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 [...]
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 Quick Step team of Tom Boonen is expected to announced today that it will join up with Eddy Merckx as the bike supplier for next season. It has called a press conference for this afternoon where the new partner [...]
Not to be outdone by the multitude of high profile wheeling and dealing in the men’s side of the sport, the women are continuing to ride the transfer merry-go-round.World champion Tatiana Guderzo will ride for newly created Team Valdarno Umbria [...]
Bergamo, Italy hopes to bring the 2015 World Championships to its doorstep. The Italian city has received full support from GS Domus, the race organizers for the Settimana Lombarda. Italy hosted the Worlds in Varese in 2008, where it was [...]
Bram de Groot has decided end his professional cycling career. It had been rumored that the 34-year-old Dutchman was hanging up his bike, but it wasn’t until today that it was confirmed by Dutch news source Omroep West. There had [...]
Finally, after months of speculation, it appears that Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be staying with the Astana team, seeing out the final year of his existing contract. In a statement to the Spanish press, the Kazakh-sponsored team [...]
The exodus of riders and staff from Astana to the new RadioShack team continued today with Dmitriy Murayev, according to website astanafans.com. If true, he becomes the first Kazakh rider to make the leap from his “home” team to the [...]
Southern hemisphere riders dominated the first day of round two of the Track World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, although they didn’t have everything go their way.Australian World champion Cameron Meyer took the gold in the men’s points race ahead of [...]
Belgian Philippe Gilbert has been awarded with the 2009 Trofee voor Sportverdienste (National Merit trophy for sport), one of his country's highest distinctions in sport, after what has been a remarkable first season riding for the Silence-Lotto team. Gilbert closed [...]
Team Sky has officially confirmed the signing of two strong Italian talents to the squad, GC rider Dario Cioni and sprinter Davide Vigano. The British team confirmed the latest signings today, bringing the number of riders announced for the 2010 lineup [...]
World champion Cadel Evans has urged the Australian government to continue providing funding for Olympic sports such as cycling. He was responding to the recently-published Crawford Report, which argued that future funding for sport there should focus more on those [...]
Triple Olympic medal winner Scott McGrory has warned of a bleak future for track cycling due to the pending elimination of key events from the Games programme. The former Australian rider, who took gold and silver medals in the Madison [...]
World Champion Cadel Evans expects seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong to be a big threat next year. The Australian believes that the Texan, third in this year’s Tour de France, will be even stronger following his comeback year. [...]
“I admit my guilt, but have no regrets,” Bernhard Kohl’s former manager Stefan Matchiner told the Österreich newspaper. He’s facing a trial on charges that he helped athletes such as former Gerolsteiner rider Bernhard Kohl, triathlete Lisa Hütthaler and others [...]
Switzerland’s Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli won the Munich Six Day last night. The Swiss duo held on to a slim three point lead over Denmark’s Alex Rasmussen and Michael Morkov. The win marks the ninth and final time that [...]
The expanded rider roster that includes current and previous World champions Cadel Evans and Alessandro Ballan is already paying dividends for the BMC Racing Team, as it has announced invitations to more of next year’s early season races. Having already [...]
Hit by the unexpected departure of Cadel Evans, the Omega Pharma – Lotto has signed another rider who is a strong time trialist and has his roots in MTB competition. Jean-Christophe Péraud has signed a two year contract with the [...]
