Anthony Charteau won the fourth stage over 133 kilometers in the Tropicale Amissa Bongo (Gabon) to keep the overall lead. The Bbox Bouygues Telecom rider won the sprint ahead of Ian MacLeod (MTN) and AG2R's Julien Loubet. MacLeod now trails [...]
Erik Zabel will be opening the 99th edition of the Berlin Six Days, which take place from January 28 to February 2. Zabel did his final race in Berlin last year, but he still has strong ties to the velodrome [...]
The Quick Step team officially presented its riders today to the public in Kortrijk, Belgium. In addition to retaining 24 riders, Quick Step also hired three new ones in an attempt to be competitive in just about any race. With [...]
Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin was questioned by the Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor today after being stripped of his Olympic silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Games. The hearing took place in Rome at Olympic stadium. Afterwards Rebellin's lawyer, [...]
HTC-Columbia leader Mark Cavendish has been forced to delay his season start in 2010 due to an ongoing dental problem. Initially the sprint king intended to take part in the inaugural Tour of Oman from February 14 to 19, as well [...]
UCI President Pat McQuaid has poured cold water on talk that the Tour Down Under could move to Melbourne or its state Victoria, saying that the race should remain in South Australia. Recent rumours suggested that a bid could be [...]
One year on since the beginning of his second comeback, Lance Armstrong is as confident as ever about his chances in this year’s Tour de France. Nevertheless, despite the previous war of words, the American was complimentary about his biggest [...]
Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) won stage four's 19.8 kilometer time trail in the Tour de San Luis today, which also proved enough to take away overall race lead from 22-year-old Rafael Valls (Footon-Servetto-Fuji). The day wasn't all bad for the [...]
Spanish rider David Cañada announced today that he would retire from professional cycling after an unsuccessful search for a new team. The 34-year-old had a career that spanned over 14 years and rode for some of the biggest teams in [...]
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has announced the route of this year’s Paris-Nice race, set to run between March 7th and 14th. The course – made up of a prologue and seven stages – will cover 1285.5km between Montfort-l’Amaury just [...]
In the off-season Spaniard Daniel Moreno made a switch to the Omega Pharma-Lotto team, brought on board as a key lieutenant for now World Champion Cadel Evans during the Tour de France. With the Australian's surprise move to the American BMC [...]
The route of the 2010 Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) was presented in Gent, Belgium yesterday. This year’s race will cover 262km, climbing 15 hills, between Brugge (Bruges) and Meerbeke. As is usual the opening kilometres differ from last [...]
The Dutch province of Drenthe has calculated that hosting the start of the Vuelta a España last year earned the region €5.3 million ($7.5 million, approx), illustrating the proceeds that major cycle races can bring to an economy. According to [...]
Motivated by his near-miss in the 2009 Milan San Remo and his runner-up slot in the Tour of Flanders, German rider Heinrich Haussler is fully motivated heading into the 2010 season. He is currently training with the rest of the [...]
Timing things to perfection, Portuguese national champion Manuel Cardoso jumped clear inside the final kilometre of today’s third stage of the Tour Down Under, opening a sizeable gap and crossing the line first in Stirling. The Footon Servetto Fuji rider [...]
Team Katusha sprinter Robbie McEwen has been around the peloton for a long time. The 37-year-old is currently making a comeback at the Santos Tour Down Under after a dismal 2009 season that was plagued by injury. In today's second [...]
Belgian national cyclocross coach Rudy De Bie is hopeful that World Champion Niels Albert can recover from his broken rib in time to defend his rainbow jersey in Tabor, Czech Republic on January 31st. De Bie, in an interview with [...]
In what is thought to be the first major collaboration of its kind, the Bike Pure anti-doping movement and the Tour de Langkawi have announced a new partnership today. Bike Pure, a not-for-profit initiative, will sent specially-commissioned wristbands to the [...]
