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Sella follows in second, Sagan wraps up great week in Sardegna with thirdby Jered Gruber - Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sky's Sutton takes surprise win in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne bunch sprint by Bjorn Haake - Sunday, February 27, 2011 Sunny weather eliminates epic breaks and leads to bunch sprintTeam Sky's Christopher Sutton won the bunch sprint to take Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne ahead of Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) and André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto. Tyler Farrar, who was boxed in, only managed fourth place. Boonen tried an attac... → Read More
Italian Tour de France hope takes the win over Duarte and Viscontiby Jered Gruber - Sunday, February 27, 2011
Landbouwkrediet rider has been out for seven months with knee problemsby Jered Gruber - Sunday, February 27, 2011
Italian Champ Visconti aims for Tirreno-Adriatico win by Samuel Morrison - Sunday, February 27, 2011 GP Insubrica win gives motivation for Italian stage raceItalian 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 his win, he told La Gazzetta dello Sport, "I pulled... → Read More
Niko Eeckhout Interview (Video): Rambo battling onwards at 40 years of age by Shane Stokes - Sunday, February 27, 2011 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 Oman, he will lead the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team in the p... → Read More
Leopard-Trek's Nygaard talks Tour and Italy by Samuel Morrison - Sunday, February 27, 2011 '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 and Andy, and four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara. "There's no n... → Read More
Defending Kuurne champion Traksel hoping for bad weather again by Samuel Morrison - Sunday, February 27, 2011 Dutchman Bobbie Traksel back for more one-day classic winsDutch 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 the before this year's race.
"If it's not too ho... → Read More
American team takes almost all glory in Kiwi weekby Bjorn Haake - Sunday, February 27, 2011
Katusha's Rodríguez has already circled key stages in Tirreno-Adriatico by Bjorn Haake - Sunday, February 27, 2011 Spaniard hopes that canceled altitude training camp won't effect his competitiveness in MarchThe 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 some quality climbing done iIn the area of the Etna volcano, where the 13th stage of the Giro d'Ita... → Read More
Italian says that he could deal ok with temperature change from desert racesby Bjorn Haake - Saturday, February 26, 2011
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Langeveld takes two-man sprint against Flecha by Bjorn Haake - Saturday, February 26, 2011 Centimeters decide outcome of first classics race in 2011Sebastian 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 13 kilometers of the race. The two offered a tactical last kilometer, ... → Read More
Scarponi storms to stage victoryby Bjorn Haake - Saturday, February 26, 2011
Successful defence for Swedish champion in Belgian season openerby Ben Atkins - Saturday, February 26, 2011
Phinney crashes on training ride in Italy by Bjorn Haake - Saturday, February 26, 2011 American suffers a mild concussion in 'freak' accidentTaylor 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 be OK, but will be closely monitored for the next 48... → Read More
Alona Andruk gets first season win for her Diadora Pasta Zara team in final stageby Bjorn Haake - Saturday, February 26, 2011
Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov leaves the door slightly ajar to perhaps return in 2012 by Jered Gruber - Friday, February 25, 2011 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. While we'll never know for sure, it certainly doesn't look l... → Read More
Basque sprinter suffered his third broken collarbone in less than one year at the Ruta del Solby Jered Gruber - Friday, February 25, 2011
Philippe Gilbert escapes crash and injury on the Cipressa by Jered Gruber - Friday, February 25, 2011 Belgian star narrowly avoided a bad crash on the descent of the Cipressa on WednesdayOmega 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 in the first stage of the Volta ao Algarve, held the lead for two days, then returned home to Monaco this... → Read More
Marc Madiot on radios: “The riders are not sheep” by Ben Atkins - Friday, February 25, 2011 FDJ manager one of the few speaking out in favour of radio banWith 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 at least one dissenting voice. FDJ manager Marc Madiot is one of the few team bos... → Read More
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