Late spring addition to Russian team begins to pay offTeam Katusha won the stage 3 team time trial of the Vuelta a Burgos, between Sasamon and Melgar e Fernamental. The Russian registered team, which included Vladimir Karpets and Filippo Pozzato, [...]
Race commemorates the Nazi holocaust 45 years after the liberation of the infamous death campAt the start of the sixth stage of the Tour de Pologne between Oświęcim and Terma Bukowina Tatrzańska, the peloton passed by the former Auschwitz Birkenau [...]
The American team keeps valuable horsepower on boardTeam HTC-Columbia's workhorse Bert Grabsch has extended his contract with the team for an additional two years. Grabsch, a former world time trial champion, continued to prove his value to the team at [...]
Kidney damage suffered by Rabobank's German domestique is still to risky to raceRabobank domestique Paul Martens has yet to recover fully from the injury he sustained in a crash at the end of the first stage of the Critérium du [...]
Possoni in contention heading into today’s team time trial Following the recent win by Russell Downing in the Tour de Wallonie, Team Sky is aiming to take another stage race victory in the days ahead. Morris Possoni is sixth overall [...]
Spaniard confirms Grand Slam is a target, albeit a difficult oneWith the ink drying on his contract with the Saxo Bank – Sungard team, Alberto Contador has spoken about his enthusiasm for the change in squads, and of the thoughts [...]
Spanish rider has just 23 days until the start of Spanish Grand TourParis-Nice stage winner Xavier Tondo plans to ride the Vuelta a España, despite having broken his right collarbone on yesterday’s fourth stage of the Tour of Poland. The [...]
Italian Giro winner plans on Giro-Tour win in 2011Italian Ivan Basso races again today at the GP Carnago following a disappointing Tour de France. It is not the GP Carnago that he is thinking about, but to return next year [...]
Vacansoleil offer interesting, but race selection is crucialOlympic champion and fourth-placed finisher in the Tour de France, Samuel Sanchez, is set to finalise his plans this week in relation to which team he will compete with next season. The Spaniard [...]
Momentum growing in doping inquiryWith the Tour de France now over and several riders back in the US, the investigation into the Floyd Landis allegations against Lance Armstrong and others has stepped up a gear. Interviews with riders and other [...]
Top Danish talent frustrated to come up short in today's sprint finishFollowing a great solo victory at the Dwars Door Vlaanderen in March, Saxo Bank's Matti Breschel, has gone winless since. The 2009 Danish National Champion just missed out on [...]
While the future of Samuel Sanchez remains in the air, the Basque team keeps its young talents in orange The Euskaltel Euskadi team has announced the extensions of two of its top young riders, Igor Anton and Romain Sicard. Both [...]
Finnish champion is first rider named in what looks to be a busy transfer period for the Belgian teamFinnish champion Jussi Veikkanen has signed a two-year contract with OmegaPharma-Lotto, the Belgian team confirmed today. The 29-year-old has ridden his entire [...]
Olympic champion takes Basque team's second successive stage of the raceSamuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) won the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos between Burgos and Miranda del Ebro, giving the orange team a 100% record at the race so far. [...]
Big success for Garmin-Transitions teamIrish pro Daniel Martin took a fine stage win in the Tour of Poland today, breaking clear on the final climb and reaching the finish 20 seconds clear of the next rider, Grega Bole The Garmin [...]
Giro champion wins solo on a wet day in VareseFollowing a difficult Tour de France that saw Ivan Basso limp into Paris with bronchitis, the native of Varese returned to the top step of the podium in today's UCI 1.1 [...]
Yesterday's runner-up takes victory in Stage 2 bunch sprint in Randers In a thrilling finale to the second stage of the Post Danmark Rundt, yesterday's second place finisher, Michael van Staeyen of the Topsport Vlaanderen team, took top honors over [...]
More riders prepare to jump ship as Spanish team struggles to find replacement sponsorAs uncertainty over the future of Eusabio Unzué’s Caisse d’Epargne team continues, more riders are making alternative plans. The French bank is pulling its sponsorship at the [...]
