Bike 4ALS – New York City to Virginia Beach!

Just finished an epic bike ride with Brian Ennesser who is raising money for ALS. Brian sadly lost his mother Lois to ALS last year and decided to do something positive to honor his mum and raise money to help others suffering from the same disease. That was the inspiration for Bike 4 ALS and […]

I am Spartacus! A fit and healthy Cancellara slays all comers!

Fabian Cancellara nicknamed “Spartacus” completed an amazing three weeks by winning Paris-Roubaix for the second time on Sunday. When he is fit and healthy like this Cancellara is almost invincible and completely dominated this Hell of the North! Tom Boonen had said again he would try to stay with Cancellara, but was really caught napping […]

Chris Horner, Fit and Healthy again wins Basque Tour!

Chris Horner sealed the biggest stage race win of his career today by winning the final time trial at the Tour of the Basque Country! Horner who is fit and healthy again after his injury prone 2009 has been in contention all week in Spain and started today’s time trial stage just one second behind […]

Hell of the North – Clash of the Titans!

Can anyone stop Cancellara who in this form looks unbeatable? Don’t write off Boonen yet, he has come back from losses at Flanders to win Roubaix both of the last two years! For most “Classics” fans the Hell of the North (or Enfer du Nord in French) is the best of the cobbled classics. For […]

Great day for the Brits in Corsica

Sunday was a great day for British cycling at the Criterium International in Corsica. Unless it’s Mark Cavendish road wins are a rare thing, but two in one day is unheard of! Russell Downing won the criterium stage in the morning. This was actually the first win for a British rider on Team Sky! Downing […]

Spring Classics – Who is Fit and Healthy?

As expected this was an aggressive race with the Tour of Flanders next week all the top specialists are really coming into form now. Tom Boonen is always under pressure to deliver in front of his home fans. He showed up fit and healthy and didn’t fail through lack of trying! We had the usual […]

Belgian Classics – Great Weekend Ahead!

Another big weekend in Flanders – the Belgian Classics come thick and fast now! After Het Volk and that epic from KBK a few weeks back we had Dwars in the week and two more semi-classics coming this weekend. On Saturday we have E3 and then a revamped Gent Wevelgem moved to the Sunday rather […]

The Importance of being Fit and Healthy

Oscar Freire won a tough Milan – San Remo at the weekend proving again that when he is fit and healthy, he is tough to beat at the end of these longer more selective races. He may not be as prolific as some of his younger sprint rivals, but three MSR wins and three World […]

Belgian Classics – The real Cycling Season starts here!

And so to Flanders and the first two semi-classics of the year: – Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne! Omloop Het Nieuwsblad or Het Volk as it has been known for most of its 63 editions is nearly always won by a Belgian, right? Big surprise, for the first time ever no Belgian even on the podium! […]

“Year of the Sprinter”, but get ready for the Classics!

For me last weekend’s Belgian semi-classics Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne are when the bike racing season really starts to get serious. There are really only two popular sports in Belgium soccer and cycling and if you win on the Flemish cobbles national hero status is awarded automatically! No disrespect to races like the Tour Down […]