Lance Armstrong has two more seasons left as a professional cyclist, after which he is expected to compete in the Ironman world championships in Kona, Hawaii. His participation in 2011 was confirmed by longtime coach Chris Carmichael during the 2009 event in [...]
For 2007 World Champion Marta Bastianelli, 2008 should have been her best year in cycling, instead it turned out to be her worst. A positive test for banned substance fenfluromine – an amphetimine derivative, often used as a weight loss [...]
With the Spring Classics just around the corner, January is an extremely important month of training for the Quick Step team. Team manager Patrick Lefevere has a rich history in the Spring, directing his squad to five Tour of Flanders [...]
2009 winner Allan Davis (Astana), seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (Team RadioShack), world road race champion Cadel Evans, US champ George Hincapie (BMC) and Vuelta a España victor Alejandro Valverde are just some of the big names which [...]
Spaniard Pedro Horrillo has decided to end his cycling career, saying he is unable to return to the condition necessary to compete at the ProTour level. The 35-year-old Rabobank rider was involved in a horrific crash during the eighth stage [...]
New BMC Racing signing Alexander Kristoff will be prevented from taking the start of his first ever ProTour race by the International Cycling Union (UCI) because of having no data on his biological passport, according to feltet.dk. The 22-year-old Norwegian [...]
As reported on VeloNation yesterday, the snowy weather in the UK has made the prospect of organising the National Cyclocross Championships at Sutton Park, Birmingham very difficult. The decision has been made today to postpone this weekend’s event until the [...]
Germany's only remaining ProTour team, Milram, is sponsored by Bremen-based dairy company Nordmilch AG. The company has been extremely supportive of their cycling sponsorship for Team Milram, but it looks like 2010 will be the end of the road for [...]
Fly V Australia’s Aaron Kemps used his well-known finishing speed to take the Australian criterium championships yesterday in Ballarat. Meanwhile, multiple Grand Tour stage winner Robbie McEwen was forced to withdraw after banging the knee he badly injured last year. [...]
ASO’s dominance over French cycling continues to grow, with confirmation of the news that they will almost certainly buy the Dauphiné Libéré race. Writing in the newspaper of the same name, Dauphiné CEO Henri-Pierre Gilbert confirmed that the Tour de [...]
With the first races for the team fast approaching, Nissan North America today announced what is a ‘multi-year’ sponsorship deal with the RadioShack team. VeloNation noted the car company's presence on the jersey on December 7th when the sneak preview [...]
Weather conditions across the United Kingdom could cause this weekend’s British Cyclocross Championships to be postponed, according to British Cycling. The championships are due to be held at Sutton Park, Birmingham on Sunday, but heavy snow could make the venue [...]
Former Olympic rower Amber Halliday of South Australia stepped up three places on her 2009 result to take the Australian championship at Buninyong, Victoria, according to Cycling Australia. Halliday – who retired from competitive rowing two years ago, having won [...]
Cameron Meyer of Western Australia took his first Australian national time trial championship in Buninyong, completing the 39km course in 50 minutes, 52.74 seconds, according to Cycling Australia. The 22-year-old, who is the current World points race champion on the [...]
It’s been five years since he won a stage, took the mountains classification and finished on the podium in the Giro d’Italia, yet Jose Rujano is extremely upbeat about his abilities. “Right now I think I am the third climber [...]
Swedish rider Nicklas Axelsson is facing a probable life ban after a second positive test for EPO. The 37 year old Team Utensilnord-Corratec rider returned a positive A sample last September, and is currently awaiting the analysis of the B [...]
Heinrich Haussler supports the German LKT Brandenburg team and for this the team now honored him. The jersey in 2010 will feature a 'racing kangaroo.' The Australian-German Haussler still trains with riders from the German Continental outfit when he is [...]
Baden Cooke, who will be riding with the Saxo Bank team in 2010, is focusing on the Spring Classics. He is using a different build-up to the season than in years past and hopes that in combination with the professional [...]
