Tom Boonen Earns 100th Win at Paris-Nice
Tom Boonen finished off a fantastic team effort on Monday at the 185.5km stage 2 of Paris-Nice – from Mantes-la-Jolie to Orleans – winning in a sprint amongst a 20-plus rider echelon that included four Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team members. “First of all let me thank the team,” Tom Boonen said. “Levi Leipheimer, …
Cancellara Solos to Italian Victory
On roads familiar to the Swiss champion, Fabian Cancellara seized his moment to attack with less than 12k to go and never looked back, taking his second career win in Strade Bianche. It’s the first season 2012 win for RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK. “I’m very happy. Today was a special day,” said a victorious Cancellara. “This …
Champion System Hires Chris Wherry As Assistant Director
The Champion System Pro Cycling Team has hired former U.S. national road champion Chris Wherry to serve as an assistant sport director for Asia’s first pro continental team. Wherry raced for the Saturn Cycling Team, Mercury-Viatel, Navigators Insurance, Health Net and Toyota-United during an 11-year professional career. In addition to winning the national road title …
Para-Cycling Track World Championships
The Man in the Arena It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and …
Race Report: Still Going Strong with Kriek
Christian Kriek (Simple Green/Bike Religion) won Saturday’s Snelling Road Race in Northern California. The previous weekend he finished second in the CBR Criterium. For Kriek good performances are of vital importance with his sights set on a spot in one of the bigger teams in the US. “Things are going well for me in America. …
