Describing the thoughts of racing with Caisse d’Epargne in 2010 as a ‘superb opportunity’, Alberto Contador has increased speculation that he will be riding for a new team next season. However the double Tour de France winner has told the [...]
At the Giro d'Italia presentation in Milan, 2009 triple stage winner Mark Cavendish said he's ready to light up the sprints in the 2010 edition of the race. The British sprint phenom, who's known for not mincing words, said he's [...]
A mixture of flat, time trial and mountain stages will see a tussle right to the very end of next year’s Giro d’Italia, the route of which was unveiled today in Milan. Three individual time trials plus a team race [...]
He may have had a season to forget, thanks to the physical and mental after-effects of his fall in the 2008 Tour de France, but 2006 Tour winner Oscar Pereiro is in demand as he heads into what could be [...]
Pedro Horrillo attended the Rabobank team photo shoot on Thursday in Maastricht. It is still unclear if the Spaniard will be able to race in 2010, still recovering from his bad crash in the Giro d'Italia this year. Horrillo crashed [...]
As expected, Alberto Contador will explore the possibility of leaving Astana after the team failed to meet an initial deadline in relation to its ProTour licence. “If there is a clause, we will study the options that gives us,” his [...]
21-year-old Aurélien Duval of la Française des Jeux has been advised by the UCI that he has been provisionally suspended after returning a positive sample during the Circuit Franco-Belge stage race on October 1st. According to a UCI communication the [...]
Twelve months ago, Ivan Basso made his return to racing after a long doping suspension when he lined out in the Japan Cup. Then, the Italian finished third behind Damiano Cunego (Lampre) and Giovanni Visconti, getting his career back on [...]
Having made a fine debut season with the Saxo Bank team, the former mountain bike rider Jakob Fuglsang has signed up for another three years with the Danish squad. "I am enormously grateful for the perspective that the extension with [...]
The Professional Cyclists Association (CPA) has offered advice to it’s members regarding a myriad of financial issues in its latest newsletter, much of which would have proved useful in a number of high-profile cases this season.The first part of the [...]
More transfers have been announced ahead of the 2010 season. Juan José Cobo moves from Fuji-Servetto to Caisse d'Epargne, Gerben Löwik from Vacansoleil to Omega Pharma-Lotto and Lampre hired Alessandro Spezialetti and Lorenzo Bernucci from the LPR team. Cobo's move [...]
Double Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will return to racing this weekend when he lines out in criteriums in Oviedo and Alcobendas. While he focuses on those objectives, he said that he is leaving it to his lawyers to [...]
Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli from Switzerland have taken over the lead in the Amsterdam Six Days after four nights of racing. They lead, equal on laps, the German-Dutch combo of Danny Stam and Leif Lampater. Previous leaders Robert Bartko [...]
Lance Armstrong has decided to race the Tour of California to prepare for his attempt at an eighth Tour de France victory. Last year the Texan rode the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career to build up [...]
Australia’s push to return to the top of track cycling took a boost yesterday when Cycling Australia announced the launch of a five-rider professional track team, to be based in the Adelaide Superdrome. Titled Team Jayco and sponsored by the [...]
It’s still uncertain as to whether the Astana team will retain its ProTour licence and, with it, the services of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. A ruling from the UCI is expected in the near future; in the meantime, [...]
World road race champion Cadel Evans said Thursday he was considering racing against Lance Armstrong in Australia's Tour Down Under in January. The Australian two-time Tour de France runner-up said he was considering changing his strategy for 2010 and riding [...]
German ProTour team Milram had a disappointing season in 2009, winning less than ten races and finishing eighteenth in the final rankings of the UCI World Calendar. The team will have to rely on wildcard invites to several major races [...]
