Seeking to guarantee that Mark Cavendish wins the Maillot Vert in the Tour de France this year, the HTC Columbia team has suggested that it will put general classification ambitions on hold in July 2010. If implemented, the goal would [...]
The chances of former Tour de France race leader Michael Rasmussen coming back to pro cycling this year look increasingly unlikely, ex-professional Rolf Sorensen has stated. “I fear that Michael Rasmussen will be hard-pressed to find a new team at [...]
Last year the race was primarily about building form in the first year of his comeback, but this time round Lance Armstrong has said that he’s feeling stronger and that his team will be chasing results next week. The 38 [...]
Mark Cavendish has been asked to stay off the bike after an emergency tooth procedure. Cavendish complained about severe tooth pain on Tuesday, and in the evening had an abscess drained, while being at the HTC-Columbia camp on Mallorca, Spain. [...]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today rejected any immediate possibility of extending the Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) sanction of Spanish rider Alberto Valverde beyond the borders of Italy. The Spaniard is currently banned from racing in Italy based [...]
Alberto Contador is so eager to defend his Tour de France title this year that he is impatiently awaiting the Astana training camp in Calpe, Spain, from January 14 to 24. His racing program will begin with Volta al Algarve. [...]
Bjarne Riis has secured American company SunGard, a leading software and IT services company, as a new sponsor for his Saxo Bank team. The bank announced last week that they would not continue to sponsor the Danish team beyond 2010. [...]
The new and improved BMC Racing Team found out Monday that the International Cycling Union (UCI) has granted the team wildcard status for the 2010 season. While they had announced their participation in the Santos Tour Down Under, their wildcard [...]
British rider Bradley Wiggins is accepted as the biggest name on the new Team Sky roster, but he suggests that another signing is where the biggest success may well lie in the future. He previously raced with Edvald Boasson Hagen [...]
While there has been no official announcement yet, it looks like sprinting legend Mario Cipollini will be making a return to the peloton with the Italian ISD team in 2010, only this time his incarnation may be taking on the [...]
Vuelta a España winner Alejandro Valverde is currently preparing for his first-ever participation in the Santos Tour Down Under, and has been spending his time trying to get used to what are even higher temperatures than usual in Australia. “The [...]
It sounds like the stuff of Hollywood, but an actor is to be amongst the many sponsors involved in the ProTour in 2010. Frenchman Francis Perrin will back the Ag2r la Mondiale team this year, and will appear with the [...]
Irish rider Philip Deignan has been tipped for a big future by his Cervélo Test Team stablemate Thor Hushovd. The Norwegian, who won the Green Jersey in last year’s Tour de France, was able to see his Irish team-mate’s development [...]
Andreas Stauff was recently signed by Belgian team Quick Step and the young German rider was looking forward to do his first ProTour race in January. But it looks like the late signing will eliminate his chances to ride in [...]
Lance Armstrong's bike vacation in Hawaii is nearing its end and the Texan readies himself for the first step in a season in which he wants to win his eighth Tour de France. Hawaii was a mix of relaxing family [...]
Marianne Vos’ Nederland Bloeit team will be heading to February’s Tour of Qatar without its leader, according to wielermagazine.com. The team will instead be led by Loes Markerink and Loes Gunnewijk, two strong Dutch riders recently signed from the disbanding [...]
The details of the finish of stage 1 of this summer’s Tour de France have been announced in a joint presentation from Tour organisers ASO and the Brussels local authorities, according to hln.be. The stage will take in 224km between the [...]
The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) has announced the formation of their first Advisory Council. CCA President John Tolkamp led the Council's formation has announced the initial members which include Tour de France stage winner and yellow jersey wearer Steve Bauer [...]
