Flanders News

So you've logged into the FSA Directeur Sportif game and you're geeking out over points totals and whether Boonen winning in Qatar means Boonen winning in Flanders.

NBC Sports Network is planning to show the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix live via their cable and online sources.

Tour winner, World Champions and BMC's new Classic winner for 2012; Philippe Gilbert.

Second man held by double murder probe detectives as post-mortems take place on bodies of teenager and friend found in pond A second man has been arrested by detectives investigating the deaths of two young men whose bodies were found in a pond.

For every pro cycling fan, finding coverage of world renowned races just got a little easier.

If there's a revolution going on at Team BMC, you wouldn't know it from talking to Jim Ochowicz.

Daniel Lloyd will be racing for Team IG- Sigma Sport this year. After 8 years in the professional peloton Lloyd was staring at retirement after Garmin-Cervelo decided not to renew his contract.

The Ardennes classics may be the perennial centrepiece of Philippe Gilbert' s spring campaign, but the Belgian champion will again look to be in contention at Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders in 2012.

Belgium's Tom Boonen ready to roll on the road where he won a stage of the Tour of Britain.

Daniel Lloyd will ride for Team IGSigma Sport in 2012. The British Continental-ranked team announced that it has signed the 31-year-old Briton, who last year rode for Garmin-Cervelo. Lloyd first signed with Cervelo Test Team in 2009, but his contract was not renewed after the past season.

Everything is on the line for Tom Boonen this year as the once unstoppable classics man will be looking to regain his winning touch in what could be a make-or-break season.

The first six wildcard places for the 2012 Tour of Flanders have been announced, with organising body Flanders Classics handing invitations to Farnese Vini-Selle Italia, Project 1t4i, Europcar, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, Accent Jobs-Willems Verandas and Landbouwkrediet.

Belgian classics specialist Greg van Avermaet is hoping a solid performance at the Tour Down Under boosts his confidence further ahead of one of his most challenging seasons to date.

And he's also the man who keeps the stats on the 'Aussie Cup' - but more of that in a moment.