the Tour of New Zealand, leading the race from start to finish. Ukrainian Alona […]
Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov leaves the door slightly ajar to perhaps return in 2012
Two-time Liege-Bastogne-Liege winner happy to have “regained his image.” Alexandre Vinokourov will forever be a controversial figure in cycling. Without question, he’s a holdover from a time in the sport when doping was absolutely the norm and not the exception. […]
Philippe Gilbert escapes crash and injury on the Cipressa
Belgian star narrowly avoided a bad crash on the descent of the Cipressa on Wednesday Omega Pharma-Lotto’s one day king, Philippe Gilbert, has had a perfect start to the season. The winner of the 2010 Amstel Gold Race took victory […]
Marc Madiot on radios: “The riders are not sheep”
FDJ manager one of the few speaking out in favour of radio ban With all the talk of a now-cancelled protest at tomorrow’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad over the International Cycling Union (UCI) banning the use of two-way radios, there is […]
AIGCP calls off race radio protest at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Wants UCI to cease threatening race organisers With the prospect of the race being annulled by the UCI, the teams’ assocation AIGCP has announced that it will not stage a protest tomorrow at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad early-season semi-Classic. Teams […]
