News for March 13


Circuit des Ardennes Flamandes (Belgium) March 10

Wilfried Peeters (Bel, Mapei-GB) won this race on the Belgian national calendar from his breakaway companion and team-mate Johan Museeuw. Hendrik Redant (Bel, TVM) led in the chasers for third place at 33 seconds)

Tour of Campania

Calendar watchers should note that the Tour of Campania, scheduled for 11 March, was not run this year.

Murcia Proves Unlucky For Roslotto

Piotr Ugrumov (Lithuania, Roslotto-ZG) will not start the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race tomorrow having fallen heavily during the final time trial stage of the Vuelta a Murcia on Saturday.

Ugrumov needed 10 stitches in the right wrist, three in the scalp and one in the wrist.

Maurizio Fondriest (It, Roslotto-ZG) has withdrawn from the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race, which starts tomorrow (March 13). He crashed on a descent near the finish of the second stage of the Vuelta a Murcia. Fondriest finished the stage but did not start the next day.

He is suffering from inflammation in the tendons of his left knee. Tirreno-Adriatico is usually good preparation for Milan-San Remo on March 23.