34-year-old puts focus on familyLilian Jégou has decided to stop his professional cycling career. The Frenchman joined the Continental team Bretagne-Schuller in 2009. With a recent second child as part of the family, Jégou wants to spend more time at [...]
Cervélo takes five out of six stages but Lotto Ladies take the overall fromCarla Ryan (Cervélo TestTeam) won the sixth and final stage of the Tour de l’Ardeche between Saint Just d’Ardeche and Saint Martin d’Ardeche after a long solo [...]
Nibali rules Spanish Grand Tour, but must face three mountains stages before crowned kingVincenzo Nibali will wear a red jersey today in Solares, in northern Spain. It is a confirmation he is Italy's rising star and a reminder why he [...]
Euskaltel-Euskadi rider breaks elbow in stage 14There is never a good way to lose a leader's jersey, but crashing out of the race lead is certainly one of the worse ways to have to let go. When Euskaltel-Euskadi's Igor Antón [...]
Andrei Tchmil opposes Luxemburger's return to racingKim Kirchen is back in training, according to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, and the Luxemburger is eager to get back to racing. He had a defibrillator implanted to avoid the risk of further heart [...]
Will ride for the US Continental teamMilram sprinter Robert Förster is heading across the pond for the 2011 season to ride for the American UnitedHealthCare team, according to Belga. The German's current team was unable to find a sponsor to [...]
Danish rider barely in contact with team managementFollowing yet another dominant performance at the Post Danmark Rundt, Jakob Fuglsang disappeared from the radar, and not of his own volition. The Danish talent announced his intentions to leave the Saxo Bank [...]
Euskaltel super domestique despondent following crash that took Igor Anton and himself out of the VueltaThe incredible Vuelta a Espana of both Igor Anton and his Euskaltel-Euskadi team came to a crashing halt today in the kilometers leading up to [...]
Duane Dickey given a lifetime ban following second infraction, while Andy Crater gets 3 months for THCIn two successive days, September 9th and September 10th, two elite amateur Americans were handed down suspensions for doping infractions by USADA. Team Aerocat's [...]
Unfortunately, Peraud still has one year remaining on his contract with Omega PharmaFabian Cancellara isn't the only rider who is receiving early offers to head to a new team before his contract runs out. Omega Pharma's talented Frenchman, Jean Christophe [...]
Blackpool success is 19th season win for German HTC riderHTC Columbia’s Andre Greipel thundered to victory on today’s opening stage of the Tour of Britain, out-speeding the other riders in a big bunch sprint to the line in Blackpool. The [...]
Colombian has just the final time trial left to secure victoryColombian climber Nairo Quintana soloed his way to victory and the race lead in stage six of the Tour de l'Avenir today, after he took control on the day's final [...]
"Purito" outkicks his rivals on the steep Peña Cabarga but an Italian takes the leadJoachim Rodriguez (Katusha) won the fourteenth stage of the Vuelta a España between Burgos and Peña Cabarga after attacking in the final kilometre of the steep [...]
Spaniard beats Feillu and Van DijkFrancisco Ventoso won the 90th edition of Paris-Brussels ahead of Romain Feillu and Stefan van Dijk. Ventoso emerged victorious after a last helling (climb) just five kilometers from the finish had softened up the sprint. [...]
Thomas Casarotto still in critical condition after yesterday's crashThe Giro del Friuli was supposed to finish today with the final stage from Arta Terme to Udine over 164 kilometers. The race organizers decided to cancel the stage, following yesterday's terrible [...]
Suffering Australian ends season now Graeme Brown will not race in today's Paris-Brussels, having fallen sick a day after the Memorial Van Steenbergen. Rabobank has good news, though, as Bauke Mollema will return to racing between the two capitals. Mollema [...]
Belgian rider will not ask for B-sample analysisIn a long statement on his personal website Roy Sentjens (Milram) admitted using EPO; the Belgian returned a non-negative sample for the drug in a random control taken on August 16th. In the [...]
No Worlds for the Dutch rider After more than a month away from racing, Robert Gesink returns to action in this weekend’s Canadian Pro Tour races, the GP Québec and the GP Montréal. Because of this break, and the limited [...]
