Team Milram will be moving Dominik Nerz up from their Continental team ranks for 2010. The 20-year-old, who is the current U23 German Champion, signed a two-year contract at the World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland.Nerz is the second young rider [...]
One of the last things Cadel Evans did after a crazy, emotional, exciting day was hang the rainbow jersey in a prominent place in his house. He’d waited so long to reach the top step of a world championship podium [...]
In an illustration of the advertising power a successful Tour de France can bring, the Ag2r La Mondiale team has announced that it earned the equivalent of 60 million euros worth of publicity during this year’s race. The team held [...]
Katie Compton (Planet Bike) made it two in a row on Sunday by winning the Planet Bike Cup in what could have been a replay of Cross-Vegas where she also rode away from the field. Three-time Cyclo-cross World Champion Erwin [...]
With a ProTour licence hanging in the balance, the Astana cycling team is expected to communicate its new management structure proposal to the UCI in the next few days. The team has been threatened with the withdrawal of its ProTour [...]
Despite already being under contract with French team Ag2r-La Mondiale for next year, Irish champion Nicolas Roche (son of Tour, Giro and World Championships winner Stephen Roche) has, according to French sports paper l’Equipe, added a further year to take [...]
On the surface, Great Britain’s performance at last week’s World Championships in Varese looks disappointing. A technical problem denied Bradley Wiggins a probable bronze medal in the time trial, and a crash and mechanical issues in the road race for [...]
Michael Ball, owner of the controversial Rock Racing team, took another step in his conquest to dominate the world of cycling by introducing his team’s new product lines including bikes, equipment, and isotonic sports drinks.The Rock and Republic owner unveiled [...]
Cadel Evans's breakthrough victory in the men's road race at the world cycling championships is a turning point for Australian cycling, the sport's governing body said on Monday.Evans, 32, grabbed Australia's first gold medal in the event beating Russian Alexandr [...]
Australian Cadel Evans made history in the men's road race today with a well-timed attack on the finishing circuit in Mendrisio, Switzerland wiping away his disappointing season, while at the same time entering the history books by securing the first [...]
Spain and Italy put a brave face on their failure to secure the coveted men's rainbow jersey, won in stunning fashion by Australia's Cadel Evans at the world championships Sunday.With four wins a piece this past decade Spain and Italy [...]
Several days ago the 2010 UCI Pro-Tour calendar was revealed, significant changes included moving the Tour of California to May and the emergence of two new Pro-Tour races in Canada. More changes are to be expected as the newly re-elected [...]
Frenchman Geoffroy Lequatre, the 2008 Tour of Britain champion, has signed for RadioShack cycling team that will be spearheaded by Lance Armstrong in 2010, the team said Sunday.The 28-year-old Lequatre, who is also known for creating his own line of [...]
Romain Sicard became the first Frenchman to ever win the U23 World Championships yesterday in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The newly crowned World Champion, who will ride for the Basque formation Euskatel-Euskadi next season, was interviewed by L'Equipe about his history making performance. [...]
Frenchman Romain Sicard lived up to pre-race predictions by winning gold in the men's under-23 event held over 179.4km here at the world road race championships Saturday.Colombia's Carlos Alberto Betancur beat Russian Egor Silin to the silver medal with a [...]
Former top Belgian rider Frank Vandenbroucke has said that the tough nature of the world championship circuit in Mendrisio, Switzerland, means that only Philippe Gilbert – and possibly Maxime Monfort - has a chance in tomorrow’s Elite road race. “On [...]
The cycling future of the Astana team, whose star rider is Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, could be in doubt, UCI chief Pat McQuaid said Saturday. Astana are currently hoping to impress the UCI Pro Tour licence commission sufficiently [...]
World cycling chief Pat McQuaid said the International Cycling Union (UCI) could do nothing to stop Alejandro Valverde from racing the world championships road race on Sunday. Valverde is currently serving a two-year ban in Italy handed down by the [...]
