With no team time trial, just one individual race against the clock and 23 mountains classified as either HC, category 1 or category 2, defending Tour champion Alberto Contador has expressed his satisfaction with the 2010 Tour de France. The [...]
The 2010 Tour de France route has been announced by organizer ASO and it's a fitting one for the 100th anniversary of Pyrenees' inclusion. Starting in Rotterdam and ending in Paris on the Champs-Elysées, the race takes place from July [...]
Dominique Cornu was eager to participate in the Sluitingsprijs in Putte-Kapellen in Belgium, but went to the wrong town. Arriving in Putte near Mechelen, the place was suspiciously void of spectators and other racers, but the Belgian managed to get [...]
With no invitation to Saturday’s Giro di Lombardia, the Barloworld-Bianchi team has ended its season, which also marks the end of Barloworld's sponorship after 7 years in the sport. “All sponsorships run their logical course and 7 years is a relatively long life [...]
Two-time Tour de France green jersey winner Thor Hushovd said today that he will create a team focused on growing the sport on the southern coast of the country. The team will be sponsored by Norwegian bank Plus Bank and [...]
With less than 24 hours to go to the announcement of the route of the 2010 Tour de France, suspense and speculation will soon turn to facts and figures, data and detail. The only certainty is that the race will [...]
Australian rider Chris Sutton moved a step closer to his goal of taking the overall victory in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour when he won today’s second stage of the race. The Garmin Slipstream rider was one of six who [...]
Paris prosecutors on Tuesday revealed that they have launched an investigation after the discovery of suspicious medical equipment including "syringes and drips" during the Tour de France in July. The inquiry will be carried out by police officers from the [...]
An autopsy on Belgian cyclist Franck Vandenbroucke, found dead in his hotel room here on Monday, will take place on either Wednesday or Thursday, Senegalese police have announced."The autopsy will take place tomorrow (Wednesday) or the day after (Thursday) in [...]
It seems that Alberto Contador isn’t the only person who is having difficulty extricating himself from his contract with the Astana team. Manager Johan Bruyneel, Yaroslav Popovych, Andreas Klöden, Gregory Rast and Haimar Zubeldia all remain linked to the team, [...]
British Olympic cyclist Jonny Bellis has begun to emerge from a medically induced coma and is showing signs of improvement.Bellis, 21, suffered severe head injuries after an accident on his motor scooter in Italy on September 19, and has since [...]
The French team Saur-Sojasun, debuting its Pro-Continental status in 2010, has announced its roster for next year. Team manager Stephane Heulot has released the names of the 19 French riders set to join the team set to fill the hole [...]
Former Gerolsteiner, and current Milram team doctor Mark Schmidt has denied Austrian Bernhard Kohl’s allegations that he supervised his doping practices during the 2008 Tour de France. Schmidt has gone on the offensive by filing a law suit against the doper [...]
Jose Rujano will be making his return to the European cycling scene after signing a contract with the Italian-Ukrainian Pro-continental team ISD-Neri. The Venezuelan climbing sensation garnered interest from several Pro-Tour teams including Caisse d'Epargne, Quick Step, Garmin and Astana [...]
"For the first time since I rejoined ASO (organiser of the Tour de France) in 2004, I had a quiet month of July and no bad news intervened between the 10th and 20th of August," explained Christian Prudhomme with an [...]
Cervélo TestTeam is pleased to announce that Andreas Klier (GER) has extended his contract with the team for another two years, until December 2011. Klier, a likable all-rounder, is a very experienced rider, especially in the spring classics. The 33-year-old [...]
The Milram team has signed Belgians Roy Sentjens and Wim De Vocht on one year contracts to add to its potency in the spring classics. “We are very pleased to have signed these two riders“, said Milram manager Gerry van [...]
Several weeks after the topic of the gender of athletes was brought to prominence by the 800 metre world athletics champion Caster Semenya, a transsexual cyclist has taken gold at the Dutch track championships. 34 year old Natalie van Gogh [...]
