Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov and Spaniard Haimar Zubeldia (Astana) will be following Johan Bruyneel to Radio Shack.Ekimov will join as a director sportif while Zubeldia will ride alongside Lance Armstrong in 2010.Zubeldia, 32, will break his contract with Astana after receiving [...]
Triple World Champion Oscar Friere (Rabobank) will be set to retire at the end of 2010. His current contract with Rabobank will end and the Spaniard see’s no reason to extend or to ride for another team. Freire has had [...]
Frank Shleck will not be at the start of Wednesday’s stage 11 in the Vuelta A Espana. The Luxemburger from Team Saxo Bank will be operated on his injured knee on Friday, forcing him to miss the World Championships that [...]
Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) continued his domination in the Tour of Missouri capturing his second stage win yesterday. Cavendish, 24, easily beat Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank), solidifying his lead in the overall classification. Hushovd’s Cervelo [...]
With seconds on the line, Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) capped off a spectacular stage with an even more dramatic finish head butting Dutchman Robert Gesink (Rabobank) in the final sprint for third place in stage nine of the Vuelta A Espana. [...]
Cervélo TestTeam is pleased to announce that Frenchman Philippe Mauduit will be joining the men's team as a Sports Director.The former professional cyclist worked as a director for the Bbox Bouygues Telecom in 2009, and will be bringing his experience [...]
Norwegian Alexander Kristoff will be leaving his current team, Joker-Bianchi, for Team BMC.The 22 year old had offers from Columbia-HTC and Garmin-Slipstream, but ended up choosing for the American Pro-continental BMC Racing Team, who earlier bulked up its roster with [...]
Australian Simon Gerrans won the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain here on Tuesday, as controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde retained the leader's golden jersey.The 29-year-old Cervelo rider outpaced three others cyclists, Ryder Hesjedal of Canada, Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang [...]
Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) took out stage one in the Tour of Missouri, beating out Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo). Cavendish, 24, outkicked Haedo and Hushovd on the run in to St. Louis [...]
In the exciting mountainous stage nine of the Vuelta a España, Alejandro Valverde took over the golden leader's jersey from Australian Cadel Evans. Gustavo César Veloso won the race solo, with Valverde sprinting to third place and an eight-second time [...]
One of the up and coming races in the United States, the Tour of Missouri, starts today and runs until September 13th. The race will field a spectacular battle between the two best sprinters of this year’s Tour de France, [...]
Adam Blythe, an upcoming British talent, has inked a one year deal with Silence Lotto. The 19 year old is currently a stagiair with the Belgian team and normally rides for their development team, Davo-Lotto. Blythe had a succsful season [...]
Even after the departure of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador continues to consider leaving the Astana team despite his contract for two more seasons. “I might ride for a Belgian team. In two weeks I will [...]
After two year with Saxo Bank, Belgian Jurgen Van Goolen will ride the next two seasons for Silence Lotto. Van Goolen, 28, was dissatisfied with his non-selection for the Vuelta A Espana. Van Goolen, a strong climber who finished 16th [...]
Dutch Pro-continental cycling team Vacansoleil has proven that it’s been a worthy recipient of one of the Vuelta A Espana’s wild cards. The team’s Slovenian sprinter, Borut Bozic, won stage six leaving Tyler Farrar (Garmin) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) in [...]
Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) has won the sixth stage of the Vuelta A Espana, a 30km individual time trial in Valencia. He finished in a time of 36’41 leaving David Millar (Garmin) and Bert Grabsch (Columbia) 32 and 36 [...]
A report by Austria’s Bundeskriminalamt into Bernhard Kohl’s manager, Stefan Matschiner, has revealed the names of more cyclists, according to newspapers Oberösterreichische Nachrichten and De Telegraaf. The report writes that countless blood transfusions took place in a one-room apartment in [...]
Caisse d'Epargne confirmed today that they have signed three experienced riders for next season. Evergreen Christophe Moreau (Agritubel), Italian Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-NGC), and Colombian climber Mauricio Soler (Barloworld). All three riders were rumored to sign for the team, but now [...]
