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Ryan Roth solos to Tro Bro León victory by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 15, 2012 Canadian chases down lone attacker to win “Brittany’s Paris-Roubaix”Ryan Roth (Spidertech p/b C10) won the 29th edition of the Tro Bro León, going one better than teammate Will Routley’s second place of 2010, in a solo break at the end of the 206.4km race. The 29-year-old Canadian managed to catch and pass the long b... → Read More
Fabio Felline takes Giro dell’Appennino from 22-man breakaway by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 15, 2012 22-year-old dedicates victory to recently deceased rider and footballerFabio Felline (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) won the 73rd edition of the Giro dell’Appennino after outsprinting a 22-man breakaway group at the end of the tough, hilly, 194.5km race. The 22-year-old third year pro was the fastest as the front group ... → Read More
Javier Moreno takes Castilla y León in memory of Xavier Tondo by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 15, 2012 Movistar rider is second on third and final stage to dedicate overall victory to the team’s late riderSecond place on the third and final stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León, in Sergovia, was enough to secure overall victory in the truncated stage race for Movistar’s Javier Moreno. The stage was won by Yelko Marino Gomez (Caja Rural), who outsprin... → Read More
Freire says headwind blighted his chances of winning Amstel Gold Race by VeloNation Press - Sunday, April 15, 2012 Spaniard goes close to sensational Classic victory Launching a well timed but opportunistic attack with seven kilometres to go, hitting the final climb of the Cauberg with a slight lead over a hard-chasing group of race favourites, Oscar Freire narrowly missed out on what would have been a superb vic... → Read More
Enrico Gasparotto takes a thrilling victory in the Amstel Gold Race by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 15, 2012 Three-way sprint taken by Italian after Oscar Freire caught in the final metresEnrico Gasparotto (Astana) claimed victory in the closest Amstel Gold Race for many years, to go two places better than his third place of 2010.The 30-year-old Italian outsprinted Jelle Vanendert (Lotto-Belisol) and Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) ... → Read More
Pre-Giro d'Italia test for Pinotti in Giro del Trentino by VeloNation Press - Sunday, April 15, 2012 Phinney, Ballan also part of BMC Racing Team lineupFormer race leader and stage winner Marco Pinotti is building towards what he intends to be a strong ride in this year’s Giro d’Italia and, having shown good form of late, will now head to the Giro del Trentino.
The Italian race begins on Tuesday... → Read More
Giuseppe Martinelli: “Giro d’Italia course is ideal for Roman Kreuziger” by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 15, 2012 Seven of nine Astana riders already selected for May’s Corsa RosaThe course of this year’s Giro d’Italia is ideal for Astana’s Roman Kreuziger, so says his team manager Giuseppe Martinelli. The 25-year-old Czech finished fifth in last year’s race - elevated from sixth after the disqualification of original winner... → Read More
Is Amstel Gold set for its first ever Spanish winner? by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Joaquim Rodríguez, Oscar Friere, Alejandro Valverde and Samuel Sánchez all vying for victory in the Dutch ClassicIn the Amstel Gold Race’s 46-year history there has yet to be a winner from south of the Pyrénées. The Netherlands - of course - tops the list of nations with 17 wins so far, with Belgium in second place with 11, and Italy in third with five. Riders ... → Read More
Sagan and Nibali feeling confident on eve of Amstel Gold Race by VeloNation Press - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Liquigas Cannondale duo believe their pooled strength could win out tomorrowProminent in Milan-Sanremo, the pairing of Peter Sagan and Vinceno Nibali will try to pull off an important victory tomorrow in the Amstel Gold Race.
The Liquigas Cannondale riders are both in good shape and highly motivated heading into the Dutc... → Read More
Chris Anker Sørensen looking for confirmation of form in Amstel Gold Race by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Danish rider slowly building after a winter of illness and injury; riding for namesake Nicki and local boy Karsten Kroon in Dutch ClassicChris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank) is beginning to find some form this season after struggling with illness and injury over the winter. A bad crash in the team’s Israeli training early December, where it was first thought that he had fractured his leg,... → Read More
Double day for Luis León Sánchez in Castilla y León stage two by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Snow in the mountains for hilly Spanish race as a late breakaway gets a long way clearLuis León Sánchez (Rabobank) rode himself into the lead of the Vuelta a Castilla y León, with victory in the second stage in Ávila. The punchy Spanish rider was fastest of an eleven man group that escaped on the final climb of the day and built a hu... → Read More
Pozzato forced to withdraw from Amstel Gold Race due to knee problem by VeloNation Press - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Farnese Vini Selle Italia rider will instead target success in Giro d’ItaliaFilippo Pozzato’s goal of winning one of the spring Classics have gone up in smoke with the news that he has been forced to withdraw from tomorrow’s Amstel Gold Race.
The Italian rider finished second to Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma Quick Step) in th... → Read More
Jurgen Van Den Broeck heading to Amstel Gold in better form than last year by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Belgian climber “curious, but not nervous” about riding Ardennes Classics for himself for the first timeAlthough he has ridden the Amstel Gold Race several times before, Sunday’s race will be the first time that Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) will ride the Dutch Classic for himself. His fortieth, twentieth and eighteenth places in the last three... → Read More
No pressure: Ochowicz says BMC Racing Team is taking long term view by Shane Stokes - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Gilbert, Evans and Van Avermaet comment prior to Amstel Gold RaceDespite a budget which is considerably bigger than that of most of the rest of the peloton plus a lineup which includes some of the top riders in the sport, the BMC Racing Team has clocked up just two wins thus far this season; Cadel Evans’ time tria... → Read More
Zach Bell Interview: Hunting omnium gold at the London Olympics by Ed Hood - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Canadian’s near-miss on title in worlds sharpens resolve for 2012 GamesThe omnium – love it or hate it, we better get used to it.
There are six disciplines run over two days – flying lap, points and elimination on the first day; pursuit, scratch and kilometre on the second.
It’s no longer a ‘side show’ event; it m... → Read More
Danilo Di Luca motivated for the Giro del Trentino by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 14, 2012 Acqua & Sapone has a lot to prove after Giro non-invitation; Utensilnord-Named motivated after Pais VascoThe Acqua & Sapone and Utensilnord-Named teams are both sending their strongest squads to next week’s Giro del Trentino, which starts with a team time trial in Riva del Garda, on Tuesday, April 17th. While the mountainous race is a traditional prepar... → Read More
2012 Tour of the Battenkill UCI 1.2 Professional Invitational Start List by Steve Jones - Friday, April 13, 2012 America's Queen of the Classics set for SundayThe Tour of the Battenkill, America's toughest one-day race, has set its roster in stone for this coming Sunday's UCI 1.2 Professional Invitational. New York will play host to some of the sport's top teams, with Team Type 1-Sanofil and United H... → Read More
More bad luck for Cummings with confirmation of second fractures this season by VeloNation Press - Friday, April 13, 2012 BMC Racing Team lineup for Amstel Gold to include Evans and GilbertHaving recently returned to racing after a painful pelvic fracture suffered on stage three of the Volta ao Algarve in February, BMC Racing Team rider Steve Cummings has once again been sidelined due to further breakages.
The Briton started compet... → Read More
Manuel Cardoso takes opening Castilla y León stage in bunch sprint by Ben Atkins - Friday, April 13, 2012 First win of 2012 for former RadioShack rider as breakaway dominates stageManuel Cardoso (Caja Rural) took his, and his team’s, first victory of the season, as he outsprinted the peloton at the end of the opening stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León. The Portuguese former RadioShack rider was the fastest at the end of the... → Read More
Marianne Vos favourite to take fifth victory in women’s Flèche Wallonne by Ben Atkins - Friday, April 13, 2012 Longer course makes World Cup race a closer challenge to the men’s WorldTour raceThe Women’s World Cup is set to continue in la Flèche Wallonne Femmes next Wednesday, April 18th, with Marianne Vos (Rabobank) aiming at an unprecedented fifth victory. The Dutch champion has won four out of the last five editions of the tough Arden... → Read More
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