International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid has reacted to the latest comments from the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), according to AFP. In a press conference on the eve of the Paris-Nice race, McQuaid hit back at statements from AFLD [...]
Peter Kennaugh broke his collarbone when he crashed in today's Montepaschi Strade Bianche Eroica race. Kennaugh went down after 90 of the 190 kilometers. Kennaugh was immediately treated. "He's in hospital now," said Sports Director Marcus Ljungqvist after the race, [...]
Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) won stage number 2 of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen – the Three Days of West Flanders – into Handzame as it once again finished in a sprint. He beat Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne winner Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) into second, and [...]
USA Cycling has announced the eight-person U.S. roster for the upcoming UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. As the defending world champion in the individual pursuit, 19-year-old Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./Trek-Livestrong) earned an automatic nomination to the men’s squad. [...]
Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia) won the stage 4 individual time trial of the Vuelta a Murcia. The Czech time trial champion, who was third from last to start, blasted round the pan-flat 22km course in a time of 25’10”, 33 seconds [...]
Maxim Iglinskiy won the Montepaschi Strade Bianche Toscana in Italy today. After 190 kilometers, 57 of which were over unpaved roads, Iglinskiy beat out Thomas Lövkvist and Michael Rogers. Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal finished fifth, one place behind Filippo Pozzato. Iglinskiy, [...]
As predicted prior to the race and as feared by his rivals in the event, José Rujano proved to be a class above the rest of the field on today’s penultimate leg of the Tour de Langkawi, blitzing to the [...]
Rinaldo Nocentini’s hopes of a repeat of his successful 2009 season were dashed after he was brought down in a crash in the GP Insubria last month. Victory in stage 1 of the Tour du Haut Var attested to his [...]
Last year's Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will start his second race of the season this Sunday in Paris-Nice, but will start the race without his new time trial bike from his sponsor Specialized. This will be the Spaniard's [...]
The HTC-Columbia women's team took home their first victory of the 2010 season Friday in the inaugural Merco Classic 20-mile Team Time Trial in Merced, California. The team included four riders: Ina Teutenberg [GER], Kim Anderson [USA], Evelyn Stevens [USA] [...]
According to the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, Liquigas, a provider of liquified gas, is extending their contract as sponsor of the ProTour team Liquigas-Doimo. It is also reported that the contracts of the Liquigas-Doimo's general classification riders Ivan Basso, [...]
Last month double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso reinforced the idea that he wanted to set up a top-level cycling team led by compatriot Alberto Contador. Today Gazzetta dello Sport has said that there has been a lot of [...]
The Amaury Sports organisation (ASO) announced a couple of changes to two of its races, the Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. ASO announced the news today at a meeting in Paris. Flèche Wallonne, which takes place on April 21, will switch [...]
Jean Eudes Demaret has been diagnosed with Crohn's disease by the medical staff of his Cofidis team. The Frenchman participated in the Tropicale Amissa Bongo (January 19-24), but finished the race very weak. Demaret was suspected to have a severe [...]
The selection of the teams for this year’s Tour de France will be announced in late March, according to the Tour's sporting director Jean-Francois Pescheux, and officials have also confirmed that they have narrowed down the list of teams that [...]
Jens Keukeleire sprinted to his second victory in three days when he took the opening stage in the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. The young Cofidis rider already won the GP Samyn on Wednesday. Keukeleire beat Rony Martias and Paul Voß in [...]
The fallout from Rock Racing reverting to amateur status has begun. Thirty-five year old Jose Enrique Gutierrez has decided to retire. Earlier this week the UCI rejected Rock Racing's application for a Continental license. In the case of Gutierrez, it [...]
Tobias Erler has had a very impressive Tour de Langkawi, leading the race ever since he finished second on stage two last Monday. He currently holds a six-second lead over David Pell (Drapac Porsche Cycling) and eight over Jay Thomson [...]
