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Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) view thumbnail gallery Training resumes on weekend, racing in two weeks at Rhône Alpes Isère Tour A crash sustained at the beginning of last week at the Amstel Gold Race may have left Thomas Voeckler with a fractured collarbone but with the Frenchman’s objectives looming ahead in July at the Tour de [...]
By Andrew Hood Published 5 hours ago comments Tweet Share Share <!– –> Print Alejandro Valverde is hoping to better his runner-up finish at Amstel Gold Race with a Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory. Photo: BrakeThrough Media | VeloNews.com MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands (VN) — Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) is hoping to finish off a promising yet frustrating Ardennes week [...]
By Andrew Hood Published 6 hours ago comments Tweet Share Share <!– –> Print Joaquim Rodríguez said he’ll race in Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, even though he admitted to having “no chance of winning.” Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com RIEMST, Belgium (VN) — Joaquim Rodríguez will start tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne, but admits he’s handicapped by injury [...]
By VeloNews.com Published Apr. 16, 2013 Updated 3 hours ago comments Tweet Share Share <!– –> Print Amstel Gold Race 2013 Johan Vansummeren rolls up to the stage in the Markt square. He would later spend most of the day in a break of five. Photo: BrakeThrough Media | VeloNews.com Amstel Gold Race 2013 Riders [...]
Mark Cavendish and Michal Kwiatkowski view thumbnail gallery Polish rider shows form with 4th place at Amstel Gold Race Omega Pharma-QuickStep’s Michal Kwiatkowski says he will not be racing under any pressure in the upcoming Ardennes weekend races – Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège – despite taking an excellent fourth place in Amstel Gold Race, ahead [...]
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) muscles up the Cauberg view thumbnail gallery Spaniard delighted with second in the Amstel Gold Race The last time he stood on a podium at the top of the Cauberg, Alejandro Valverde had claimed bronze in the World Championships, but this time he went one better to net the runner’s-up spot behind [...]
Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) crashed out of the Amstel Gold Race view thumbnail gallery Frenchman may face surgery after Amstel Gold Race crash Thomas Voeckler’s Classics campaign ended today with a broken right collarbone as a result of a fall in the Amstel Gold Race, Team Europcar confirmed after the Frenchman was examined at a Maastricht [...]
By VeloNews.com Published 4 hours ago comments Tweet Share Share <!– –> Print Joaquim Rodriguez, winner of the 2012 Fleche Wallonne, is in doubt for the race after crashing at Amstel Gold. MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (VN) — Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha), one of the top favorites for the upcoming Ardennes classics, is questionable following a crash in [...]
Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) view thumbnail gallery Australian may now stay on in the Ardennes Nathan Haas was not expecting the call up for Garmin-Sharp’s Amstel Gold Race squad and it came in the most unexpected manner. Racing Brabantse Pijl on Wednesday, he made a daring attack off the front with around 65km. Although he admits [...]
Philippe Gilbert (BMC) tries to get across on the Cauberg view thumbnail gallery World Champion content with fifth place in Amstel after mid-race crash Fifth on the same climb where he claimed the World Championships seven months ago, Philippe Gilbert (BMC) said that even if he was not the strongest at Amstel Gold Race, he [...]
