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 [...]
World championship and World Cup events for four disciplines to be screenedAustralian coverage of the UCI’s events in road, track, BMC and mountain bike appears to be guaranteed for the next three years, following a major contract signed between the [...]
Procedural error results in three more weeks of waiting for QuickStep riderThe fate of Belgian track star and recent road convert, Iljo Keisse, remains in limbo after his appeal was postponed to the 10th of September due to a procedural [...]
Russian joins Carlos Sastre as big-name additionsThe new Team Geox has swooped to sign Denis Menchov, successfully upstaging the Team Katusha and Astana squads that had previously been in discussions with the rider. As reported yesterday, Team Geox management were [...]
Briton will line out alongside defending champion Simon GerransHaving taken a month away from racing after the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins will resume competition this Sunday in the GP Ouest France in Plouay. The Briton will be one of [...]
2006 Tour winner could become directeur sportif with Astana after retirementFormer Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro has been forced to cancel the final Grand Tour of his career, putting an end to his dream of bidding farewell to cycling [...]
German heads very strong team lineupTop-ranked British rider Mark Cavendish will miss his home Tour this year due to his participation in the Vuelta a España, but his HTC Columbia team are sending top sprinter André Greipel to chase stage [...]
Trek-Livestrong rider looks ready to head back home to Great Britain for 2011In a move that will surprise few, but likely vex the RadioShack team, Great Britain's U23 European champion in the time trial, Alex Dowsett, looks set to move [...]
Italian team boasts a young core of talentThe Italian Liquigas-Doimo team has confirmed that it has extended the contracts of fourteen of its current riders. The acid-green team already managed to hold on to its team leaders Ivan Basso and [...]
Orange-clad team continues to shape its squad for coming yearsBasque team Euskaltel-Euskadi has extended the contracts of two of its riders: Amets Txurruka for two more years, and Gorka Verdugo for one. The team is finalising its roster for the [...]
Young Italian scalps Cavendish, Bennati and Farrar to take second major win of the seasonManuel Bennetti (Colnago-CSF) won the Coppa Bernocchi, as the third race of the Trittico Lombardo finished in a bunch sprint in the town of Legnano. The [...]
ISD-Neri’s main sponsor to join ProTour team, no word on the ridersItalian ProTour team Lampre-Farnese Vini will have a new title sponsor for the next three years, becoming Lampre-ISD. The Ukranian steel company, currently the title sponsor of Professional Continental [...]
Yet another victory for the GorillaAndré Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won the second stage of the Eneco Tour, between Sint Willebrord, Netherlands and Ardooie, Belgian. The big German outsprinted yesterday’s stage winner Robbie McEwen (Katusha) and defending race champion Edvald Boasson Hagen [...]
Young talent already offered a place on his former teamGerald Ciolek's bad luck continues with the announcement that he has been pulled from team Milram's lineup for this weekend's GP Plouay with a cold. The same illness had forced the [...]
Team Sky rider out of Eneco Tour after second broken rib of this summerTeam Sky’s Michael Barry was a non-starter on today’s second stage of the Eneco Tour and will spend the next few weeks recovering from a broken rib [...]
Russian star ready for a go at his third Vuelta titleDenis Menchov looks to be a new man following his first ever appearance on the final podium at the Tour de France. The Russian three-time Grand Tour winner is normally [...]
Acqua e Sapone rider's season likely to be overStefano Garzelli's season looks like it could be over, just as he was coming around to take aim at the end of season Italian Classics. Garzelli crashed in the Tre Valli Varesine, [...]
Time ticking for Russian Grand Tour riderTour de France podium finisher Denis Menchov is still waiting for a firm offer from the Katusha team, with the Russian rider confirming that what has taken place is simply a preliminary discussion. He [...]
