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Vuelta al Pais Vasco: Team RadioShack pleased with day one, aiming for overall win by Conal Andrews - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Klöden and Horner well placed heading into today’s stageAndreas Klöden and Chris Horner got their Vuelta al Pais Vasco campaign off to a strong start yesterday when they finished third and fourth on the hilly stage to Zumarraga. They finished just behind Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and Olympic champion Sa... → Read More
No Ronde van Vlaanderen repeat for Grace Verbeke by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Race’s only Belgian winner has to settle for seventh in frantic finaleHer victory in the 2010 edition made Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen 2012-Ridley) one of the big names to watch in this year’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. Early season form pointed towards another top performance from the Belgian number one, including ... → Read More
Freddy Maertens: “I told them that Nick Nuyens would win the Ronde” by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Belgian legend comments on Sunday’s race; says it’s time for the route to changeBelgian legend Freddy Maertens predicted that a rider like Nick Nuyens would win Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The double World champion who, despite going close on several occasions, was never quite able to win Vlaanderens Mooiste himself, thinks t... → Read More
Phinney still in running for Paris-Roubaix start with BMC Racing Team by Xylon van Eyck - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Team yet to decide if American talent will make elite race debutAccording to the BMC Racing Team, there is a still a chance that Taylor Phinney could start this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix Classic. The 20 year old's first professional season has been hampered by injury during the winter. A problem in his right knee d... → Read More
Big boost for Team Type 1 with Tour de Suisse invite by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Important wildcard confirmed for American teamThe American Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis has received a major boost with the news that it has been awarded wildcard entry to the Tour de Suisse. The race will be one of the biggest events of the season for the Pro Continental squad, which will also ... → Read More
Overall winner and two others positive at Vuelta de Chile, Blanco ban upheld by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 News from two separate eventsFollowing last month’s news that the Tour de San Luis and Vuelta a Chile winner Marco Arriagada had tested positive, two others from the latter event have also failed tests. Arriagada’s Chilean compatriot José Medina Andrade plus the Argentinean ride... → Read More
World Champion Thor Hushovd: "Paris-Roubaix haunts me." by Jered Gruber - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Garmin-Cervelo leader makes no excuses about Flanders, looking ahead to his favorite raceGarmin-Cervelo went in to Sunday's Tour of Flanders as the odds on favorites to be the team that could possibly dethrone the mighty Fabian Cancellara. However, for the second straight Monument, the team of Jonathan Vaughters fell alarmingly short. Th... → Read More
Geraint Thomas pleased with top ten at Flanders by Jered Gruber - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Sky rider looking ahead to Sunday's showdown on the cobbles at Paris-RoubaixGeraint Thomas's steady rise to the top continued on Sunday with another excellent ride on the cobbles. The reigning British road champion finished 10th out of the dozen stars who made the final selection in the waning kilometers heading into the fin... → Read More
Hincapie getting ready for Roubaixby VeloNation Press - Monday, April 4, 2011 
Vuelta al Paìs Vasco: Rodriguez beats Sanchez on stage one by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 4, 2011 Klöden and Horner third and fourth, others lose timeThe 2010 world number one Joaquim Rodriguez picked up his first win of the season today when he outsprinted three others to take the opening stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Sumarraga. The Catalan rider beat a fast-finishing Olympic champion Samu... → Read More
WADA considering dropping B sample test by 2015 by VeloNation Press - Monday, April 4, 2011 Howman said current system is expensive, wants debate to be held on revision
The long-standing practice of having A and B samples for testing in doping controls could potentially be dropped in future, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s David Howman said today.
Howman said at the SportAccord conference that the high price of t... → Read More
Hajo Seppelt Interview Part 2: more on the Alberto Contador positive case by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 4, 2011 German anti-doping journalist comments furtherGerman TV journalist Hajo Seppelt was one of the first to learn of Alberto Contador’s positive test, being informed about the case several weeks before the news was officially released. As he told VeloNation in part one of this interview, he was info... → Read More
UCI investigating Fränk Schleck’s “Camel-front” in Critérium International TT by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 4, 2011 Hydration pack could have given Luxembourger 2 seconds a kilometre says Gazzetta dello SportThe International Cycling Union (UCI) is investigating the use of a hydration pack by Leopard Trek’s Fränk Schleck in the time trial of the Critérium International, according to Sporza. The Luxembourg road champion wore the device, on his front, in ... → Read More
Giorgia Bronzini: “I still had my track legs” by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 4, 2011 Close proximity of track worlds affects World Champion’s Ronde van VlaanderenGiorgia Bronzini (Colavita-Forno d’Asolo) didn’t have her best day in yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The World Champion finished in 79th place, exactly 4 minutes behind race winner Annemiek van Vleuten, ironically sandwiched by her two Italian ra... → Read More
Pinotti begins Vuelta al Pais Vasco today aiming for overall success by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 4, 2011 Italian time trial specialist feeling ambitious heading into six day raceMultiple Italian time trial champion Marco Pinotti starts today’s Vuelta al Pais Vasco determined to fight for the overall classification in the race. The respected HTC Highroad rider has previously performed strongly in the Spanish event, and feels ... → Read More
Dutch rider and team happy with Sunday's raceby Jered Gruber - Monday, April 4, 2011
Nick Nuyens: “This is a monument so there’s quite a difference!” by Ben Atkins - Monday, April 4, 2011 Ronde Van Vlaanderen winner now targeting Amstel GoldSaxo Bank-SunGard’s Nick Nuyens had already won a number of semi-classics before yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, including the Omloop Het Volk (now Het Nieuwsblad) and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne; until yesterday though, he had not managed to take one of... → Read More
UCI backing Ponferrada to host 2014 world road championships by Shane Stokes - Monday, April 4, 2011 Spanish application deemed best Although the awarding of the right to host future world championships is normally announced during the worlds itself, the UCI has taken the step of backing a candidate at this point of the season. It has said that the file received from Ponferrada in... → Read More
Sylvain Chavanel: "I had legs of fire." by Jered Gruber - Monday, April 4, 2011 Quick-Step rider comes painfully close to the win in MeerbekeHeading into Sunday's Ronde van Vlaanderen, Leopard Trek's Fabian Cancellara was the unquestioned favorite with a small army of major stars snapping at his heels: Tom Boonen, Philippe Gilbert, Juan Antonio Flecha, and more.
Considering the class i... → Read More
Vaughters explains Garmin-Cervélo tactics in Tour of Flanders by VeloNation Press - Monday, April 4, 2011 Lack of team-mates affected race for Hushovd and FarrarGarmin-Cevelo chief Jonathan Vaughters has explained his tactics against a defensive policy during the finale of the Tour of Flanders on Saturday, saying that there was little choice.He told his riders over race radio not to work during the chase of ... → Read More
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