Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the third stage of the Giro di Sardegna in a sprint finish after a 206km rolling stage between Nouro and Oristano. Enrico Rossi (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce), who is the brother of Riccardo Ricco’s partner Vania [...]
Italian Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) is ready to begin his season at the GP Insubria and the GP Lugano this weekend, but is anxiously awaiting the battle with Alberto Contador (Astana) at the Volta a Catalunya next month. "The last test, [...]
BMC Racing will start its classics campaign at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Saturday in Belgium with a four-star team: George Hincapie (BMC Racing), Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing), Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) and Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing). "In the last two [...]
Francisco Ventoso (Carmiooro-NGC) won the fifth and final stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta del Sol in a sprint at the front of what remained of the peloton. He beat a brace of Australians in the shape of Simon Gerrans [...]
Has Roman Kreuziger started what will be his best season yet? At 23 years old, he already has an overall win in the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de Romandie under his belt. Many in cycling believe he has [...]
Rabobank rider Sebastian Langeveld was forced to head home early from Mallorca earlier this month due to knee problems. The promising young classics specialist was there to contest the Mallorca Challenge, but once he complained about knee pain, the team [...]
Joseba Beloki has decided to attempt a return to cycling, only this time as a coach for the young Spanish Cafés Baqué team. The 36-year-old finish on the Tour de France podium on three occasions, with his best finish being [...]
Team USA sprinter Shelley Evans repeated her first day victory to take stage 2 of the Tour of New Zealand from Masterton to Palmerston North. The Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 rider was once again the fastest sprinter, taking the [...]
The French Cofidis team has been refused an invitation to two of Belgium's biggest races, Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders. According to Belgian newspaper La Libre Belgique, the team believes this is a direct consequence of their relegation from [...]
Shelley Evans, riding for the United States national team, won the opening stage of the Tour of New Zealand. She was fastest of a group of 24 riders at the end of 99.6km between Martinborough and Masterson. Australian champion Ruth [...]
The Mayor of Baisieux and Paris-Roubaix organizers have come to an agreement that will see the Carrefour de l'Arbre continue to be part of the race this April. Following last year's event Mayor Francis Delrue, passed a bylaw prohibiting the [...]
Andy Schleck is continuing to lose ground to his Tour de France rivals as his knee problems linger on. The 2009 Tour runner-up has had persistent problems in the joint this year and, according to the Luxembourg newspaper Wort, has [...]
Cycling history looks set to be made tomorrow with the expected announcement that the 2012 Giro d’Italia will indeed begin in Washington DC. It will be the first time a Grand Tour has ever featured stages outside Europe, and will [...]
In recent days there has been growing doubt about whether Heinrich Haussler would be able to dispute the Het Nieuwsblad semi-Classic, but the rider told VeloNation on Wednesday that he planned to be at the start in Ghent. “I think [...]
Rudy Pevenage, the team director of Rock Racing during the 2009 season, has left the squad. "Like Lorenzo Lapage since late 2009 I am no longer part of that team," said Pevenage in the Belgian newspaper De Morgan. "Besides, Lapage [...]
Team RadioShack has confirmed that Gert Steegmans and Tomas Vaitkus will take part in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne this weekend, the two races which traditionally mark the start of the Belgian cycling calendar. Their participation in the event was [...]
Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank) was the only rider to break the 13-minute barrier for the 10.9km Vuelta a Andalucia time trial course in the resort city of Malaga. The Dane, who finished third in the sprint on stage 2 overtook [...]
Earlier today Italian media conglomerate Il Sole 24 Ore reported that tomorrow would bring official news that the Giro d'Italia will take its start to Washington DC for its 2012 edition. Today VeloNation spoke to one of the key players [...]
