CONFIRMED: Danilo Di Luca is a moron
After the first blow of the day with the cancellation of stage 19 Danilo Di Luca gives the Giro d'Italia a second swift blow to the genitals by returning a positive for EPO in a test on the 29th of...
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Breaking: Basso out of the Giro
The absence of Basso leaves Cannondale mighty thin for the Giro and it's doubtful they can replace him with any firepower at this point. Presumably Cannondale will put in another helper for the...
Romandie: Meersman strikes again
It was a tricky stage for sprinters and GC riders alike in Romandie but in the end the final climb/descent didn't shake too many of the pure sprinters (read: only Cavendish was dropped) and the...
Dan Martin gets Monumental win in Liège
In a race that stayed together for a long time Dan Martin finished off a nice bit of Garmin-Sharp teamwork. Ryder Hesjedal made the big serious attack on the new Colonster climb and as the the...
Amstel Gold Results: Kreuziger Stays Away
Early aggression by Blanco, Saxo-Tinkoff, and ORICA-GreenEDGE put a breakaway group up the road in the final 35 kilometers, breaking up the racing in Amstel Gold earlier than in the past several years. Roman Kreuziger survived the chase to win.
Spartacus conquers Roubaix
It was the end result everyone had been expecting ever since Cancellara won in Oudenaarde last week. But never in our wildest dreams had we imagined the drama that led up to it.
Last minute Roubaix-eve thoughts
S.O.S ! (Save Our Season) Team Sky and Omega Pharma calling Who stands the best chance to pull of a season saver a'la Garmin/Vansummeren in 2011 ? Both Sky and OPQS are in dire need. Both of them...
Stars and Stones: Roubaix preview
The story of Roubaix of course is the cobbled sectors. This year there are 27 of them and as usual ASO have rated them by difficulty on a five star scale with five being the most difficult.The...
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GP Pino Cerami preview
I know, everyone will be watching the Basque race. But I have a moral duty to promote races in my beloved Pays des Collines.
Kittel over Cav on the Schelde
As usual in the Scheldeprijs the final kilometers were hectic with teams trying to establish some sort of trains to give their captains a smooth ride to the sprint. For the most part though, chaos...
Ronde reactions
It's the day after and even in the Easter media stillness there have been reactions to the dominating performance from Fabian yesterday. Here are but a few of the topics as people take stock of Sundays events.
Spartacus Again!
It was the result we were all expecting and there was no stopping Fabian Cancellara when he finally decided to put in the attacks. Peter Sagan came closest to following and he took second place with Lotto's Jürgen Roelandts in third.
So who wins?
✰✰✰✰✰ Fabian CancellaraImpossible not to put Cance as the top favorite after E3. We now know he can drop Wonderboy and if anything the extra 50 km is working in his favor. The only thing...
Driedaagse wrap... and beyond
De Panne is in the books and we now go into countdown mode for Sunday's Tour of Flanders
De Panne, De News
A bit of Driedaagse, at bit of Flanders news
Ronde New Course: Take two
Old course, new course; does it make a difference? What can we expect from the second running of the altered Tour of Flanders course?
Dispatches from De Panne
Preparations for De Ronde went into it's final phase today as the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde got underway. For a while this was the "must do" preparation race but these days the statistical...
Power Poll: After Act 1
Three races in. Three races wiser. Three races more confused. Let me give you a stern reminder that this is a poll of team strength, nothing else...yada, yada, yada. Welcome to the Cobbles Power Poll: The One-Man-Show Edition!
Sagan wheelie wins one!
It was a day that started with everyone looking out their bedroom windows with equal parts dread and excitement this morning. The threat of more snow made the race uncertain to go ahead late...
Spartacus is back! Wins E3
Cancellara now once again looks like the big favorite for the monuments ahead as his top opponent Tom Boonen faltered as Cancellara attacked and also slipped out of the chase group. With 35 km to...
E3 The quick and dirty preview
Actually comparing the final startlist for E3 to the startlist for Dwars is slightly scary. The level of competition hasn't just gone up a notch, this thing goes to eleven. Eleven. Think about it....
Gatto wins Cat & Mouse game
The 200 km classic was run in cold and wet conditions, classic weather really for this kind of race. Pictures of riders at the start revealed an impressive display of layer upon layer clothing and...
Quintana rolls to snowy victory
The stage saw a four man breakaway with little or no chance to stay away. Movistar and Team Blanc assured that they were gobbled up on the the long scenic climb up the snow-clad slopes to Vallter...
Loop-de-loop door Vlaanderen
What happens in Waregem stays in Waregem said absolutely no one ever. How could they?. Firstly, barely anyone has ever heard of Waregem and secondly, what happens there in the Dwars door Vlaanderen really does continue to have an effect elsewhere.
Quick Cobbles Power poll before hell breaks loose
Time for a quick look at the teams before we get going with the big show.
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Emma Pooley calls for a women's TdF - & more news
It's another Emma Pooley interview, so it's full of goodness. Find out more, and more news from the world of women's cycling - unfortunately, most of it bad....
