Before heading off to the island of Corsica for the Critérium International, RadioShack's seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, stopped in Paris to present French President Nicolas Sarkozy with a new Trek Madone. Armstrong communicated via Twitter that he [...]
Mark Cavendish showed everyone that he is back on track for a successful 2010 season, when he outsprinted his competitors in the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya, from Salt to Banyoles (182km). Cavendish beat Juan José Haedo (Team [...]
Andy Schleck’s nightmarish start to the 2010 season continues, with the Luxembourg rider deciding not to take the start of today’s second stage of the Volta a Catalunya. Schleck said he was having problems with his stomach which forced him [...]
Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will this week line out in the world track championships in Ballerup, Copenhagen, and both are motivated to add to their collection of gold medals. Hoy missed out on last year’s worlds due to a [...]
It is early days in the season, but thus far 2010 has seen what appears to be a clear step-up in results and confidence for Nicolas Roche. He was third, fourth, sixth and eighth on stages of Paris-Nice and finished [...]
Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) kept the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali leader's jersey that he won in the morning stage through a sprint win. The Liquigas-Doimo team won the 15.6km team time trial in the afternoon, ahead of De Rosa [...]
The seventh edition of the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series kicks off this week at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, which begins Thursday in Redlands, California. Defending Women’s Prestige Cycling Series champion Alison Powers (Team Vera Bradley Foundation) will make the trip [...]
British Tour de France hope Bradley Wiggins has been forced to withdraw from the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya due to illness, and consequently will lose out on the chance to chase his first win of the year in today’s prologue. [...]
With this year’s Giro d’Italia starting in the Netherlands’ capital Amsterdam, the Dutch teams may have been hoping for a favour from the race’s organiser RCS Sport. It was not to be though, and the country’s sole representative at the [...]
Carlos Sastre of the Cervélo TestTeam lined up for the first time this season today at the Volta a Catalunya. This marked his first competitive appearance since the 2009 Tour de France. The seven-day Spanish race kicked off with a [...]
Lance Armstrong has rejected media reports that the Radioshack team was turned down for the 2010 Giro d’Italia, stating instead that the team itself decided not to take part. The seven-time Tour de France winner was speaking in advance of [...]
After a banner 2009 campaign followed a promising debut season in the ProTour ranks the previous year, it should come as no surprise that Tony Martin is being lauded as the next great German. His 2009 was awash in success: [...]
Organizers of the Giro d'Italia, RCS Sport, have announced the twenty-two teams that will be at the start line of the the 2010 edition of the race on May 8th in Amsterdam. Only fifteen of the ProTour teams made the [...]
Paul Voss (Milram) scored the biggest win of his career so far by winning the opening 3.6km time trial of the Volta a Catalunya in the seaside resort of Lloret de Mar. The 23-year-old German completed the mostly flat course [...]
Despite his announcement in the autumn, amid much fanfare, that Jacob Fuglsang had extended his contract with the Saxo Bank team by three years, Bjarne Riis has now admitted that paperwork was not actually signed. The 24-year-old has ridden for [...]
Former Tour de France champion Stephen Roche has commented on Saturday’s Milan-Sanremo Classic, applauding Oscar Freire for his victory while also stating that other riders threw away their chance to win. Describing Freire’s dramatic sprint success ahead of Tom Boonen [...]
Paul Martens was a crucial link in the Rabobank chain that gave the win to the team's captain, Oscar Freire, in yesterday's Milano-Sanremo. Martens was at the side of his leader until the end and rolled over the line in [...]
Newly crowned World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) has joined the long distinguished list of cyclists who have won the "Mendrisio d'Oro" trophy for his outstanding achievements during the 2009 cycling season. The "Mendrisio d'Oro" award is handed out annually [...]
