Flanders News

France national football team defender William Gallas is used to big crowds. Still, even he was surprised by the amount of fans packing the roadside in Tuesday's Tour de France time trial.

Garmin-Chipotle rider Will Frischkorn is riding his first Tour de France. He will share his journal entries with VeloNews.com readers after each stage.

DANIEL Lloyd did his Olympic selection aspirations no harm with a fine fourth place at the 2008 British Road Race championship in North Yorkshire.

Cycling News Roundup - 11 June 2008 Team News: Tour of Switzerland Squads, Team CSC/Saxo, Team Halford, Bettini Day in Bibbona, Top Ranked Czech Riders, New England Raceweek, Slipstream/ Chipotle Le Tour "le ...

Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen apologized to his fans Wednesday and said he will accept responsibility for his actions in a cocaine investigation.

For a lot of squads, there's the Cycling calendar, and then there's the Tour. Sure, if you're Italian or you've won the Tour of Flanders in the Belgian Champs' kit, the Tour might not be your biggest race.

Training: a one-hour session of interval training in a class led by my coach, with the bike on an indoor trainer hooked up to a machine that allowed me to gauge the power in watts of every pedal stroke.

More Silence-Lotto guys joined the "chase machine" in the pack. More skirmishes come in the "Bettini group"; cooperation is no longer the same.

Lloyd claimed his first podium finish in round eight Huddersfield's Daniel Lloyd has said he is targeting podium finishes in rounds 11 and 12 of the Ginetta Junior Championship this weekend.

SHANE STOKES in Ballinamore CYCLING NEWS : AN AMERICAN winner, a Manx team, Irish ancestry.

“It went worse every day. In the morning of Paris-Roubaix I was coughing and spewing but I still tried to convince myself that I'd be OK. I wasn't.”

Thor Hushovd is still in green and has managed to survive the toughest stage. Photo ©: Petitesreines Translated from their native language, Norwegians mean "the men from the North", so it's no surprise to ... via Cycling News

Read Part One - the introduction and the top ten best Classics riders in history. via Daily Peloton

“We're hopeful, and we have strong possibilities in Kansas City.”

The mad dash down Market Street to the finish line in St. Louis in the final race of the Inaugural Tour of Missouri was wild . via STLtoday

“Gustav has done great this spring, but his efforts have somehow ended up a little bit unnoticed due to all the other great results we've achieved and that's a shame, but it also goes to show just how great our results have been so far in this season”

Team CSC - Ardennes Classics Squad Bjarne Riis and the worlds number one team ready for the Ardennes Classics. via Daily Peloton

By chris Posted on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 01:43:25 AM EDT Consider this post a sort of building block for other points of analysis, as well as a little stream of consciousness from yours truly as I try to switch ... via Podium Cafe

“Okay, you are on your own now”

Cheerwine's Anne Samplonius thinks North American women are treated with kid gloves when racing at home. via Velonews

“This race was very tough so that it's impossible to compare it with Tour of Flanders", said Ignatyev to Sport Express. "I had two punctures during the race and it's hard to count on some good result.”

Mikhail Ignatyev became the first Russian cyclist to finish the 106th Paris-Roubaix race. via Sport-Express Daily

“But then she asked him, 'How was your swim?' ”

PREVIEW Local rides * April 26: Brookwood Spirit Rally, Brookshire. Local races * May 4: Sugar Land Criterium Pro racing results * Tour of Flanders : , Stijn Devolder, Belgium . via Houston Chronicle

“You never win Paris-Roubaix by luck alone, but you can't just go on the rampage on the cobblestones without keeping your wits about you. In this race, anything can happen.”

Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara has been promised the unwavering support of his CSC team as they go into battle for a third consecutive Paris-Roubaix crown on Sunday. via Velonews

“It was our week of truth and we ended up winning the two greatest races on the calendar”

Tom Boonen silenced his critics when he won the 259.5km Paris-Roubaix for the second time. via Eurosport