Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) beat Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in a two-up sprint to win the final big race of the 2009 cycling season, the 242km Giro di Lombardia. Gilbert sprinted from the front and made the decision a little more exciting; he [...]
The 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré will include the famous slopes of Alpe d’Huez for the first time in its history. In the race from June 6 to 13, 2010, Alpe d’Huez will see the passage of the penultimate stage, [...]
Bradley Wiggins (Garmin Slipstream) defended the overall lead on the final stage of the Jayco Herad Sun Tour - the lead that he had taken over in yesterday’s time trial. Jonathan Cantwell finally took a stage victory by outsprinting Michael [...]
Jan Ullrich visited Eufemiano Fuentes two dozen times between 2003 and 2006. The BKA (German FBI) revealed the extent of Ullrich’s treatment, according to information obtained by the Spiegel news magazine. Between February 2005 and May 2006, Ullrich flew to [...]
More details have been released about the findings of the autopsy performed on cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke. The medical examiner concluded that the Belgian star died Monday in Saly, Senegal of natural causes from a pulmonary embolism as previously reported. "To be [...]
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, one of Frank Vandenbroucke's bikes will be auctioned in order to help pay for the costs of his repatriation to Belgium. He did not have insurance to cover the cost of transportation from Senegal. Close [...]
Steven De Jongh will join the new British Team Sky in 2010 as a Sports Director. The highly-experienced 35-year old Dutch rider ended his 15-year career earlier this week in Italy at the Giro del Piemonte. De Jongh has spent the [...]
2008 World and Olympic Champion Nicole Cooke has signed a one-year contract with German team Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung, according to AFP. The team will become known as Skyter-Shipping from 2010 as current name-sponsor Nürnberger Versicherung – an insurance company from [...]
So just who is this man Yvon Sanquer - the man who is set to fill the shoes of one of cycling's most successful directors Johan Bruyneel - what do the Kazakh's see in the Frenchman? One thing is for [...]
Lance Armstrong’s new team has cleared another hurdle ahead of next season’s campaign, to focus on an eighth Tour de France title for the Texan. First came the news that Team Astana had released Armstrong’s long-time Directeur Sportif Johan Bruyneel; [...]
Shortly after taking his third consecutive win of the end of season, Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert dedicated his victory to his late compatriot Frank Vandenbroucke. “I thought about him when I rode over the line,” he told Het Laatste Nieuws [...]
With constant news of riders and staff apparently trying to escape the Astana team, finally there seems to be news of one rider who may be trying to get in. Giampaolo Caruso, a Sicilian climber who currently rides for the [...]
Tomorrow’s Giro di Lombardia, “the race of the falling leaves”, could see 2007 and 2008 winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) match the record in the race of an Italian legend. Alfredo Binda – who was once paid to NOT ride the [...]
The overall classification of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour may be settled as much in tonight’s team meeting as it will on tomorrow’s concluding criterium stage, with Garmin Slipstream team-mates Bradley Wiggins and Chris Sutton separated by just five seconds. [...]
Haimar Zubeldia – literally – doesn’t know whether he is coming or going. The Basque rider has been linked to Lance Armstrong’s new Radio Shack team and thought that he was certain to leave, but is now relying on a [...]
The National Racing Calendar (NRC) for 2010 was announced today by USA Cycling. The calendar features 27 events in what will be its 14th season, and has added three new events, the Basking Ridge Twilight Grand Prix, the Richmond Twilight [...]
Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bart Ouvry, confirmed that the body of Frank Vandenbroucke was released by Senegalese authorities Thursday. Vandenbroucke was found dead Monday at a hotel in Saly, Senegal. The Senegalese court has opened an investigation [...]
Yesterday’s Tour de France presentation was primarily about the route of the 2010 race, but the details of next year’s race were preceded by the organisers’ statements on the fight against doping. In a pointed reference to the spat between [...]
