Team Saxo Bank's sprinter from Argentina, Juan José Haedo, came in first when he pushed his bike across the finish line and gave the team a hard-earned victory in GP of Cholet in front of Frenchman, Jimmy Casper (Besson Chaussures [...]
Day two of the GP Costa Etrusca saw win number two for Cervélo TestTeam. This time it was Sarah Düster coming through for the win beating Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling) and Noemi Cantele (Bigla Cycling Team).Manel Lacambra, team Sports [...]
Today Mark Cavendish proved that determination is much more important than age as he crossed the line winning Milan-Sanremo by millimeters over Cervelo TestTeam teammates Heinrich Haussler and Thor Hushovd.Today Mark Cavendish proved that determination is much more important than [...]
On Saturday, 21st of March, the 100th edition of the Milan-Sanremo is due with the participation of Team Saxo Bank, but without Fabian Cancellara as defending winner of 2008. The one-day race is both the first and longest of the [...]
The Women's Cervélo TestTeam captured a 1-2 finish in the first day of GP Costa Etrusca with Emma Pooley taking first place and Kristin Armstrong taking second, finishing 19 seconds down from Emma. Marianne Vos (Nazionale Paesi Bassi) captured third [...]
Vladimir Efimkin has extended his contract with French team AG2r La Mondiale through 2010. The 27 year-old Russian came to the team by Vincent Lavenu, and has quickly taken a leadership role on the team. Last year Efimkin showed the [...]
The chief of the Schäfer-Commission, Hans-Joachim Schäfer, was appointed to investigate the doping scandal at the Freiburg University Clinic in Germany has communicated to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper that investigation and reports have been completed. No time frame was given [...]
Former Paris-Roubaix winner Servais Knaven will lead Team Milram this coming Sunday in the one-day race, Ronde van het Groene Hart (March 23/UCI Category 1.1). In the third running of the race in the region of the same name between [...]
A bad crash during training yesterday meant a trip to the hospital and now a shorter break from racing for Team Saxo Bank’s Fränk Schleck. The rider from Luxembourg skidded with his front wheels during a training ride and crashed [...]
Team Quick-Step's Kurt Hovelijnck remains in the intensive care unit with cranial trauma suffered after a fall in training yesterday.Apparently the accident was caused by a mechanical problem with the rider's rear wheel.Hovelijnck is being cared for at the Universitair [...]
Alessandro Ballan won't take part in Milano-Sanremo 2009.The 29 year old current reigning World Champion had to quit the "Classicissima" because of an undiagnosed illness he was battling with recently. Now the true nature of the illness has come to [...]
Under the leadership of Gerald Ciolek, Team MILRAM will look for its first major season success this coming Saturday, March 21, at the 100th edition of the Italian Classic Milano-Sanremo (UCI Category HIS). The Milram captain will be supported over [...]
Columbia-Highroad tackles Milan-San Remo this weekend with high hopes for Mark Cavendish, the recent winner of the last stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. However, the squad has no intention of placing their top sprinter under any pressure to come up with a [...]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially upheld the appeal filed by the Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco against the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) following his positive doping test with EPO (Mircera) at the Tour de France 2008.The Court [...]
Team Quick-Step rider Kurt Hovelijnck crashed heavily this morning during a training ride. Hovelijnck was taken immediately to the intensive care unit at Universitair Ziekenhuis di Gent. (Gent Hospital).He's been diagnosed with cranial trauma which for the time remains unstable.Quick-Step [...]
Team Quick-Step will be sending a strong team to Milan-Sanremo with an eye on getting Tom Boonen his second win in the first Spring Classic of the season.Team Quick-Step will be sending a strong team to Milan-Sanremo with an eye [...]
British Cycling has today announced the team of 19 riders who will travel to Pruszków in Poland to compete in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, taking place on 25– 29 March 2009.Eight Beijing Olympic medallists will once again be [...]
World Champion Alessandro Ballan has pulled out of Tirreno-Adriatico, and will not take part in the 5th stage time-trial from Loreto to Macerata. Instead, he will go for an easy training session in the morning and head home.His decision to [...]
