Multiple grand tour stage winner Michael Matthews has made a perfect start to 2016, taking the Paris-Nice prologue in his first race of the season. Matthews stopped the clock on the predominately flat 6.1km city centre prologue in a time of seven minutes 39 seconds to take the victory and […]
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Peter Sagan just off the podium in fourth at Strade Bianche
Peter Sagan continued a strong start to the classics season, taking fourth place in the 176km Strade Bianche in Italy. The World Champion was in contention at the race’s finish in Siena until the last few hundred metres, having forced the race winning move late in the day to set […]
Cancellara Wins Third Strade Bianche
In a show that his final professional season will be one for the history books, Fabian Cancellara claimed his third victory in Strade Bianche Saturday, crossing the line just ahead of last year’s winner Zdenek Stybar (Etixx Quick Step). “This year I really want to go out with a bang,” […]
Filippo Ganna World Champion
Individual Pursuit World title and Italian record for the 19-year-old talent and long-time Northwave rider at the Track World Championships in London. Swiss Claudio Imhof claimed the bronze medal in the Scratch race. A “silver green” flash passed by in the Lee Valley VeloPark in London (Great Britain). On Friday […]
Bohli Delivers His First Pro Win at West Vlaanderen
04 March, 2016, Middelkerke (BEL) Tom Bohli has made race history at Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, smashing the opening 7km time trial to cross the line with 7’50, the fastest time ever recorded. Bohli set the time to beat with more than half of the riders still to race, but no […]
Etixx – Quick-Step to Paris-Nice
04-Mar-2016: The World Tour returns on Sunday with its second event of the season, Paris-Nice (6-13 March). Held annually since 1933, Paris-Nice saw over the years some of cycling’s biggest names take the honours and leave their legacy under the form of many memorable moments. One of the most important […]
Illness Rules Dennis Out of Paris-Nice
04 March, 2016, Paris (FRA) Illness will prevent Rohan Dennis from lining up at Paris-Nice this Sunday, BMC Racing Team announced today. BMC Racing Team Doctor, Dr. Daniele Zaccaria confirmed that Dennis has been diagnosed with sinusitis. “Rohan is suffering from sinusitis, and although it is nothing too serious he […]
Gilbert Given the All Clear for Paris-Nice
03 March, 2016, Santa Rosa, California (USA). Philippe Gilbert has been given the all clear to compete at Paris-Nice this Sunday following his crash at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Gilbert lined up at GP Le Samyn yesterday however withdrew due to the extreme conditions and lingering back pain resulting from his […]
Alberto Contador leads Tinkoff on his return to Paris-Nice as World Tour racing resumes
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 […]
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 […]