Robert Hunter sprinted to a second successive stage victory in the Vuelta a Murcia between Calasparra and Caravaca de la Cruz. Once again Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Vicente Reynes were second and third behind the South African.The early kilometres were [...]
The Rabobank team will be sending an all Dutch team to France next week to contest the 2010 edition of Paris-Nice. With an average age of 25 years old, the team will be young, but will still be in with [...]
Fashion designer Micheal Ball's Rock Racing team has been refused a Continental license from the UCI and will now be forced to ride in the amateur ranks. Earlier this year Rock Racing's appeal for Pro Continental team status was rejected, [...]
Japanese road race champion Taiji Nishitani underlined the ever-increasing standard of Asian cycling when he galloped to victory on stage four of the Tour de Langkawi today. The 29 year old proved quickest on the downhill finish into Parit Sulong, [...]
Thomas Dekker was banned for two years by the Monaco cycling federation yesterday after testing positive for Dynepo, a variant of EPO, but is unhappy to have received to maximum possible sentence, according to de Telegraaf. "Why do I get [...]
Caisse d’Epargne will be sending two team captains to the start of Paris-Nice this Sunday, a measure of how seriously the team takes the race. In addition to defending champion Luis Leon Sanchez, the team line-up will also include controversial [...]
Daniele Bennati is quite motivated for Milano-Sanremo on March 20. He did a reconnaissance ride with his Liquigas teammates Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli and Fabio Sabatini on Tuesday. Winning a stage in the Tour of Oman - after almost an [...]
After contesting the Giro del Friuli, Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank used his personal Twitter account to give a status update regarding his injured knee. “My first race today and I'm happy did good work 'til I pull out after [...]
Cofidis rider Jens Keukeleire took the first victory of his professional career today in Belgium at the the traditional Wallonian season opener GP Samyn. The 21 year old got the better of Grégory Joseph (Topsport Vlaanderen), Cédric Pineau (Roubaix Lille [...]
Robert Hunter (Garmin-Transitions) won the first stage of the Tour of Murcia in San Pedro del Pinatar in a bunch sprint, taking his first win for his new team. In second place was Graeme Brown (Rabobank) with Vicente Reynes (HTC-Columbia) [...]
Footon-Servetto rider Matthias Brandle has said that the Spanish team is determined to leave its mark on this year’s Tour de Langkawi, and would target both the flat stages and the overall classification in the race. Thus far, their sprinter [...]
Roberto Ferrari (De Rosa-Stac Plastic) had his second win in four days today at the Giro del Friuli. He beat compatriots Jacobo Guarnieri (Liquigas) and Enrico Rossi (Ceramic Flaminia) in the 189 kilometer event from from Brugnera to Sacile. The [...]
Former world under 23 champion Dmytro Grabovskyy took his first international placing of note in quite some time when he galloped to third place on today’s third stage of the Tour de Langkawi. The Ukrainian ISD-Neri rider finished behind double [...]
Director General of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Jean-Pierre Strebel has announced the departure of UCI’s Anti-doping Service Manager Anne Gripper.Gripper led several extremely important initiatives within the UCI, including the implementation of the programme “100% against doping” and contributions [...]
On the eve of the Tour of Murcia, Johan Bruyneel once again named his former rider Alberto Contador as the big favourite for the Tour de France this summer. But the RadioShack team manager maintains that Lance Armstrong will be [...]
Tour of Murcia organizer Paco Guzmán made some remarks regarding the absence of Italian teams that have been reverberating through the press. Yesterday Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union, lashed out at the organizer on his comments. Guzmán [...]
Thomas Dekker has been banned from competition for two years by the Monaco Cycling Federation, where he holds his license, according to De Telegraaf. He has been provisionally suspended since July of last year when a urine sample from December [...]
Humanplasma, the Vienna laboratory linked to the massive Austrian blood doping ring hit back at claims that it was at the centre of the network, according to AFP. Instead, for the first time, it has named several well-known Austrian coaches.The [...]
