International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid has commented again on the ongoing struggle between the UCI and the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD). The dispute dates back to the 2009 Tour de France, where the AFLD and the UCI worked [...]
The German Milram team is satisfied with its performance so far in this year's Giro d'Italia. The race has spent the last three days in The Netherlands, the home country of team manager Gerry van Gerwen. "Our start in the [...]
Young Australian rider Richie Porte is having a superb run of form, dominating the long time trial in the Tour de Romandie and now lying second overall in the Giro d’Italia after three days of racing. The 25 year old [...]
The Giro d'Italia hasn't been kind to Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Transitions) over the past year, with the American hitting the pavement in stage 3 for the second year in a row and being forced to abandon the race. Vande Velde [...]
Quick Step rider Sylvain Chavanel was one of the most serious casualties of the spring classics, crashing into the back of a team car during Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The Frenchman suffered a fractured skull in the incident, which has put a stop [...]
Peter Janssen, former team doctor with the Vacansoleil squad, has published a book that is certain to provoke argument. His newly released work ‘Blood Form’ not only argues that the banned blood-booster is harmless, but also states that he could [...]
British Cycling and UK Sport have commissioned an independent review into relations between Team Sky and the British Olympic setup, seeking to examine the interaction between the two. Deloitte are scheduled to complete the review by this summer and will [...]
The third stage of the Giro d’Italia closed out its stint in the The Netherlands and managed to dish out some surprises once again. There were several crashes during the race, but it wasn’t as bad as stage two, where [...]
Danilo Hondo’s fourth place on stage 3 was the one bright spot on what was otherwise a tough day for the Lampre-Farnese Vini team. Team leader Damiano Cunego was in the front group as the race entered the closing stages [...]
A crash with around 10km to go in today’s Giro d’Italia stage 3 saw race leader Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) caught behind a split in the front group. Despite a hard chase the World champion was unable to close the [...]
Former U23 world champion in hospitalFormer world under 23 champion Dmytro Grabovskyy has shown a good return to form this year after alcohol problems threatened to end his career, but faces several weeks off the bike due to a bad [...]
Young Belgian gets back on trackWouter Weylandt (Quick Step) won a scrappy sprint to take stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia between Amsterdam and Middelburg. Graeme Brown (Rabobank) was second with Robert Förster (Milram) third at the end of the [...]
Yesterday’s second stage of the Giro d’Italia resulted in a huge number of crowds by the roadside, with an estimated half a million spectators lining the route of the 209 kilometre race from Amsterdam to Utrecht. The calculations were quoted [...]
The narrow roads and traffic furniture in Holland took their toll on the peloton during stage two of the Giro d’Italia today causing several riders to hit the deck. Chief among the victims were yesterday’s stage winner Bradley Wiggins (Team [...]
American builds on his Classics successTyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) won stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia between Amsterdam and Utrecht. He beat Matt Goss (HTC-Columbia) and Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Doimo) at the end of a 210km stage that was peppered with crashes. [...]
Benoit Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) escaped inside the final five kilometers from a 14-man front group to take the final stage of the Four Days of Dunkerque. Second and third were Nicolay Trussov (Team Katusha) and Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil), respectively. [...]
HTC-Columbia's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the Chongming Island World Cup, prevailing in the bunch sprint. It was Teutenberg's fourth win in five days, besting Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild and Australian Rochelle Gilmore. Teutenberg continued her good run in China, after taking two [...]
Rabobank rider Jos van Emden finished ninth in the Giro d'Italia prologue, a surprise even to himself. He was only nine seconds off the pace and enjoyed the day in Amsterdam tremendously. He also explained why Monday is a special [...]
