Alessandro Petacchi will return to action in tomorrow’s Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) after being sidelined from Saturday’s Trofeo Laigueglia with gastroenteritis. The Italian super-sprinter, nicknamed Ale-Jet, made a winning start to the 2010 season with two stage victories [...]
Rabobank's Laurens ten Dam went down hard in the finale of today's stage in the Ruta del Sol, putting a bit of a damper of teammate Oscar Freire's stage win. The climber went down with 300 meters left in the [...]
Teams in the ProTour have the resources necessary to be able to race in two, sometimes three places at once. Calendar clashes in the ProTour and Historic calendars, the top races, are common: Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico occupy the same week [...]
Using Twitter posts and personal video footage, RadioShack's Lance Armstrong periodically updates his fans on not only his activities, but also those of the RadioShack team. His latest update was recorded during his last training ride north west of Austin [...]
Despite a crash in the recent Volta ao Algarve, Cérvelo TestTeam rider Heinrich Haussler is still focused on the upcoming Tour of Flanders. Haussler's crash occurred in stage 3 of the Volta ao Algarve during the fast start. Fortunately, he [...]
Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Farnese Vini) was a victim of the mass pile up at the end of stage two of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta del Sol. He managed to remount and cross the line but was unable to hold the handlebars [...]
For many years human growth hormone (hGH) has been used in sport without any fear of detection, but those days have now come to an end. UK Anti-Doping today announced the first ever sanction for the substance, with Wakefield Trinity [...]
Last week VeloNation reported that the Rock Racing team of fashion designer Michael Ball was not present on the official list of 122 registered UCI Continental teams released by the International Cycling Union (UCI). We confirmed with UCI Chief Press [...]
Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) reminded the French that his eight days in the Tour de France yellow jersey was no fluke by winning stage one of Tour du Haut Var. His win came yesterday in Grimaud, France, prior to [...]
Juan José Haedo won the inaugural Tour de Mumbai, India's first race ever sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI). The Argentinean took the 50,000 US dollar prize by outsprinting breakaway companion Dirk Müller of Germany. "The Tour of Mumbai [...]
Bart Wellens absolutely hammered his competitors in the final cross race of the season, the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle. Attacking in the second of nine laps, Wellens consistently increased the gap and won with almost a minute, ahead of his Fidea [...]
Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux) launched a timely attack under the flamme rouge to win the second stage of the Tour du Haut Var and also took the overall. The others closed in on Le Mevel in the steepest [...]
Francesco Ginanni (Androni) is back on target for 2010 and has next month's Milano-Sanremo in his sights. The 24-year-old Italian repeated his 2009 Trofeo Laigueglia win yesterday, indicating his form has returned. "It did not go bad last year, I [...]
Sergio Pardilla surprised everyone in the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía-Ruta del Sol. The Colombian slipped away in the final phase of the race, marked by lots of attacks, and won with seven seconds over Jurgen Van den [...]
Race organizers have released the final list of twenty teams that will contest the 2010 Le Tour de Langkawi. This year marks the 15th edition of the race which runs from March 1st to the 7th. With the addition of [...]
Luis León Sánchez blasted over the wet roads in southern Portugal to win the time trial in the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve. Alberto Contador kept his compatriot at check, conceding only thirteen seconds and taking the overall [...]
Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) will pay close attention to today's season debut of Brit Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), last year's top sprinter. Cavendish begins his season at the Vuelta a Andalucía in Spain, only one month ahead of his Milano-Sanremo [...]
Michael Rasmussen was caught by surprise from statements by his Miche team owner Marco Tozzi about his upcoming racing program. Tozzi commented that the Dane, who is trying to make a comeback after a two-year ban, expects to have big [...]
