Ivan Basso and Roman Kreuziger will spearhead the Liquigas-Doimo charge in the Volta a Catalunya, which starts in two days time, and directeur sportif Alberto Volpi believes that both will be prominent in the race. "We have the right men [...]
Of the riders in this year’s Milan-Sanremo, the one with the best finishing record is undoubtedly triple world champion Oscar Freire. The Rabobank rider has won the race twice, in 2004 and 2007, as well as taking placings of third, [...]
Although the Lampre-Farnese Vini team will put a lot of faith in their sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, the Italian squad will also give Damiano Cunego the opportunity to achieve one of the big goals of his career. The former Giro d’Italia [...]
With Milan-Sanremo tomorrow, Luxembourg rider Kim Kirchen of Team Katusha weighed in on his team's chances at Italy's most important one-day classic, Milan-Sanremo. On a team with some potential La Primevera winners, Kirchen confirmed who their favorite is: “A guy [...]
Alberto Contador has had a strong early season going two for two with victories at the Volta ao Algarve and Paris-Nice. Both wins were in one-week races and, even though he was able to come out on top, the Spaniard's [...]
Paolo Bettini will be the new Italian national coach, according to De Staandard. Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) president Renato di Rocco has reportedly confirmed to the Italian media that the 35-year-old Tuscan will begin his new role at the beginning [...]
On the eve of the 101st edition of Milan-Sanremo there is much speculation on how tomorrow’s winner will arrive near the port in Sanremo. With the past six winners taking part in the event, and all but last year’s victor [...]
More bad news greeted Riccardo Riccò on his return to the peloton as Giro d’Italia chief Angelo Zomegnan has announced that the Cobra’s Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce team will not be receiving a wild card invitation to the race. "In the [...]
Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has unexpectedly withdrawn from tomorrow’s Milan-San Remo, according to his RadioShack team, due to what it termed ‘acute gastroenteritis.’ "It would have been good to have Lance lineup for the start but [...]
With less than twenty-four hours before Italy's biggest one-day classic, Milan-Sanremo, American George Hincapie of Team BMC discussed his preparation as well as the situation for tomorrow with his new team. Hincapie has had a quiet beginning of the season, [...]
The USADA announced today that an independent, three-member American Arbitration Association/Court of Arbitration for Sport (AAA/CAS) panel has handed down a decision that will give David Clinger a sanction for testing positive for two prohibited substances. Clinger, 32, of Sandy, [...]
The American HTC-Columbia team is prepared to do what it takes to deliver their sprinter Mark Cavendish to the line tomorrow and defend his 2009 title. While the Manxman hasn't had a win yet this year, he's come close, with [...]
Cervélo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler was the revelation of last year’s classics season, but is being forced to sit out the next few races as he recovers from a knee problem. The Australian/German crashed out of stage 4 of the Volta [...]
On the eve of Milano-Sanremo, the big names are all attempting to take the pressure off themselves by nominating one another as the favourites for the race. Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank), Filippo Pozzato (Katusha), Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Philippe [...]
The organiser of the Vuelta a España, Javier Guillén, has ruled out a return to the previous timeslot for the race in early April. In recent years a lack of attention paid to the race by the media and the [...]
Andy Schleck had originally planned to ride some Belgian one-day races in order to gain experience of racing on the cobblestones prior to this year’s Tour de France. However that plan has been abandoned, and Saxo Bank directeur sportif Kim [...]
The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis brings its stage race squad to San Dimas, CA this weekend for one final tune-up ahead of the NRC season opener in Redlands next weekend. The three-day San Dimas Stage Race race [...]
Reigning U.S. national road champion Meredith Miller and all-around strongwoman Joanne Kiesanowski will lead Team TIBCO/To the Top into its first major stage race of the 2010 season this weekend in San Dimas. “This will be our first race against [...]
