Yesterday’s Parkcross race in Maldegem, Belgium may have been won by 2009 World Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), but the star of the show was undoubtedly the seventh-place finisher: new rainbow jersey Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea), according to Het Nieuwsblad. “Styby” was [...]
Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) took his second successive stage victory in the Etoile de Bessèges between Nîmes and Saint-Ambroix, according to l’Equipe. The Slovenian once again took the bunch sprint ahead of the same two riders as yesterday, but with Arnaud [...]
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has confirmed his participation in this year's Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. The event, which will take place on Sunday March 14th, is the world's largest timed cycling race. Last night [...]
Giorgia Bronzini of the Italian National Team won a bunch sprint to take the second stage of the Tour of Qatar between Al Zubarah and the Oryx Farm. The world points race champion, who won two stages last year and [...]
Cervélo TestTeam had a tough ride at the end of the first stage in the Etoile de Bessèges today, with Daniel Lloyd ending up in the hospital. In the final meters of the 146 kilometer ride from Aigues-Mortes to Le [...]
After spending some time training in South Africa, Team Milram is hoping their team captain Linus Gerdemann will come into the upcoming Mallorca Challenge with strong legs. “The Mallorca Challenge has a very challenging profile, which is good for our [...]
Tom Boonen will lead his Quick Step team at the Tour of Qatar which starts this Sunday. The pan flat roads and strong winds will break up the peloton which plays strongly into Boonen's strengths. Boonen has won the Tour [...]
With no response to requests for more information from the team's press officer, VeloNation - like many others - has as yet been unable to confirm the Rock Racing partnership with the Murcia region of Spain, as reported earlier this [...]
After his disappointing World Championships, which he abandoned, Niels Albert came back strong and won the Parkcross in Maldegem, Belgium. He beat Belgians Kevin Pauwels, Bart Wellens and Sven Nys. Newly crowned World Champion Zdenek Stybar finished in seventh place. [...]
Manuel Cardoso is ready for a big season, after taking out the race of his life at the Tour Down Under, where he won stage three. The Portuguese elite road champion is now getting ready for the Challenge Mallorca and [...]
The opening stage of the Ladies' Tour of Qatar saw Safi Pasta rider Rasa Leleivyte power her way to the finish and win the 103.5 kilometer stage from the Museum of Islamic Art to Al Khor Corniche. The Lithuanian beat [...]
The Berlin Six Days ended with the win of World Champions Axel Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv ahead of Robert Bartko and Roger Kluge (Germany). The Danes crossed the line 50 meters ahead of Bartko/Kluge, who had come agonizingly close to [...]
Borut Bozic gave Vacansoleil the first victory of 2010 when he won the bunch sprint of the first stage in the Etoile de Bessèges. Bozic won after 146 kilometers ahead of Nico Eeckhout, according to wielerupdate.nl. Arnaud Molmy was third. [...]
2010 is going to be a very important year for Irishman Dan Martin, who in his first two pro seasons has marked himself out as one of the top young talents in the sport. The climbing specialist is aiming to [...]
US rider Amber Rais has suffered a fractured pelvis while out training with the national team on the eve of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. She is currently in hospital in Doha, the Middle Eastern country’s capital, but hopes to [...]
Skil-Shimano has finally agreed to annul Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu's contract one year early. Beppu had recently reached a verbal agreement to ride with Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack before addressing complications related to his 2010 commitment with the Skil Shimano team. [...]
Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen proved that he has recovered from his bad crash in last year’s Tour of Belgian with a strong display in the recent Santos Tour Down Under. The Team Katusha rider was third in the preceding event, [...]
Team Katusha’s Grand Tour contender Kim Kirchen has voiced his opposition to the inclusion of cobblestones in this year’s Tour de France, faulting organisers ASO for what he said is a potentially risky move. “Frankly, the Tour is not the [...]
