Weylandt wins the Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

Quick Step rider Wouter Weylandt won the 20th edition of the Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden today. Weylandt won final sprint of the 1.1 race in Kruibeke after196km beating Dutchman Hans Dekkers from from the Mitsubishi Jartazi team and Belgium’s [...]

2008-09-30T00:00:00+00:00September 30th, 2008|

Davis wins in Poland

Strong cold winds brought Austrailian Allan Davis to a win in the 231 km second stage of the Tour de Pologne, form Płock to Olsztyn. Davis beat Spain’s Andoni Lafuente of Euskaltel-Euskadi and Poland’s Lukasz Bodnar from the Polska BGZ [...]

2008-09-15T00:00:00+00:00September 15th, 2008|

Schumacher signs with Quick Step

German Stefan Schumacher has signed a two year deal with team Quick Step. The 27 year-old German, winner of both 2008 Tour de France time trails, will add depth the the squad's line-up with proven success in one day races [...]

2008-09-11T00:00:00+00:00September 11th, 2008|

Der Kaiser back too?

If you have been following cycling for a while, you can remember the epic battles between Tour de France greats Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich during the Alpine climbs.If you're new to the sport and don't own the DVDs it [...]

2008-09-10T00:00:00+00:00September 10th, 2008|

RECALL: Deda Forza Stems

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.Name of Product: Deda Forza [...]

2008-09-10T00:00:00+00:00September 10th, 2008|

Landis set to return to competition

Only a day after Lance Armstrong announced his comeback bid for the 2009 Tour de France, Floyd Landis has made his intention to return to the peloton public.The 32 year-old Landis received a two-year suspension when he tested positive for [...]

2008-09-10T00:00:00+00:00September 10th, 2008|

Italian Tosatto stays with Quick Step

Team Quick Step's Matteo Tosatto has renewed his contract with the team for two years. “I’m satisfied," explained the 34 year-old, "with this team I’ve found the ideal environment in which to race and give it my best. This choice [...]

2008-09-09T00:00:00+00:00September 9th, 2008|

Hushovd signs with Cervélo

On the heels of signing reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre, Cervélo TestTeam has announced that the "God of Thunder" Thor Hushovd will also be joining the squad. The thirty-year-old Norwegian has shown his worth under pressure having six [...]

2008-09-09T00:00:00+00:00September 9th, 2008|

American cyclist Julich retires

American veteran Bobby Julich, a former podium finisher at the Tour de France, has announced the end to his 15-year professional career. Julich relaunched his career with the CSC team of former 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis in [...]

2008-09-08T00:00:00+00:00September 8th, 2008|

Kohl signs for three years with Silence-Lotto

Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl, third in this year's Tour de France, announced on Monday he has signed a three-year deal with the Silence-Lotto team. His Gerolsteiner team announced at the end of last month they were dissolving after their German [...]

2008-09-08T00:00:00+00:00September 8th, 2008|

Ale-jet hits the afterburners

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, now riding for the LPR Brakes - Ballan team, opened up his account at The Tour of Britain today as he held off Rob Hayles (Team GB) and Magnus Backstedt (Garmin - H30) to take victory [...]

2008-09-07T00:00:00+00:00September 7th, 2008|

Davis debuts and pilots Steegmans to a win

Today was Allan Davis' first day in the team Quick Step strip. The 28 year-old Aussie has been hunting for a contract on a Pro Tour team since Discovery Channel pulled out of the sport. Complicating matters was the fact [...]

2008-09-03T00:00:00+00:00September 3rd, 2008|

Hamilton wins US championship

Disgraced American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, the first rider to be found guilty of blood doping in 2004, has capped his comeback by winning the US national road race championship at Greenville on Sunday. The 37-year-old, of the Rock Racing team, [...]

2008-09-01T00:00:00+00:00September 1st, 2008|
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