Season opener for Gerdemann and Ciolek on Mallorca

Led by its new captains, Gerald Ciolek and Linus Gerdemann, the German ProTour Team Milram will start in the Mallorca Challenge (February 8-12/UCI 1.1). The two stars of German cycling celebrate the season debut at the five-day race series on [...]

2009-02-05T00:00:00+00:00February 5th, 2009|

Maaskant hungry for the classics

Team Garmin-Slipstream rider Martijn Maaskant, now competing in the Tour of Qatar, has big plans for 2009. The 25-year-old Dutchman was somewhat of a revelation in Paris-Roubaix last year finishing an amazing fourth place as a first timer - a [...]

2009-02-04T00:00:00+00:00February 4th, 2009|

Sinkewitz comeback delayed

German rider Patrik Sinkewitz will have his return to the peloton from a doping ban delayed three more weeks.The 28-year-old German was expected to start in the Tour of Mallorca with his new Czech team PSK Whirlpool, but instead they [...]

2009-02-04T00:00:00+00:00February 4th, 2009|

Petacchi getting ready for opener

Team LPR Brakes - Farnese Wine is kicking off their second training camp of the year Salto di Fondi, Italy situated halfway between Rome and Naples.The team is fine tuning it's condition for the Italian opener GP Costa degli Etruschi [...]

2009-02-04T00:00:00+00:00February 4th, 2009|

2009-10 Junior, U23 & Elite Road Nationals awarded

The 2009-10 USA Cycling Junior, U23 & Elite Road National Championships have been awarded to the city of Bend, Ore., the national governing body announced today. The announcement comes six weeks after the cycling-friendly community was also awarded the next [...]

2009-02-04T00:00:00+00:00February 4th, 2009|

Jacques-Maynes, Zirbel to Lead Bissell in 2009 Tour of California

The BISSELL Pro Cycling Team has finalized its eight-member roster for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California. Team leaders Ben Jacques-Maynes and Tom Zirbel will equally play critical roles in the success of this high-profile race.Ben Jacques-Maynes returns to this [...]

2009-02-03T00:00:00+00:00February 3rd, 2009|

British invasion continues in Qatar

No, this is not a track meet, but looking at the past two days of racing in Qatar might lead you to believe it was.First you have Britain's Bradley Wiggins from Garmin - Slipstream scoring the first leaders jersey of [...]

2009-02-02T00:00:00+00:00February 2nd, 2009|

Bennati extends with Liquigas

Italian Daniele Bennati has extended his contract with Liquigas through the 2010 season. The 28-year-old sprinter made the switch to Liquigas at the end of 2007 from Lampre.In 2008 Bennati made the aquisition pay off for his new team by [...]

2009-02-02T00:00:00+00:00February 2nd, 2009|

Who will lead Française des Jeux in 2009?

The French professional team Française des Jeux released its 23-rider roster for the 2009 season in Paris today.Along with the announcement came the speculation as to who will lead the team in 2009.Long-time team captain Philippe Gilbert parted ways for [...]

2009-02-02T00:00:00+00:00February 2nd, 2009|

RECALL: Voluntary Clif Bar recall is expanded

On January 30, 2009, we expanded our voluntary and precautionary recall of CLIF® and LUNA® branded bars because of concern that the recalled bars contain peanut products that were manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), which is the focus [...]

2009-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2009|

Niels Albert – the new prince of cyclo-cross

He celebrates his 23rd birthday in a few days, and in the meantime Niels Albert offered himself the best present he could dream of: the rainbow jersey at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in the Elite category. It was the [...]

2009-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2009|

Compton scores bronze at cyclo-cross world championships

Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo.) became the first two-time medalist in U.S. Cyclo-cross history on Sunday, winning a bronze medal in the elite women’s contest behind world champion Marianne Vos (NED) and runner-up Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) at the 2009 UCI [...]

2009-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2009|
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