Nine months after team RadioShack recruit Daryl Impey found himself in a hospital bed following a horrific crash in the Tour of Turkey, the South African says he's ready to move onward and upward from the incident and focus on [...]
Chris Anker Sørensen has signed a three year contract extension with Bjarne Riis' Saxo Bank team. The 25-year-old, who began his career with the team in 2007, has evolved to be a strong climber over the past three years. The [...]
Christophe Le Mevel of la Française des Jeux finished 10th in last year’s Tour de France, just 14’25” behind winner Alberto Contador. Importantly for the then 28-year-old, he took the coveted position of best Frenchman in his National Tour. In [...]
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 [...]
Italian Alberto Loddo (Androni Giocattoli) won the 199 kilometer third stage of the Tour de San Luis today, besting compatriots Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) and Francesco Chicchi in the sprint finishing second and third respectively.The main protagonists of the day Gonzalo [...]
Cervélo TestTeam announced today that they have signed German rider Charlotte Becker for the 2010 season. The 26-year-old has both track and road experience. She's a former German national time trial champion as well as a European points champion on [...]
1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis is complimentary about Lance Armstrong’s performance in last year’s race, but states that he thinks the American will struggle to even finish on the podium this year. Citing his age and a tougher [...]
Two from two. HTC-Columbia's André Greipel once again got the better of all of his rivals in the Santos Tour Down Under when he scooped his second consecutive stage win today. At the end of the 133.5 kilometre stage from [...]
Rafael Valls scored the Footon-Servetto-Fuji team's first victory of the season today in the second stage of the Tour de San Luis. The 22-year-old Spaniard took his victory in style, arriving at the top of the second category Alto de [...]
Promising young Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet looked poised for a strong 2009 but instead performed at a reduced level compared to the 2007 and 2008 seasons. As a result, he has focussed on starting 2010 fresher than before, and [...]
Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas-Doimo) won the first stage of the Tour de San Luis in Argentina. Chicci beat native boy Edgardo Simon (Funvic-Pindamonhanga) and Danilo Napolitano (Katusha). A break with Jesus Rosendo (Andalucia-Cajasur), Arnols Alcolea (Cuban National Team), Arles Castro (Colombian [...]
André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won the first stage of the Tour Down Under and showed he is a sprinter to be reckoned with in 2010. Greipel also believes he can finally win a Tour de France stage. This isn't a question [...]
Gert Steegmans is off to a good start with his new Team RadioShack at the Tour Down Under. Only HTC-Columbia's André Greipel was faster than the Belgian, who hasn't raced in seven months. His last race was the Critérium du Dauphiné [...]
Last year's Tour Down Under winner Allan Davis is off to a tough start with his new Astana team after being caught behind a pile-up in today's first stage. The Australian said he would need a "big miracle" if he [...]
Philippe Gilbert, one of the most impressive riders from 2009, has said that he is already in such good shape that he is deliberately backing off on his training. He is lighter and fitter than this time last year, and [...]
It’s been a few years since he has been spoken of as a possible winner of the race, but HTC Columbia rider Michael Rogers still entertains thoughts that someday he could challenge for the yellow jersey. The Australian looked on [...]
