Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-HTC) won his third successive stage of the Tour of Britain in a bunch sprint in the Potteries city of Stoke-on-Trent. The Norwegian sprinter has equalled his three stage victories of last year, and the ten second [...]
The Astana cycling team have set their eyes on young Dutch talent Robert Gesink (Rabobank), who is currently sitting second overall in the Vuelta A Espana. “Indeed we’re interested in Gesink. He is a rider for the future. Every manager [...]
Rabobank Continental, arguably the best development team in the world, had added five Dutch riders to its roster, including Jasper Bovenhuis, Nick van der Lijke, Barry Markus, Moreno Hofdland and Wilco Kelderman according to Wielermagazine. Several spots are opening up [...]
World Champion Alessandro Ballan and Damiano Cunego both from Italy’s team Lampre have pulled out of the Vuelta A Espana in preparation of the World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland on September 27th. Both Italians are considered top favourites for this [...]
Following a successful debut, the Dutch Pro-Continental team Vacansoleil will head into 2010 with an even larger budget. Wim Backers, owner of Vacansoleil, a company that books camping holidays, visited the Vuelta A Espana this week to look onto his [...]
Escapee Anthony Roux (Française des Jeux) held off the charging peloton to win the 17th stage of the Vuelta a España into Talavera de la Reina, ahead of William Bonnet and points leader André Greipel. There were no changes in [...]
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia-HTC) won his second consecutive stage in the Tour of Britain in a bunch sprint on the Blackpool promenade, ahead of Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream) and Martin Reimer (Cervelo TestTeam). With the ten second time bonus, the [...]
Columbia's André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) stormed back into the green jersey with his win in Puertollano, during the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España. There were no changes in the overall as the peloton slowly inched towards Madrid with an [...]
Ivan Rovny (Katusha) will be riding for Johan Bruynel’s RadioShack team according to biciciclismo. The 21 year old Russian rode for Katusha since 2006, a year after he became junior World Champion and European Champion. In 2007 he won a [...]
Leo Van Vliet, Dutch national director, named Lars Boom (Rabobank) and Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) to the Dutch Worlds team. Both riders have had very successful grand tour debuts in the Vuelta A Espana with Boom winning stage 15 to Cardoba [...]
Garmin-Slipstream rider Tom Danielson will lead the United States team in this month’s World Championships in Mendrision, Switzerland. Danielson, currently in ninth position in the Vuelta a España after suffering a virus on one of the toughest mountain stages will [...]
The Belgian team will be led by Philippe Gilbert, national coach Carlo Bomans announced on Monday. Gilbert would be their main hope, explained Bomans, because he believed that the route for the road race in Mendrisio, Switzerland, would be too [...]
Damiano Cunego, Ivan Basso and Alessandro Ballan will lead a strong Italian team at the World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland later this month. Despite Ballan being the reigning World champion, national coach Franco Ballerini expects double Vuelta a España stage [...]
The UCI announced on Monday that Italian rider Maurizio Biondo tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition control on August 12. The Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini rider finished second overall in the Tour of Denmark after winning the time trial in remarkable [...]
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) won the third stage of the Tour of Britain. The talented Norwegian sprinted ahead of the Italian Michele Merlo (Barloworld) and the Australian Chris Sutton (Garmin). Dutchman Kai Reus (Rabobank) still maintains an 11 second [...]
Lars Boom of Rabobank dismantled the break of the day on the final climb in the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España to win solo, ahead of David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia) and Dominik Roels (Milram). The peloton was taking [...]
Jan Bakelants (Topsport Vlaanderen) will be riding for Silence-Lotto next year. Manager Marc Sergeant confirmed the young-Belgian’s future after Mathew Goss’s (Saxo Bank) win in Paris-Brussels. Bakelants, regarded as Belgium’s most promising stage-racing talent after winning last year’s Tour de [...]
Baden Cooke (Vacansoleil) has signed a one year contract with Bjarne Riis’ Team Saxo Bank in 2010. The 30 year old Australian is looking to play a role in the spring classics and improve on his winless season. After a [...]
