One day on and Sven Nys is still concerned about the incident in the Belgian Championships that saw big rival Niels Albert brought down by a spectator. The World Champion sustained a broken rib, which could compromise the remainder of [...]
Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) won the national cyclocross in Otegem today, escaping alone to win 18 seconds ahead of Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) and Dieter Vanthourenhout (BKCP-Powerplus). The race serves as the championship for the province of West-Flanders, but is also known [...]
HTC-Columbia began its first training camp of the 2010 season three days ago on the Spanish island of Mallorca. The goal of the camp is to fine tune the team's fitness to prepare them for the early season races. Nineteen [...]
Alejandro Valverde’s career reaches an important crossroads tomorrow when a three day Court of Arbitration in Sport hearing begins in the Swiss city of Lausanne. The Spanish rider will not attend but he will be represented by his legal team. [...]
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 [...]
With the defence of his title now just three weeks away, it has been revealed that world champion Niels Albert suffered a broken rib in his fall during yesterday’s Belgian cyclo-cross championships in Oostmalle. He was knocked from his bike [...]
Sven Nys used his dominant technical skills to win his seventh Belgian cyclo-cross title, ahead of Klaas Vantornout and the young Tom Meeusen. Niels Albert, together with Nys the main favorite, had a dismal day in the snow and landed [...]
This weekend the low pressure system Daisy made its way through Europe and the national cyclocross championships in many countries were dominated by ice and snow. The championships in Great Britain had to be postponed. In the Netherlands, Germany and [...]
Reigning National Champion Cristian Cominelli repeated his 2009 performance at the Italian cyclo-cross Under-23 Championships in Milan today. Second was Brian Falaschi with Matteo Trentin finishing in third. Cominelli was favored to repeat his national title and, in front of [...]
Katusha rider Joaquim Rodríguez has been hit with bad luck during the first training camp of 2010 with his new team. On their first ride in Calpe, Spain, Rodríguez hit the pavement and landed on broken glass causing deep gashes. "In a right [...]
Travis Meyer continued the Garmin-Transisions winning streak today by taking victory in the Australian road championships. Just four days after his older brother Cameron took home the time trial title, the 20-year-old snatched up his biggest win to date. David [...]
Christopher Thompson was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday. The doctor was convicted of assaulting two cyclists in Brentwood, California, by driving in front of them and slamming on his brakes, the LA Times reported. A judge described [...]
Bjarne Riis, manager of the Danish Saxo Bank team, will be testing three young Danish riders during the team's upcoming training camp. Riis will be giving three riders of the Continental Glud & Marstrand team a chance to prove themselves, according to Wielerflits. [...]
Lance Armstrong said Sunday that he expects his rivalry with Alberto Contador to increase this year, now that both riders are competing in different teams. He is also confident he can win La Grande Boucle. Armstrong reckons there will be [...]
The first Cyclo-cross National Champion of the season came out of the Czech Republic today, with favorite Zdeněk Štybar taking the honors in Tabor. The win, which comes as no surprise, marks Stybar's third consecutive National Championship title. On a [...]
The American Columbia-HTC team looks forward to a successful 2010 season announcing a name change to HTC-Columbia to kick off their first training camp of the year. After an incredible debut as a sponsor with six stage wins and 26 [...]
