The Dutch GroenLinks political party is advocating having men instead of women greet the Giro d'Italia prologue winner on the podium in Amsterdam. According to Reuters, party member Marco de Goede brought forward the idea during a meeting of the [...]
HTC-Columbia star sprinter Mark Cavendish has been nominated for the 2010 Laureus 'World Breakthrough of the Year' award. Among the 24-year-old's 24 victories in 2009 were six stages of the Tour de France, four stages in the Giro d'Italia and [...]
Former professional cyclist Joe Papp pleaded guilty to conspiring with a Chinese manufacturer to sell performance enhancing drugs in a federal court on Wednesday, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Papp reportedly had more than 180 athletes as customers, which included [...]
The disciplinary committee of the Swiss Olympic Committee decided Wednesday to drop the case against former professional cyclist Jan Ullrich. The action was taken against the cyclist for his alleged involvement in the Operación Puerto doping scandal. This news follows [...]
Caisse d’Epargne rider Luis León Sanchez is taking aim at the overall classification of the Volta ao Algarve this week. Like many riders though, he has found that the unusually cold European weather has hampered his preparations for the race. [...]
Alberto Contador finished safely in the peloton at the end of stage 1 of the Volta ao Algarve today. The Tour de France champion proclaimed himself satisfied with his first race of the season. “It was a bit of a [...]
Australian Leigh Howard (HTC-Columbia) won a bunch sprint at the end of another windy Oman stage to take the first victory of his professional career. The 20-year-old beat the far more experienced Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) [...]
Benoît Vaugrenard (la Française des Jeux) surprised the sprinters’ teams with a late attack to take a solo victory in the first stage of the Volta ao Algarve. He finished three seconds clear of fellow breakaway specialist Joan Horrach (Katusha), [...]
1987 Tour de France champion Stephen Roche has said that he doesn’t believe Alberto Contador’s long break from training will have any negative consequences for his season. The Spaniard is currently competing in his first race of the season, with [...]
If the information posted on their Twitter feeds is correct, Lance Armstrong and 2009 Ironman World Championship runner-up Chris Lieto will go head to head today in an unofficial time trial on the island of Hawaii. Both riders are sponsored [...]
A thundering sprint at the end of yesterday’s third stage of the Tour of Oman saw Edvald Boasson Hagen scorch to a dominant victory, reinforcing his overall lead in the race. He’s shown that he is the strongest rider thus [...]
Austrian Professional Continental team Vorarlberg-Corratec will again be taking the start in the Le Tour de Langkawi in 2010. They will be sending a balanced team to the 15th edition of the race scheduled from the 1st to the 7th [...]
Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov has given an apology of sorts to Tour de France organisers ASO, appearing to accept that the doping cases involving he and Andrey Kashechkin in 2007 had damaged the image of the race. “If the organiser [...]
Luciano Pagliarini has won the first stage of the Rutas de America, ahead of Argentinean Andres Maiztegui and Jorge Adelbo Soto Pereira of Uruguay. The section covered 158km around Montevideo, Uruguay. With the win, Pagliarini took over the leader's jersey. [...]
Michael Rasmussen is considering obtaining Mexican citizenship in order to race in the World Championships in Denmark next year. His wife is Mexican, making him eligible for the maneuver. The Danish federation has said in the past that Rasmussen will [...]
The organizers of the 2010 Tirreno-Adriatico have announced the route and also changed the color of the leader's jersey. It is now blue, in memory of the late coach of the Squadra Azzura, Franco Ballerini, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported. [...]
Following a meeting between the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the organizers of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, the Gent-Wevelgem race on March 28 will be 219 kilometers long instead of the 257 kilometers initially scheduled. Due to changes in the [...]
Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen finally broke through with a win today in the 124 kilometer third stage of the Tour of Oman from Saifat Ash Shiekh to Qurayyat. The young phenom beat Italian Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) and American Tyler [...]
