The WorldTour calendar gets back into action this weekend with its first European outing of the season, the historic French race, Paris-Nice. Alberto Contador, already a two-time winner of The Race to the Sun, returns to the race after a five year hiatus to lead Tinkoff’s assault over the eight-days […]
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Etixx – Quick-Step to Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen and Strade Bianche
03-Mar-2016: Created more than seven decades ago, what is today known as Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen beared other names in the past, such as Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen and the Guldensporentweedaagse, and has evolved since its early days from a one-day race to a stage event. Throughout the years, it was […]
Eurosport to launch Fabian Cancellara series
On Saturday, March 5th, Eurosport will fuel the passion of cycling fans by launching a new series featuring Swiss legend Fabian Cancellara as he embarks on his final season on the professional circuit. #FOLLOWFABIAN will give viewers the inside story of the Trek-Segafredo rider’s life away from the tarmac and […]
Niki Terpstra wins Le Samyn
The Dutch champion opened his 2016 account in Belgium, with a solo victory after an epic day in the saddle 02-Mar-2016: On a day which announced itself like a 19-century impressionist painting, with grim weather, rain and strong crosswinds, around 190 riders lined up at the start in Quaregnon for […]
Alberto Contador on Paris-Nice: “I return to the race that revealed me as a rider”
On Sunday, Alberto Contador will start his second race of the 2016 season, out of the four he has scheduled for the first cycle of the year. Following his first race in Algarve, a fortnight ago, “not a lot of things have changed, apart from recovering from the effort put […]
Moreno Argentin, 30 years as World Champion: “Gimondi, an incredible guidance“
The Italian former champion celebrates an important anniversary of his Worlds’ triumph in Colorado Springs, just like the Granfondo bearing the name of his former Team Manager does. “I am very grateful to Felice: I hope to celebrate with him in Bergamo on May 15th” Argentin, Gimondi There was a […]
BMC Racing Team Set for Strade Bianche and Paris-Nice
The 2016 season is well and truly heating up and BMC Racing Team is set to line up at Strade Bianche (5 March) and Paris-Nice (6-13 March) this weekend. “We’re bringing a strong team to Strade Bianche this Saturday including Greg Van Avermaet on the back of his win at […]
Stig Broeckx Crash
Stig Broeckx crashed hard yesterday at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne after he was hit by a motor at about 30 kilometres from the finish. The Lotto Soudal rider has a fractured collarbone, a fractured rib and a bruised hand. Yesterday evening Broeckx underwent surgery in Deinze. This afternoon he could already go home. […]
Vakoc makes the double in France with Drome Classic
After winning Classic Sud-Ardèche on Saturday, the 23-year-old came out on top also in DrĂ´me Classic 28-Feb-2016: Petr Vakoc put an end to his February campaign in a fantastic way, by becoming the first rider to take the victory in both Classic Sud-Ardèche and DrĂ´me Classic, two hilly races that […]
Hayman To Miss Spring Classics After Crash
Mathew Hayman of ORICA-GreenEDGE was involved in a crash at the Belgian race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and suffered a fracture to the radius bone in his right arm. The road captain for the team’s Classics squad will be sorely missed in the coming weeks after playing a key […]
