The Czech PSK Whirlpool-Author is returning to continental status following their inability to secure additional sponsorship for next year. The former team of Danilo Hondo had their sights set on remaining Pro-Continental, but lacked the funds to continue at the [...]
Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) has won this afternoon's Superprestige in Hamme-Zogge, capping off a successful weekend that also included a win in yesterday's GP Hasselt. The young Czech proved to be too strong in the final sprint against Belgian champion Sven [...]
Cadel Evans was chosen as the Australian cyclist of the year for the third time in his career, after 2006 and 2007. Evans received the Sir Hubert Opperman 'Opp' medal at the Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards ceremony in [...]
Anthony Orsani, the Italian junior time trial champion, died in a road accident today near Firenze. He was out on a training ride when he collided with a car traveling the other direction. The car was finishing a passing maneuver, [...]
Garmin-Slipstream manager Jonathan Vaughters told BBC Sport that star rider Bradley Wiggins has expressed the desire to ride for the British Team Sky. "He has let it be known to me that he'd like to be with Sky," Garmin manager [...]
The Footon-Servetto team has signed three more riders for its 2010 lineup. The UCI ProTour team has added Spaniards Vidal Celis (Barbot) and Iban Mayoz Etxeberria (Xacobeo Galicia), as well as Portuguese National road race champion Manuel Cardoso (Liberty Seguros) [...]
Austrian Christian Pfannberger won't have to worry about doping controls anymore. The Austrian Cycling Federation announced that the suspended Katusha rider will get a lifetime ban for his two doping offenses. Herbert Kocher, financial referent of the ÖRV (Austrian Cycling [...]
Zdenek Stybar finished on the podium no less than 12 times in 13 races this season, but today in Hasselt, Belgium, he finally came out on top. Stybar beat his Telenet-Fidea teammate Kevin Pauwels and dominator Niels Albert in the [...]
Dutch National cyclo cross champion Lars Boom wants to defend his title on January 10 in Heerlen. The race in Sint-Michielsgestel on January 3 should warm him up for that. Boom, riding for Rabobank, is focusing his efforts on the [...]
Many races in Germany have suffered from the doping scandals, but the Bayern Rundfahrt is still going strong. The route announcements for the 31st edition show the difficulty of the race. Full details won't be announced until December 5, but [...]
French sports paper L'Equipe wrote in its Saturday edition that Bradley Wiggins will join the new British Team Sky for 2010. The Briton has a contract still with his Garmin Slipstream team, but after finishing fourth in this year's Tour [...]
Bart Wellens and Sven Vanthourenhout are ready to return to the Belgian cross scene. Wellens will return to the World Cup race in Koksijde on November 28, while Vanthourenhout starts already this weekend in Hasselt and Hamme-Zogge. Wellens suffered from [...]
Saxo Bank rider Nicki Sorensen has said that riding down the Champs Elysées with Andy Schleck in the Maillot Jaune is one of his biggest targets for 2010, and something that would be richly rewarding for him. “I really want [...]
The Tour of Oman is going forward with it's inaugural edition in 2010. Organizers have announced that route details for the first edition of the race will be unveiled in Paris this coming January. The race is scheduled to take [...]
The Quick Step team announced today that they have made a deal that will have them riding on bikes made by the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx for the next three years. In a press conference team manager Patrick Lefevere announced the [...]
Iban Mayoz is moving from Xacobeo-Galicia to Footon-Servetto for the 2010 season. The Spaniard is the 16th signing for the team. Mayoz could not count on being signed from Xacobeo, for which he raced for two seasons. Mayoz has no [...]
What has already been known for some time is now officially signed from all parties: The brothers Martin and Peter Velits move from Milram to Columbia for next season. The powerful Slovakian twins will be a real asset for the [...]
With today being the final deadline of submission of documents to the UCI, the backers of the Astana team have pledged €15 million ($22 million) to the team for the 2010 season. "Samruk-Kazyna (state holding) has provided UCI with a [...]
