Mark Cavendish has backtracked on an explicit gesture he made at the finish of yesterday’s second stage of the Tour of Romandie, where he wheeled across the finish line holding two fingers up. The gesture, which in Britain and several [...]
Milram put in a dominating performance in last year's Grand Prix in Frankfurt, the traditional race that takes place on May1. Fabian Wegmann won the race, with teammate Christian Knees also landing on the podium in third. The chances [...]
Tour of California organizers, AEG, have announced increased anti-doping efforts with the support of Amgen and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that will provide additional testing protocols for the fifth edition of the race. The move is designed to supplement [...]
Former professional cyclist Michael Boogerd has openly criticized his former Rabobank team in his column in De Telegraaf. The Dutchman said that he feels the development of young talent in his country has become stagnant, pointing out the recent failed [...]
British rider Jonathan Bellis is set to make his comeback to racing in less than two month’s time, continuing his long fight back to full fitness. The 21 year old suffered a near-fatal accident last September when he crashed on [...]
The Omega Pharma-Lotto team of International Cycling Union (UCI) World Ranking leader Philippe Gilbert has announced the team will present him with a special jersey to signify his accomplishment after the Tour of Romandie stage four finish in Châtel, France. [...]
Cervélo rules the north as Pooley and Wild continue Wild takes a hat trick at Roeselare Cervélo’s Kirsten Wild showed once again that she is the sprinter to beat this season by adding her third successive GP Stad Roeselare to [...]
Australian Richie Porte stunned race favorites in the Tour of Romandie's stage three time trial with a scorching ride in what was his biggest victory to date. The 25 year old put an incredible 26 seconds on second placed Alejandro [...]
World champion Cadel Evans has expressed his respect for the mountains of the Giro d’Italia, where he will aim to win his first Grand Tour. The BMC Racing rider has been checking out some of the climbs of this year’s [...]
The HTC-Columbia team has taken Mark Cavendish out of the Tour of Romandie following the conclusion of today's stage, citing his inappropriate gesture after winning stage two yesterday as the reason. The gesture, which in Britain and several other countries [...]
Jesse Sergent (Trek Livestrong) pulled off an upset today in stage three at the Tour of the Gila, beating a world-class field in the 26.6 kilometer time trial. The 21 year old Kiwi finished with a time of 34 minutes [...]
Belgian Philippe Gilbert missed the chance to win his home race, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Sunday. However, Omega Pharma-Lotto's team manger, Marc Sergeant, is pleased with Gilbert's progression and said that the World Championships is the next major goal. Sergeant knows his rider [...]
In order to help race organisers to make their events kinder to the environment the international Cycling Union (UCI) has launched a new initiative that it calls “reCycling”. As part of the initiative the UCI has introduced its own eco-label [...]
Team Sky have chosen their nine-man team for the Giro d'Italia next month, which will be the squad's debut performance in a Grand Tour. The team's overall hopes will be in the form on Briton Bradley Wiggins, who team principal [...]
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has just announced to the world via Twitter that he and girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting their second child. The baby, who is likely the youngest Twitter user in history, has an October [...]
Nicolas Roche has been riding strongly since the start of the season, going close to stage wins in Paris-Nice and the Volta ao Catalunya, but is still waiting to top a podium and spray the champagne. The 26 year old [...]
Currently sitting second overall in the GC at the Tour de Romandie, HTC Columbia’s Marco Pinotti has the chance to take his second stage win of the 2010 event when he lines out in Friday’s time trial. The Italian has [...]
Luis Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home p/b Colavita) took the victory today in stage two of the Tour of the Gila, outsprinting Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny’s), who initited the race winning attack with just over a kilometer remaining. Kyle Wamsley (Bissell Pro [...]
