Italian Giovanni Visconti won the 64th edition of GP Industria & Commercio di Prato (178.6 km) on Sunday. The rider from the ISD-Neri team beat his two compatriots Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) and Luca Paolini (Acqua e Sapone) in a sprint [...]
Frenchman David Moncoutié (Cofidis) has reconsidered putting an end to his cycling career this year. The 34-year-old climbing specialist has had an incredible run in this years Vuelta a Espana, winning the stage finishing atop theSierra Nevada climb, and sealing [...]
André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) sprinted to a dominating victory in Madrid in the final stage of the 64th Vuelta a España, ahead of Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil). Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde rode home with the bunch to take [...]
British cyclist Jonny Bellis was in a stable condition after a scooter accident in Italy near the British training base in Tuscany for next week's world championships.The 21-year-old from the Isle of Man, who was on the shortlist for the [...]
For the third consecutive year London's city streets became home to tens of thousands of cyclists. In what is now called the Mayor of London's Skyride (formerly the London Freewheel), a 15 kilometer route was closed starting at Buckingham Palace, [...]
Portugal’s Tiago Machado (Madeinox-boavista) is close to a deal with Team RadioShack, possibly joining fellow countryman Sergio Paulinho (Astana), while Jose Azevedo will change gears and sit behind the wheel as a Director Sportif. Machado’s manager, Juan Campos, told Cyclismag [...]
Matthias Brändle (ELK Haus) has won the Austrian Time Trial Championships. The barely 19 year old rider, who scored bronze last year, finished five seconds ahead of Andreas Graf (RC Arbö - Wels) and 17 seconds ahead of teammate Michael [...]
Lars Boom (Rabobank) is running on an empty tank in Vuelta A Espana, his first ever grand tour. After putting in a remarkable ride to win stage 15 to Cordoba the former u23 Time Trial World Champion was aiming for [...]
Italian outfit Ceramica Flaminia is making big changes for 2009. From the 16 contracted racers, only six will remain with the team. Italian champion Filippo Simeoni is leaving, while Riccardo Riccó, currently sitting out a doping suspension until March 2010, [...]
Janez Brajkovic has confirmed that he will be following Johan Bruyneel and Lance Armstrong to the RadioShack Team for 2010. The 25-year-old Slovenian rider was offered contracts from several teams, but he chose to ride for a team operation that [...]
Kirsten Wild has decided not to contest the world time trial championships next week in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The time trial specialist was sick earlier this week and feels she hasn't recovered enough to put in a good performance in the [...]
Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) narrowly missed a stage victory in today's time trial in the Vuelta a España, ending the day five seconds behind winner David Millar. Sánchez had a few mishaps along the way to Madrid, but was pleased with [...]
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia HTC) won the overall of the Tour of Britain against Garmin's Chris Sutton, who moved up to second place, thanks to his time bonuses in the final stage, a circuit race in London. Michele Merlo (Barloworld) [...]
Evans moves onto podium David Millar won the time trial in Toledo on the penultimate day of the Vuelta a España by the slim margin of five seconds over Samuel Sánchez. Millar clocked 35'53 on the 27.8km course for an [...]
Spanish team Xacobeo-Galicia released its team doctor, Alberto Beltrán. The team indicated that the drastic measure was preventative, following the doping scandal around the Portuguese Liberty Seguros team. Beltrán used to work for Liberty Seguros but replaced Xacobeo's team doctor, [...]
According to nieuwsblad.be, team Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov would be willing to end his cycling career early for a chance to direct the team. In response, the International Cycling Union's (UCI) President Pat McQuaid said that "Vinokourov is not on the list" [...]
Climber Juan Manuel Garate's contract with the Rabobank team has been extended through 2011. Earlier this season the Spaniard saved what would have been a dismal Tour de France for the team by winning the penultimate stage finishing atop the [...]
Cycling's world ruling body said Friday it has suspended recently-crowned Tour of Portugal champion Nuno Ribeiro and two of his teammates from racing after they tested positive for doping.Ribeiro and Liberty Seguros teammates Hector Guerra and Isidro Nozal had tested [...]
