World champion looks towards the rainbow jersey battle at homeWorld champion Cadel Evans recently withdrew from two scheduled ProTour races in Canada, but he has now said that he will return to competition on September 11th. “Next stop for me [...]
First Mexican to ride the Tour de France still riding wellSixteen years after retiring from the sport for the first time, Mexican Raúl Alcalá has shown he's remained fit at 46 years of age by winning his national time trial [...]
Strong recent form puts question marks over decisionIn what is an unexpected development, Cycling Australia’s selectors have decided that 2002 world road championship runner-up Robbie McEwen won’t be part of the squad for this year’s race. McEwen announced the news [...]
Dane won’t commit to signing climbing specialist The issue of whether or not Michael Rasmussen could make a fresh start with the Saxo Bank Sungaard team in 2011 is an ongoing one. While team owner Bjarne Riis is still not [...]
Weeks of speculation see him turn down Team Geox's offerItalian Damiano Cunego ended weeks of speculation today when he confirmed to the Gazzetta dello Sport he would continue to ride for the Lampre team through 2012. The "Little Prince" had [...]
Irritated team manager douses the flames of speculationThe signing of Alberto Contador to Bjarne Riis's Saxo Bank/SunGard team for 2011 will be a huge boon to the Danish outfit, but the Spaniard's entrance, the ensuing signing of his chief lieutenants, [...]
Set to build on Giro d'Italia podium earlier this yearLiquigas-Doimo rider Vincenzo Nibali announced his good form prior to the Vuelta a España today with a win at home in the Trofeo Melinda. The 25 year old beat Russian Vladislav [...]
German will now focus on selection for GeelongTeam Milram suffered a blow in today's stage four of the Eneco Tour, with their top placed rider Christian Knees ending his day in the hospital. The German was involved in a crash [...]
Kiwi showing fine form leading up to the year's final Grand TourBritain's Team Sky dominated the fourth stage of the Eneco Tour today, with Kiwi Greg Henderson notching up the victory with teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen finishing just behind in [...]
British champion escapes select group to win alone as last year's podium is repeatedEmma Pooley (Cervélo TestTeam) won the Grand Prix Plouay for the second year in succession after attacking the rest of a very select group in the closing [...]
Dane beams: "That is definitely the biggest achievement of my career."While there was never much doubt that the dynamic Danish duo of Michael Morkov and Alex Rasmussen would find the same success on the road that they experienced on the [...]
Galician climber concerned for his team's future thoughThe captain of the small Spanish, Xacobeo Galicia team, Ezequiel Mosquera, has not finished outside of the top five in the Vuelta a Espana over the past three seasons (5th, 5th, 4th). Unfortunately, [...]
Emma Pooley out to defend last year’s victory as Marianne Vos has competition all but sewn upThe Women’s Road World Cup comes to a somewhat premature climax tomorrow with the ninth edition of the Grand Prix de Plouay in southern [...]
In-form Santambrogio and Kroon will also be protected ridersAs one of the final ProTour races on the 2010 calendar, this Sunday’s GP Ouest France is of major importance for teams and riders who are keen to raise their world ranking. [...]
Tour winner seeking to limit damages to public imageAs investigations into the doping claims made by Floyd Landis continue to gain pace, Team RadioShack’s Lance Armstrong has hired the same special counsel and media expert that represented then-US President Bill [...]
Popular rider will be off his bike for at least ten daysBMC Racing rider George Hincapie’s big goal of defending his US champion’s jersey could be at risk after a big crash during yesterday’s second stage of the Tour of [...]
Dutch veteran outsmarts young German as they escape on the hills of FlandersKoos Moerenhout (Rabobank) won the third stage of the Eneco Tour, starting and finishing in Ronse, Belgium. The veteran Dutchman outsprinted German Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) after the two [...]
Russian takes two key domestiques with him as he leaves RabobankAs Russian rider Denis Menchov departs the Rabobank team for Team Geox he takes two of his favourite domestiques with him. Colombian Mauricio Ardila and Menchov’s compatriot Dmitriy Kozontchuk will [...]
