World road race championship bronze medallist Joaquim Rodriguez plans to ride his first Tour de France in 2010, with the Spaniard aiming to chase stage success there. "It will be like a dream, being at the start,” he said. “My [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has released a list of teams that have applied for Professional Continental licences. Teams have until December 1st to submit their applications, but the UCI has announced the teams that had applied by November 15th [...]
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 [...]
The family of the late the late Frank Vandenbroucke have decided not to have further toxicological studies done on his body to determine whether drugs or toxic substances were in his system at the time of death. "We take peace [...]
2006 Paris-Nice winner Floyd Landis has set his sights on a return to European racing in 2010 and, as a result, the Farmersville native has decided to part ways with the OUCH team. Landis returned to racing this year following [...]
Breaking a collarbone is a common cycling injury. I’ve broken my left collarbone three times in three decades. The first time I broke it I was nine. I caught “mad air” off a jump while skiing at Squaw Valley and [...]
CONI, the Italian National Olympic Committee, received notification from the IOC (the International Olympic Committee) today that Davide Rebellin is no longer considered the 2008 Olympic silver medalist. Rebellin finished second in the men's road race in Beijing, but tested [...]
The Vuelta a España is making plans to include the Basque Country after an absence of more than 30 years (not counting a small detour in 2005). Race director Javier Guillen announced today that in 2011, the Basques could be [...]
Team Liquigas-Doimo is preparing for what will be its sixth season as a professional team in 2010. The team has confirmed 28 riders for next year, 19 will stay on board from the 2009 squad, and 9 new recruits. Croatian [...]
More details have been released by the working group exploring a possible US start to the 2012 Giro d’Italia. They have revealed that there are only two stages being considered on American soil, and both will take place in Washington [...]
One day after announcing his resignation as president of the CPA professional riders’ association, Cedric Vasseur has highlighted what he feels are the major advances achieved in recent years. “There are many kinds of positives,” the Frenchman told the Velo-Club.net [...]
The recent passing of the founder of the Launceston International Classic in Australia will see the race named after him, with the event becoming the Stan Siejka Classic. Several years ago Dr Siejka, a neurologist, and former international rider Tom [...]
Austria's sports and justice ministers announced an amendment on Monday to make the punishment for dopers more severe. In the amendment, athletes that have been caught doping would face serious fraud charges and up to 10 years in prison. Austria's current [...]
The Rabobank team for January’s Santos Tour Down Under has been announced, and will be led by Australian sprinter Graeme Brown. The inclusion of Brown, a four-time Tour Down Under stage winner and double Olympic champion in Athens 2004, has [...]
Sebastian Haedo, 2009's number two rider in the US, has been released from his contract with the Jamis/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Colavita to join a ProTour team. Carine Joannou, President of title sponsor Jamis Bicycles, made the [...]
Rumours that Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was to strike a deal with US bike manufacturer Specialized now appear to be true. Dutch website Wielerland.nl and Italian sports paper la Gazzetta dello Sport both reported the deal yesterday, with [...]
The third Superpresitge in Aspere-Gavere was marked by cold rains and thick mud, but there was an absence of the jeering that had caused Niels Albert to threaten to leave cyclo-cross following last Wednesday’s Jaarmarkt Cross in Niel, Belgium.“In general [...]
With the recent signings of World Champion Cadel Evans, Alessandro Ballan, and George Hincapie, Marcus Burghardt, Karsten Kroon and company, the BMC Racing team has positioned itself for a strong European campaign next season. Now the UCI Pro Continental squad [...]
