Big teams miss out on the end of the season's most prestigious raceThe list of 25 teams for the Giro di Lombardia has been released by the race’s organiser RCS Sport, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The “race of the [...]
Luxembourg rider said he felt stronger yesterday, suggests form is coming Frank Schleck hasn’t ridden as he wanted to thus far in this Vuelta a España, but believes that his form is on the up and that he could be [...]
Dane feels he and Spanish rider will complement each others’ racing stylesDanish Classics specialist Matti Breschel has given the thumbs up to the signing of Luis León Sánchez by the Rabobank team, as announced yesterday. The two are set to [...]
Dutch team’s two big stars fail to shine thus farThe Rabobank team went to the Vuelta a España with high hopes but thus far, things have not gone to plan for its two top riders, Denis Menchov and Oscar Freire. [...]
Riis welcomes Danish rider back after four-year absenceFour years after leaving the team for stints on the Discovery Channel, Team GLS and Liquigas squads, Danish rider Brian Vandborg has once again signed for the Saxo Bank squad. The 28 year [...]
Norwegian turns down director sportif position with Team SkyKurt Asle Arvesen has decided that he will see his contract through with Team Sky…as a bike racer. Recently, Dave Brailsford's team offered Arvesen this interesting possibility of hanging up his race [...]
Italian race sees three recent dopers all in varying stages of clean comebacksSunday's Giro di Romagna was a convening of sorts for three infamous riders returning from doping suspensions. Riccardo Ricco debuted in Vacansoleil colors for the first time, Stefan [...]
Blue and Fuchsia team confident about the chances of three-time Lombardia winnerThe Italian Lampre-Farnese Vini team has travelled to Paris, from where it will fly to Canada on Tuesday to take part in the two new ProTour races at the [...]
Latest HTC-Columbia sprint acquisition shows what he's worth in the race of the futureJohn Degenkolb (Germany) won the first stage of the Tour de l’Avenir between Vierzon and Saint-Amand-Montrond in a bunch sprint. The 21-year-old, who recently signed with HTC-Columbia, [...]
Belgian feels that Spanish form should earn him a trip to AustraliaOmegaPharma-Lotto’s Jelle Vanendert rode strongly in yesterday’s ninth stage of the Vuelta a España, getting himself into the break and staying away to finish 10th. He may have done [...]
French climber heading to Kazakh team to provide mountain supportRémy Di Gregorio is to leave the FDJ team, where he has spent his entire professional career, after signing a one-year contract with the Astana team for 2011. The 25-year-old climber [...]
Spanish rider opts for Dutch squad rather than Team MovistarThe Rabobank team has hailed today’s announcement that the Spanish time trial champion and Clasica San Sebastian winner Luis León Sánchez will sign for two years, saying that he will be [...]
Versatile German spends his winters on the boardsIn a world of ever increasing specialisation among bike riders, a professional is typically a ‘Cobbled Classics rider’, an ‘Ardennes Classics specialist’, a ‘man for the Giro,’ or perhaps it’s ‘tout pour le [...]
English speakers dominate the opening podium in the Tour of the FutureAmerican Taylor Phinney powered to victory in the prologue of the Tour de l'Avenir today, besting former Trek-Livestrong teammate Briton Alex Dowsett, with Australian Michael Matthews completing a trio [...]
Petacchi continues to race Vuelta a España despite doping investigation in ItalyThe Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) is widening its doping investigation of sprinter Alessandro Petacchi as he continues to race and win. Petacchi won the seventh stage of the Vuelta [...]
Crashes put Dutch team's captains out of the running but stage wins are still possibleRabobank’s Denis Menchov was probably the biggest loser among the overall contenders after yesterday’s first mountain stage to Xorret del Catí. The Russian, who won the [...]
Germany's Patrik Sinkewitz wins first race of the year in ItalyGerman Patrik Sinkewitz won his first race of the year for team ISD-Neri at the Giro della Romagna today in Lugo, Italy. He finished ahead of escape companion Domenico Pozzovivo [...]
Young American would like to finish in the top fifteenAmerican Tejay van Garderen passed another big test in yesterday's Vuelta a España stage by minimizing his losses on the ascent of the category one Alto Xorret del Catí. The 22 [...]
