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Tour of Flanders: Katusha's Hoste rides well despite injuries from De Panne by Steve Jones - Sunday, April 3, 2011 Should be even better for next weekend's Paris-RoubaixTwo-time Ronde Van Vlaanderen runner up Leif Hoste came into today's edition of the race with the sole aim of helping teammate Filippo Pozzato to the top step of the podium. His chances to once again be a contender in the race to try to one-up ... → Read More
Bjarne Riis beats the odds, has Saxo Bank-Sungard firing on all cylinders once again by Steve Jones - Sunday, April 3, 2011 Team shake up again shows Dane's strong ability to leadToday's Ronde van Vlaanderen saw a surprise winner emerge for the second time in a spring Classic this year, this time the victor being Saxo Bank-Sungard rider Nick Nuyens. As the elation in the Saxo Bank team car demonstrated after he crossed ... → Read More
Nuyens plays things perfectly to win gripping Tour of Flanders by Shane Stokes - Sunday, April 3, 2011 Belgian back to his best, Cancellara fires too soon and gets thirdNick Nuyens has been falling short of his top form for several seasons, but his rejuvenation continued today when he picked up his second success in less than two weeks, plus the biggest individual result of his career. The Saxo Bank SunGard rider wa... → Read More
Annemiek van Vleuten surprises the favourites to take women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen by Ben Atkins - Sunday, April 3, 2011 Dutchwoman wins two-rider sprint to take career-best victoryAnnemiek van Vleuten once again proved that Nederland Bloeit is about more than just Marianne Vos by winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen for women. The Dutchwoman outsprinted Russian champion Tatiana Antoshina (Gauss) after the pair of them escaped a gr... → Read More
Fabian Cancellara on riding the Pavé: 'I was born for this' by Steve Jones - Sunday, April 3, 2011 Reining World and Olympic time trial champion ready for battleFollowing his dominating performance in last weekend's E3-Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke, four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) goes into today's Tour of Flanders as the odds on favorite. The Swiss rider went from the back... → Read More
Dutchman already impressive in recent Critérium Internationalby Bjorn Haake - Sunday, April 3, 2011 
Sanchez grabs team’s first win of 2011 at GP Indurain by VeloNation Press - Sunday, April 3, 2011 Olympic champion unleashes strong finishing surge to beat KolobnevFour months into the season, Samuel Sanchez ended his Euskaltel Euskadi team’s dubious distinction of being the sole ProTeam without a victory, hitting the line first on Saturday. The Olympic champion was best at the end of the GP Miguel Indurain in ... → Read More
Tom Boonen: “Staying in Belgium was the right decision.” by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 2, 2011 Ronde favourite is pleased he didn’t fly back to Monaco after Gent-Wevelgem victoryTom Boonen (Quick Step) was due to fly back to his home in Monaco immediately after his victory in last Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem; instead he stayed behind in Belgium, “and that was the right decision,” he said, according to De Standaard.
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Gilbert ready to seize his chance in Flanders by VeloNation Press - Saturday, April 2, 2011 Belgian rider satisfied with his form, even though he’s not at 100 percent Fabian Cancellara may be top of the list of favourites for most people for tomorrow’s Tour of Flanders, with Tom Boonen also mentioned as a big contender, but one rider who simply can’t be discounted is Philippe Gilbert. He was watched closely in Mil... → Read More
Grace Verbeke looking for double in Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 2, 2011 Only Belgian to win the race starts tomorrow with similar form to 2010Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012) returns to defend her title I tomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Vrouwen on what promises to be the toughest course yet. As the only Belgian the have won the race in its seven year history, Verbeke achieve... → Read More
Cameras onboard team cars to debut in Ronde van Vlaanderen by Ben Atkins - Saturday, April 2, 2011 Flanders Classics sides with teams’ organisation in radio debateTomorrow’s Ronde van Vlaanderen will see cameras mounted onboard team cars for the first time, which the race organiser says will make it “possible for the television audience to witness the interaction between riders and their team cars”.
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Ian Stanard Interview: In good form for Flanders and Roubaix by Ed Hood - Saturday, April 2, 2011 British Sky Proteam rider goes close in Gent-WevelgemThe cobbled Classics season has started well for Team Sky; Aussie CJ Sutton won from a huge bunch at Kuurne; Welshman Geraint Thomas took second to a resurgent Nick Nuyens (Saxo & Belgium) in Dwars door Vlaanderen and on Sunday it was Englishman Ian ... → Read More
Scorching hot day in Cali takes its toll on the pelotonby Steve Jones - Saturday, April 2, 2011
Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis riders back in action after bike theft by Shane Stokes - Saturday, April 2, 2011 Affected squad returned to racing yesterday in FranceA week after the theft of hundreds of thousands of euros worth of bikes and equipment while on the the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, the affected riders on the American Team Type 1 - sanofi-aventis squad have returned to racing.Several of... → Read More
US amateur rider and journalist Andrew Tilin handed two year doping ban by USADA by Shane Stokes - Friday, April 1, 2011 Californian wrote a book about doping himself for racesA book written by journalist and amateur rider Andrew Tilin on doping in cycling races appears to have secured him a two year ban from the US Anti-Doping Agency. USADA announced Friday that the 46 year old has accepted a two year ban based on what it... → Read More
Washington group says bid to host Giro d’Italia start is postponed, not abandoned by Shane Stokes - Friday, April 1, 2011 Giro could yet travel across the AtlanticToday’s news that Denmark will host the start of the 2012 Giro d’Italia spelt the end of the push to try to bring the race to Washington next year. However, the people involved with the bid have said that they still intend being part of what would be... → Read More
Basso feeling confident heading into Vuelta al Pais Vasco by Conal Andrews - Friday, April 1, 2011 Liquigas-Cannondale increasingly ambitious Most of the current attention is on the Tour of Flanders, but the sport’s Grand Tour specialists are also racing hard in the days ahead. 2010 Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso is part of the Liquigas-Cannondale squad for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, which... → Read More
Stijn Devolder and Leif Hoste will be walking wounded in Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen by Ben Atkins - Friday, April 1, 2011 Both riders say they must ride, even if they only make it halfway roundStijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Leif Hoste (Katusha) have both suffered bad crashes in the lead up to Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The former came down in a crash in the second stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, while the latter hit t... → Read More
Damiano Cunego to return for Vuelta al Pais Vasco by Ben Atkins - Friday, April 1, 2011 Basque race should be good proving ground before the Ardennes classicsWhile half of the peloton is looking towards the cobbles and bergs of Flanders, the rest is preparing itself for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, which starts on Monday. The race will mark a return to the peloton for Lampre-ISD’s Damiano Cunego, who missed... → Read More
Juan Antonio Flecha wants to win the Ronde but riding a good race is more important by Ben Atkins - Friday, April 1, 2011 Sky’s classics star just wants to enjoy his racingJuan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) is the British team’s number one man for Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Spanish classics star has come close to taking the race, being outsprinted by Nick Nuyens in the race for second place behind Stijn Devolder in... → Read More
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