Bike World News

In today’s news, Carlos Sastre back after 8 month break, Omega Pharma-Lotto still looking for a 2010 win, World Heritage status for Tour of Flanders and more.

Jens Keukeleire, Cofidis’ 21 year old sensation added yet another win to his professional palmares today, winning the Belgian Spring classic Nokere Koerse.

The Belgian neo-pro Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) has won the Three Days of West Flanders (Cat. 2.1), and thus celebrated his third victory in five days.

Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) has won the 2nd stage of the Three Days of West Flanders (Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen), his first win of the season.

Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) was the leader after the first stage of the Three Days of West Flanders.

In today’s bicycle racing news, Farrar will close his season at Paris-Tours, The Chicken wants Mexican citizenship, youth signings at Skil-Shimano and Rabobank and more

Nolf laid to rest, Posthuma leads Ruta del Sol, Fahlin wins Women’s Tour of California criterium, Ascani suspension upheld and more…

Fredriek Nolf was laid to rest in Kuurne, Belgium over the weekend. The funeral was attended by over 1000 people,including all of the members of his Topsport Vlaanderen team.
Joost Posthuma of Rabobank took the overall lead of the Ruta del Sol.
Stijn Devolder is heading to Portugal to defend his title at the Tour of the Algarve.
Emiia Fahlin of the Columbia High Road team beat a top field in Santa Rosa …

From VeloNews.com:
Former U.S. national cyclocross champion Jonathan Page has been cleared of charges stemming from a missed in-competition doping test, but it may be a week before he knows whether that will result in his inclusion on the U.S. team for the upcoming world championships.
Page missed a post-race anti-doping test on November 29, 2008, at the UCI World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium. The American, who earned a silver medal at the 2007 world championships, had crashed out of the race and was nursing what turned out to be serious injuries. …

Zabel to help Columbia’s young riders, Risi and Marvulli split, Contador and Armstrong finally train together, Katie Compton looks to stay healthy and strong and more headlines after the split:

Tags: alberto contador, Belgium, Bruno Risi, columbia, Cyclocross Magazine, Danny Stam, Erik Zabel, Franco Marvulli, Italian Olympic Committee, Juan Llaneras, katie compton, Koksijde, Mark Cavendish, Podium Cafe, Robert Slippens, West Flanders

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Not too much new today, but enough to file a report. Here’s the headlines:

There have been rumors that Niels Albert has been back on the bike, but he is still limited to rest and very light exercises. He will start water exercises next week. (Sportwereld.be)

Tags: Aaron Olson, Belgium, Bernhard Kohl, Cyclocross Magazine, Danilo Napolitano, Erwin Vervecken, Filippo Pozzato, France, Gert Steegmans, hanka kupfernagel, katie compton, Koksijde, Robbie McEwen, Rotterdam, stefan schumacher, Sven Nys, Tour de France News, West Flanders, World Cup

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