Cadel Evans lost out on a possible Vuelta a España victory due to a puncture and poor wheel change, but Australian team-mate Stuart O’Grady believes that he has a chance of winning cycling’s world championship tomorrow. However he said that [...]
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 [...]
Tatiana Guderzo of Italy won the World Championships road race after a solo attack in the 124.2km race in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The 25-year-old from Marostica in the province of Vicenza, who won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics, escaped [...]
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 [...]
Female track cyclists could be among the biggest winners at the London Olympics after it emerged Saturday that world cycling chiefs want "gender parity" at the 2012 Games.Currently, there are 10 track cycling finals at the Olympics.But while the men [...]
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 [...]
Noemi Cantele of Italy has finally had the good fortune that many felt she deserved at World Championships. Twice.“It was a fantastic week!” she enthused to VeloNation after winning her second medal. “Unbelieveble!“Many times I was close to the podium [...]
With interest in cycling in Britain at an all time high following successes in the Olympics and Tour de France plus Sky’s involvement in the sport, there is a large audience expected for three big track events in Manchester this [...]
The Cervélo Test Team has added another big sprinter to its armoury with the news that it has inked a two-year deal with the Dutchman Theo Van Bos. The 26 year old will join Tour de France Green Jersey winner [...]
Vuelta a España champion Alejandro Valverde will be one of the main favourites at the start of Sunday’s Elite road race at the world championships. However the newly re-elected UCI President Pat McQuaid continues to have serious doubts about the [...]
Alejandro Valverde will find out on Sunday whether his recent Tour of Spain triumph costs him the chance to finally be crowned world champion. The Spaniard begins the blue riband event of the world road race championships, a 262.2km race [...]
Despite having a contract that runs through 2010 it looks like Britain’s Bradley Wiggins wants to terminate his contract with American team Garmin-Slipstream. After scoring a fourth place in July’s Tour de France, the lanky rider seeks a stronger team [...]
Both Marco Pinotti and Bradley Wiggins have generated up an element of controversy, saying that they think that Tony Martin would have been a more worthy recipient of the silver medal in yesterday’s Elite time trial. The pronouncements came despite [...]
International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid was re-elected for another four-year mandate Friday following a UCI congress on the fringes of the world road race championships.The 60-year-old Irishman was the only candidate for the post, which he took over [...]
The UCI is set to reverse the decision taken several years ago to downsize the number of events at the world championships, with the governing body now looking to create what its president Pat McQuaid says will be an ‘annual [...]
After eleven years with the Rabobank team, Bram De Groot is facing a possible end to his cycling career. VeloNation caught up with the Dutchman following the Cross Vegas race here at Interbike in Las Vegas. De Groot said he [...]
Fabian Cancellara today took what was the most dominant of his four major championship titles, hammering the 65 other competitors in the Elite men’s time trial at cycling’s world championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The 28 year old Swiss rider was [...]
In typical Vegas style, Cross Vegas went off under bright lights with large crowds, punctuated by the energetic announcing styles of Dave Towle and Richard Fries. In the end, it was Katie Compton and James Driscoll (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld) cashing their chips [...]
