Alberto Contador has stressed that his primary aim of riding the Classics is to gain experience for future years and to broaden his versatility as a rider. The Spaniard nevertheless went close to the win yesterday, finishing third in Flèche [...]
Juraj Sagan, the elder brother of Liquigas-Doimo prodigy Peter Sagan, is rumored to be moving over to the Italian team this year. According to Cyclismag, Juraj, who rode for the Continental Dukla Trencin-Merida team until this season, could be making [...]
Mark Cavendish remains highly unlikely to take part but home supporters could well be able to cheer Bradley Wiggins on during this year’s Tour of Britain. The Tour de France contender has reversed a decision yesterday not to ride the [...]
Earlier today, the International Cycling Union (UCI) advised Mattia Gavazzi (Colnago-CSF Inox) that he has been provisionally suspended from racing. The decision was made after the WADA accredited laboratory in Lausanne reported an Adverse Analytical Finding of cocaine in a [...]
Double Tour de France King of the Mountains Michael Rasmussen has been implicated in the Humanplasma investigation, both through leaked reports of the riders suspected of being involved, and also by the former Gerolsteiner professional Bernhard Kohl. However the Dane [...]
Yesterday's Giro del Trentino opening time trial saw Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov notch up his third win since returning from his two-year doping ban. The Kazakh is currently building form for his participation in the Giro d'Italia, with yesterday's win confirming [...]
World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) won the Flèche Wallone with a late surge at the top of the infamous Mur de Huy. He overhauled Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana), who had led the way up most of [...]
Feeling like he’s coming into decent form, Irish professional Dan Martin is hoping that he has no issues with allergies during today’s Flèche Wallonne and he can clock up a good race. The Garmin Transitions rider is a strong climber [...]
RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel has confirmed that seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will take part in this year's Tour of the Gila in New Mexico. Last year, while riding for the Astana team, Armstrong along with teammates Levi [...]
Germany's sole remaining ProTour team, Milram, has high hopes leading into May's Giro d'Italia. The team will be headlined by former Maillot Jaune at the Tour de France, Linus Gerdemann, and hopes to continue a great start to the season [...]
In the second surge of dominance we've seen in the Classics this spring following Fabian Cancellara's legendary performance on the cobbles, Philippe Gilbert has made it hard to recall that other people even have a chance the rest of the [...]
BMC Racing has announced that Thomas Frei has tested positive for EPO. The team said that they are pulling him from competition immediately, so he won't be on the start line for tomorrow's stage of the Giro del Trentino in [...]
Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2r-La Mondiale) is back on his bike 52 days after a crash in the GP Insubria put a halt to his already successful 2010 campaign. It was initially reported that the Italian had broken both his tibia and [...]
It wasn’t all good news for the BMC Racing team today at la Flèche Wallonne. While World champion Cadel Evans was celebrating his victory atop the Mur de Huy, his teammate Karsten Kroon was on his way to hospital with [...]
Ceramica Flaminia rider Riccardo Riccó demonstrated what might have been in this year's Giro d'Italia today by winning the second stage in the Giro de Trentino atop the category one San Martino di Castrozza climb. The Italian left race leader [...]
Emma Pooley (Cervélo TestTeam) won the Flèche Wallonne Femmes, the fourth round of the Women’s World Cup, after attacking on the steepest section of the Mur de Huy. Pooley beat compatriot Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) in a British 1-2, denying [...]
The Caisse d'Epargne pair of Alejandro Valverde and Luis León Sánchez is getting ready for tomorrow's Flèche Wallonne. The whole team did a reconnaissance ride on Tuesday and hopes to at least get a chance to be competitive. There were [...]
Alexandre Vinokourov took the opening 12.5km time trial in the Giro del Trentino, run from Riva del Garda to Torbole sul Garda. Along the scenic Lake Garda, the Kazakh beat Stefano Garzelli and Matteo Montaguti. Vinokourov quickly denied any ambitions [...]
