Yesterday brought the news that Joop Alberda has been signed as the new general manager of the Cervélo Test Team. Apart from the sudden departure of Thomas Campana, the announcement was a surprising one for another reason. Alberda has got [...]
Danish rider Michael Rasmussen’s aim to ride a Grand Tour in 2010 would seem to centre around the Vuelta a España, if reports are accurate that he is poised to sign with the AMPO Contentpolis team. The Spanish squad has [...]
As her road race rivals know well, the sight of a finish line prompts a turn of speed in Marianne Vos that is very, very hard to deal with. Dutch compatriot Daphy Van de Brand got to see this firsthand [...]
Climbing specialist Eladio Jimenez looks set to compete with the Rock Racing team in 2010, joining up with fellow Spaniards Oscar Sevilla and Francisco Mancebo there. The former Vuelta a España stage winner previously competed with the Banesto and Comunidad [...]
The team may have lost several riders amid rumours of financial shortcomings, most recently world championship runner-up Alexandr Kolobnev, but the Schleck brothers Andy and Frank have confirmed to BT that they will stay with Saxo Bank in 2010. The [...]
Olympic champion and Vuelta a España runner-up Samuel Sanchez plus the rest of his Euskaltel-Euskadi team-mates will work out their likely 2010 racing programme at a four day training camp, which begins on Monday. According to As.com, the get-together will [...]
Hard to believe, given his youthful looks, but Stefano Garzelli is now 36 years of age and preparing for what could be his last season as a pro rider. The Italian took seventh overall and was best climber in this [...]
Today Caisse d’Epargne's Iván Gutiérrez turns 31, and after a tough 2009 season the Spaniard wants to get back to his best form for what will be his eleventh season as a professional. Gutiérrez started his career in 2000 riding [...]
Former world under 23 time trial champion and Tour de France stage winner Kurt Asle Arvesen has been a professional rider since 1998, but in that time he’s seen nothing like the setup at Team Sky. “The entire program around [...]
Fracondo Lionel Bazzi is the new Argentinean road cycling champion, after previously crowned Pablo Brun was found positive for nandrolone. Brun was retroactively suspended starting May 4, 2009. The national championships were held on March 22. Brun also has to [...]
The Cervélo TestTeam had an incredible debut season, winning stages in each of the Grand Tours that were highlighted by Thor Husovd's green jersey win over sprint king Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) in the Tour de France. And while the riders for [...]
The Footon-Servetto-Fuji team has brought another youngster onto the team in the form of 20-year-old Noe Gianetti. The Swiss rider, who comes from the Helvetic Confederation like teammate David Vitoria, is one of the country's best prospects in the sport [...]
The beautiful and (but?) hilly Black Forest will provide the backdrop for the 2010 German hill championships on August 28 and 29. The 9.9km long circuit has its start and finish in Weilheim, with the Velo&Bike-Club Waldshut-Tiengen acting as the [...]
Despite vowing earlier this month to fight to keep his Olympic medal, Italian rider Davide Rebellin has now handed back the silver he won in Beijing 2008. He has also made the 75,000 prize he earned available to CONI, the [...]
Belgian Iljo Keisse and his German partner Roger Kluge took over the lead in the Gent Six Days at the half-way mark. They have a 22-point lead over Swiss team Bruno Risi/Franco Marvulli and are up by one lap over [...]
Team Garmin-Slipstream has announced they have added Transitions Optical as a team sponsor and will become Team Garmin-Transitions for 2010. Transitions Optical is a leading manufacturer of adaptive eyewear, and the riders will be wearing the Transitions® lenses when they [...]
Florent Brard decided to hang up his wheels after not finding a team for 2010, according to Wielerflits.nl. The 33-year-old spent the last two years with Cofidis. His career highlight was his French national road title in 2006. Brard switched [...]
Just over a month before the start of 2010, British national hill climb champion and former Cervélo Test Team rider Dan Fleeman is still without a contract. The 27 year old was hoping to secure a place on a ProTour [...]
