Astana Pro Team rider Enrico Gasparotto hit a truck at high speed on Thursday while training behind a motor scooter in Italy three days ahead of the Amstel Gold Race, where he returns as the 2012 winner. Gasparotto, who was the Italian national champion in 2005, was training near Lake […]
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BMC Racing Team’s Gilbert Runner-Up At Brabantse Pijl
Philippe Gilbert was edged out at the finish line Wednesday by Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling), narrowly denying the BMC Racing Team rider his first victory of the season as reigning world road champion. ‘It Was So Close’Sagan sprinted around Gilbert’s left shoulder in the final meters to take the […]
Cancellara: “Mission Accomplished”
Three cobblestone trophies will now reside at the home of Fabian Cancellara after his stunning win in the velodrome of Paris-Roubaix. Coming onto the track with Sep Vanmarcke, Cancellara positioned himself behind the Team Blanco rider and sprinted for the line, taking the win by a bike length and making […]
Fabian Cancellara Won the Exciting Duel
A small group of breakaway of four men had a small hole to the field when they came thundering into the most legendary brostenspavé the Arenberg Forest in today’s 254 km Paris-Roubaix. At the end of Arenberg, Team Saxo-Tinkoff’s Matti Breschel and Matteo Tosatto, Jonas Aaen and Anders Lund well […]
Paris Roubaix This Sunday
This Sunday is the final cobbled classic of the spring and one of the biggest monuments in cycling, Paris Roubaix.The 111th Paris-Roubaix will be another very tough edition, covering 254.5km, of which 52.6km are on cobbles. At 98.5km into the race the action will heat up, and the route will […]
Breck Epic Organizers Launch MTB Event in Eagle, CO
$11,000 Cash Prize Purse Offered The Greenspeed Project, Inc., organizers of the popular Breck Epic MTB Stage Race, are pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural Eagle Outside Festival. Scheduled for May 11-12, 2013 in Eagle, CO, the event serves as a showcase for the community’s extensive trail network […]
“Listen Doping” in France
The association receives calls from athletes, most amateurs, facing doping … Ten digits, 3,000 calls per year and many questions. Since 1998, the line “Listen Doping” is open to all athletes. “The association was created in the wake of the Festina affair and has been up for fifteen years, according […]
Marcel Kittel wins Scheldeprijs for the second time in a row
Marcel Kittel (GER) was the strongest today in a chaotic sprint in the Scheldeprijs. With his speed he forced Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) into second place and Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM) into third. The day was animated by an early break. The bunch kept the break under control, and it was […]
Kirsten Wild sprints to victory in the first stage of the Energiewacht Tour
Kirsten Wild (NED) outsprinted her break companions to win the first stage of the Energiewacht Tour. Wild was the fastest out of a break of four riders, finishing ahead of Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-Lululemon) and Iris Slappendel (Rabobank) at the end of a 104km stage. Thanks to this win, Wild […]
Cadel Evans to Race Giro
Cadel Evans will compete in the Giro d’Italia in May, adding a second grand tour to his racing program for the 2013 season, the past Tour de France and world road champion announced Saturday. A Different Approach Evans said the plan to compete in the Giro for the first time […]
