Just like in 2009, Francesco Ginanni won the Trofeo Laigueglia. This time he beat the Lampre duo of Francesco Gavazzi and Daniele Pietropolli in a bunch sprint. It was the first win of the season for the rider from Gianni [...]
Following a change in the Tirreno-Adriatico route, Luis León Sánchez has changed his mind and will now defend his Paris-Nice title this year. Just a couple of weeks ago he announced that he will be riding Tirreno-Adriatico instead and that [...]
Less than two weeks after suffering a broken collarbone at the Tour of Qatar, Team Sky's Kurt Asle Arvesen is hopeful that he'll be back to racing in time to take the start in two of the team's big targets, [...]
Sébastien Rosseler was in the break of the day and slipped away to give RadioShack its first ever win, one day after the American team was handled by Alberto Contador. The latter easily defended his overall lead in today's flat [...]
The ISD-Neri team has confirmed the addition of Ukrainian Dmytro Grabovskyy and Italian Francesco Tomei to their 2010 roster. This latest move brings the Italian Pro Continental team's total to 23 riders. Grabovskyy, 24, had already ridden with the team [...]
Morale on the up after a fine second place on the penultimate stage of the Tour of Oman, Juan Jose Haedo plus three Saxo Bank team-mates will lead the field in tomorrow’s inaugural Mumbai Cyclothon. Also contesting the Indian event [...]
Last month the Belgian Quick Step team said confidently at the team presentation that Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be part of its squad in 2011, enabling it to expand its goals and chase success in cycling’s biggest [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has rejected a proposal from the French Anti-Doping Agency for collaboration with the doping controls for Paris-Nice, which begins on March 7. In a letter to the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), Pierre [...]
Perfectly launched by his AG2R team, Rinaldo Nocentini stormed away on the tough final climb in the first stage of the Tour du Haut Var. Nocentini beat Samuel Dumoulin and Bert de Waele by two seconds up the twisting final [...]
Sven Nys showed that he is still on form at the end of the cross season when he outsprinted his Belgian rival Niels Albert in Lebbeke today. Bart Aernouts finished third in one of the last races of the cross [...]
USA Cycling has announced that the 2010 Professional Criterium National Championship will be held in the northern Chicago suburb of Glencoe, Illinois on Saturday, August 14. The event has historically been held in Downers Grove, but 2010 will see a [...]
Team RadioShack sprinter Gert Steegmans has been taken to hospital for evaluation following a crash on today’s third stage of the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal. The Belgian rider hit a parked car inside the first 20 kilometres of the [...]
Tour of the Mediterranean victor Alejandro Valverde has withdrawn from this weekend’s Tour du Haut Var, citing tiredness as the reason. “I would have like to participate because the profile of both the stages is suited for my characteristics,” he [...]
World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) has won the first edition of the Tour of Oman today, after finishing second on the final stage of the race to Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen. The young Norwegian beat Cancellara [...]
American Floyd Landis made an appearance on Larry King Live yesterday to discuss the news Monday that he was issued an arrest warrant by a French judge for computer intrusion. The warrant pertains to his alleged involvement in hacking into [...]
Serhiy Honchar decided to retire from professional cycling after he was unable to find a team for 2010. Honchar has made his name as a time trialist, but also never could quite shake the doping accusations against him. Honchar is [...]
Alberto Contador opened his account early this season by taking today's stage in the Volta ao Algarve, run over 180km from Castro Marim to the Alto do Malhão. Contador attacked at the bottom of the 2.7 finishing climb and won [...]
While Astana's Alberto Contador took his first win of the season in stage 3 of the Volta ao Algarve, Cérvelo TestTeam riders have had a rough start. Heinrich Haussler crashed during the stage, injuring his knee, but was able to [...]
