The relationship between Belgian Cyclo-crosser Sven Vanthourenhout and his team, Sunweb-Projob, has taken a turn for the worse. The negotiations concerning his contract extension have stalled, leaving two unhappy parties as they enter the final part of the season. “My [...]
In order to put more of an endurance emphasis than at the last three World Championships, and to make it more attractive to the public, the UCI has increased race distances and added an elimination race to the Omnium event [...]
British Cycling has announced the first 50 “cycling heroes” to be inducted into its new Hall of Fame, formed to celebrate the 50 years that the organisation has been the national governing body for cycling.The initiative was launched earlier in [...]
Swiss rider Aurelien Clerc has decided to end his career early after failing to find a new team for next season. The 30-year-old had been in negotiations with the American BMC Pro-Continental team after French ProTour team AG2r opted not [...]
Wednesday morning former Rabobank riders Michael Boogerd and Thomas Dekker were questioned by Austria’s Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) as part of their investigation into the blood doping ring revolving around Bernard Kohl’s manager Stefan Matschiner and the blood bank HumanPlasma. Dekker is [...]
Race organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has announced that the 2010 Criterium International – the two-day “mini Tour de France” – will take place on the island of Corsica in 2010. The race has been held in Charleville-Mézières, in the [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI), former UCI president Hein Verbruggen and former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound have agreed to settle out of court over comments made by Pound on anti-doping efforts by the UCI. Verbruggen had taken [...]
British Cycling’s performance director Dave Brailsford has slammed the decision taken by UK Sport to cut funding for high-performance cycling, saying that it could limit the amount of medals won by riders in the London Olympics. The cuts would see [...]
His private life may be in turmoil as the doctor who treated his knee injury has been arrested on suspicion of doping athletes, but Tiger Woods got a boost of sorts yesterday when he received a prestigious award. The news [...]
Columbia-HTC's sports director Allan Peiper said in a press release from the team that he thinks the Vuelta a Espana route for 2010 will offer plenty of chances for Columbia-HTC's riders to build on their success in the 2009 race. Columbia-HTC won [...]
Before Spaniard Alberto Contador made his decision to stay with the Astana team for 2010, Quick Step manager Patrick Lefevere was one of the people working hard to bring the two-time Tour de France winner to their team. And while things [...]
Momentum Sports Group (MSG), owner and operator of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis, has announced that UnitedHealthcare will be taking the place as the team's title sponsor starting in 2010. The team will be known as the [...]
Spain’s four leading Grand Tour riders were all present at today’s presentation of the 2010 Vuelta a España route, and all hailed it as a route to suit climbers. After the stage 1 nocturnal time trial in Sevilla, the course [...]
Quadruple Italian time trial champion Marco Pinotti had one of his best seasons in 2009, and has used those results plus a recent addition to his family as motivators for the year ahead. “I’ve still to see the numbers as [...]
The 65th edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen which takes place on March 24th next year has made several significant changes to its route. A new traffic circle forced organizers to omit the traditional finishing circuits where Kevin van Impe (Quickstep) [...]
Organisers of the Vuelta a España have unveiled the route for the 2010 edition of the race, which will start in Seville on Saturday August 28th with a night-time team time trial, and finish in Madrid on Sunday September 19. [...]
Marianne Vos received yet more accolades as she was awarded the title of Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in the Netherlands’ capital Amsterdam lastnight. The 22-year-old beat other finalists World champion speedskater Renate Groenewold (also a track cyclist, who was [...]
Having missed the race in 2008, world champion Cadel Evans will return to the Giro d’Italia this season hoping to both perform strongly in that race, and also to reach a higher level of form for the Tour de France. [...]
