Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy took back his keirin World Championship title in Copenhagen, Denmark today to give him a British record of 10 world titles. Hoy dominated the final of the men's event, finishing in front of Malaysia's [...]
Let the competition begin, in Italy Sunday sees the twelfth edition of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Commune di Cittiglio, the first round of this year’s Women’s UCI Road World Cup. The race will cover 129.8km starting and finishing in the town [...]
What is one of the most impressive Criterium International line-ups in recent memory will be further boosted by the participation of world road race champion Cadel Evans. The Australian will join his BMC Racing team-mates for the three stage test [...]
Former professional cyclist Paolo Bettini has admitted that he's still undecided on whether he will take the place of the late Franco Ballerini as the Italian national coach. The Italians were close friends and, while the position is open for [...]
After missing out on invitations to the Giro d’Italia and the Walloon classics double of la Flèche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Vacansoleil team manager Hilaire Vanderschueren is calling for politicians to step in to make sure that the Dutch team secures [...]
Former Belgian national coach Jose De Cauwer made comments yesterday on Sporza during Dwars door Vlaanderen that has the signalmen scheduled to work the Tour of Flanders up in arms. De Cauwer complained that the signalers weren't doing a proper [...]
Olympic silver medalist Alex Rasmussen handed Denmark their first gold of the world track cycling championships Thursday when he won the men's scratch race.Rasmussen finished the 15km, 60-lap race ahead of Colombia's Juan Esteban Arango, with Japan's Kazuhiro Mori winning [...]
Danish national champion Matti Breschel’s victory in yesterday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen has been applauded by both his team manager Bjarne Riis, and TV commentator Rolf Sorensen, who recently expressed concern that the riders were not winning. Breschel attacked with over [...]
Australia's women's pursuit team maintained the squad's impressive gold medal momentum with victory in the 3km event at the world track cycling championships Thursday.Defending champions Britain finished second to take the silver, losing their world record in the process, while [...]
2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre finished 104th on yesterday’s stage of the Volta a Catalunya, losing almost 20 minutes to his team-mate Xavi Tondo, yet indicated afterwards that he was satisfied with his sensations. “The stage was very [...]
Przemyslw Niemiec (Miche) won the third stage of the Settimana Coppi e Bartoli in Pavullo after a breakaway. He beat Ivan Santaromita (Liquigas-Doimo) in a two-up sprint after the pair escaped on the final climb less than 10km from the [...]
Malaysian sprint specialist Josiah Ng was disqualified from the men's keirin at the world track cycling championships Thursday for obstructing Britain's Chris Hoy.Ng was ruled to have obstructed former world champion Hoy, who crashed to the boards seconds after the [...]
Last month the disciplinary committee of the Swiss Olympic Committee made the decision 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 [...]
The much anticipated duel between Taylor Phinney and Jack Bobridge in the individual pursuit at this week's World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark wasn't meant to be, with the Australian missing the mark for the gold medal round this time around. [...]
American Taylor Phinney brought home the first gold medal for the United States men today by defending his 4000 meter individual pursuit title from last year. Phinney clocked 4,16.600 minutes to beat New Zealand's Jesse Sergent in the final. Phinney's [...]
Quick Step rider Iljo Keisse underwent successful surgery at the Herentals Clinic in Belgium yesterday to stabilize the fracture to his left collarbone. Keisse was set to ride in the track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark this week, when teammate [...]
Evergreen rider Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank) proved that he still has what it takes to win by taking victory in stage 4 of the Volta a Catalunya between Oliana and Ascó. He beat breakaway companion Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) in a [...]
The decision for Tom Boonen to ride both the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and Gent-Wevelgem this weekend is a bad one, and is just to please the sponsors, says Quick Step director sportif Wilfried Peeters. The weekend double means changes to [...]
