The newly formed Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team has announced today that they are adding five amateurs to their line-up. The amateur team will be made up of Category 1 & 2 level cyclists who will compete in non-UCI events [...]
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 [...]
Tour de France Green Jersey winner Thor Hushovd will finally get his season underway when he lines out in the Volta ao Algarve tomorrow. The Cervélo Test Team rider was originally due to begin on February 3rd but was forced [...]
Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) won stage 2 of the Tour of Oman in a bunch sprint in Samail. He beat American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) into second and third place, respectively. Today’s stage win was Bennati’s [...]
American cyclist Floyd Landis, who was last seen riding for Michael Ball's Rock Racing team, has been issued an international arrest warrant by a French judge for computer intrusion. The warrant pertains to his alleged involvement in hacking into the [...]
Team Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis may currently be looking for a new backer for his team, but the 1996 Tour winner is confident that a solution will be found. "We have some sponsorship negotiations which must fall into place,” [...]
Yesterday’s cyclocross race at Vorselaar, Belgium was the final round of the season-long Superprestige series. Tied on 95 points apiece going into the race were new World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and former rainbow jersey Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) This made [...]
This year the Volta ao Algarve will enjoy more attention than in years past, with competing race, the Tour of California, moving to a later time slot in May. The Portuguese race beings on Wednesday February 17th, and marks the [...]
Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen is to be added to the International Cycling Union’s (UCI’s) Biological Passport system, despite the fact that he neither rides for a ProTour nor a Professional Continental team. His new team, Miche, as a Continental team is [...]
The 14th edition of the Trofeo Costa Etrusca, traditionally the races that open the season in Italy, has been cancelled with the organiser citing family problems. The two one-day races, the GP Comuni Ribardella-Montescudaio and GP Comuni Santa Luce-Castellina were [...]
It has been announced that five-time Tour de Langkawi competitor Ian McLeod will lead the South African national team’s challenge in the prestigious 2.HC race next month. The 29 year old first competed in the race back in 2001, then [...]
Mark Jamieson, who represented Australia in the Beijing Olympics and who won a world team pursuit title in 2006, has pleaded guilty to multiple child sex charges. The 25 year old Tasmanian appeared before the South Australian District Court today [...]
Dane Michael Rasmussen was expecting to ride for a Pro Continental team in 2010, but the two-time Tour de France mountains jersey winner ended up on the small Italian Continental team Miche. The move meant that he would have to [...]
Alejandro Valverde won the 2010 Tour Mediterranean thanks to a second place in the final stage that traditionally ends on the Mont Faron climb outside Toulon. The stage was won by Francesco Masciarelli with a solo move. A late attack [...]
Paolo Bettini is first in line to replace former Italian sports director, Franco Ballerini, who died last week. The decision on Bettini, who won two World Championships and one Olympic gold under Ballerini, will likely come in two months. Ballerini, [...]
Brescia wants to host the final stage of the 2012 Giro d'Italia, according to Tuttosport, the same year of a possible start in the United States. The northern Italian city in Lombardia intends to request the final stage of Italy's [...]
