Special memories of the French championOn the day of his funeral in Paris, Laurent Fignon’s wife Valerie has paid a warm tribute to the man she was in a relationship with for ten years, describing him as a brave person [...]
McCann and Brammeier to support his bid for a medalIn form Irish rider Nicolas Roche has been confirmed as heading a three-man Irish team at next month’s world road race championships in Geelong, Australia. Cycling Ireland this morning announced that [...]
Expects to lead Italian teamWhile his bid yesterday to win a stage of the Vuelta a España didn’t work out, Katusha rider Filippo Pozzato is feeling good about his condition heading towards his big season target, the world championships. “My [...]
Points jersey opportunity also lostQuicker of late than Thor Hushovd, Garmin-Transitions sprinter Tyler Farrar was left rueing what was a missed chance for a stage win plus the points jersey on yesterday’s sixth stage of the Vuelta a España. Farrar [...]
Cycling world saddened by loss of highly respected Basque The British Team Sky has pulled out of the Vuelta a España following the death of popular and widely-respected masseur and team helper Txema González. Sky has had health issues since [...]
American team adds young riders to next year's rosterThe American RadioShack team has announced the signing of three new riders for 2011: Portuguese Manuel Cardoso, New Zealander Jesse Sergent and Pole Michal Kwiatkowski. Cardoso, the 2009 Portuguese champion, currently rides [...]
Garmin-Transitions rider to ride road race as well as time trialDavid Millar (Garmin-Transitions) will step in to replace Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) in the Great Britain team for the World Championship road race in Melbourne, Australia next month. The British [...]
Dutch sprinter takes victory in her home tour after two podium finishesKirsten Wild (Cervélo TestTeam) won the fourth stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in Diepenheim, in the east of the Netherlands. Having finished third on stage 1, and second [...]
Italian sprinter takes his first win of the race in a Sprint RoyaleAlessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España between Murcia and Orihuela in a bunch sprint. Ale-Jet outsprinted Manx Express Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) [...]
Spaniard becomes third Team Sky rider to be forced out with mystery stomach bug as member of staff more seriousJuan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) has been forced to abandon the Vuelta a España, midway through today’s stage between Murcia and [...]
Dutch sprinter to spend sixth year with Pro Continental teamKenny Van Hummel has extended his contract with the Skil-Shimano for another year, taking him to the end of 2011. The Dutch sprinter has been with the team since it took [...]
Saxo Bank calls for 3 million euros to buy Cancellara out of his contract for next seasonThe talk of Fabian Cancellara transferring to a new team for the 2011 season has begun to pick up speed, but just as the [...]
Deal maker for some of cycling's bright young talents discusses the industryAs the rumour clouds continue to swirl around the professional cycling transfer market, and many out of contract pros look forward to a nervous few weeks, VeloNation again goes [...]
Italian team manager recounts memories of working and living with French cyclistFrenchman Laurent Fignon won the Tour de France twice, the Giro d'Italia, the Milano-Sanremo twice, the Flèche Wallonne and the hearts of cycling fans around the world with his [...]
Governing body hopes to take proactive role in development to prevent illegal productsThe International Cycling Union (UCI) organised a conference called “The UCI and the cycling industry” at the Eurobike trade fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The aim was, according to [...]
World Cup winner takes rainy stage to move closer to overall leadMarianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) won the third stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in Gieten, in the Drenthe region. The World Cup winner outsprinted Kirsten Wild (Cervélo TestTeam) and [...]
German champion comes back after two weeks out with facial injuriesChristian Knees will return to racing this weekend as part of the Milram team heading to the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens in Leuven, Belgium on Sunday. The German champion has [...]
Controversial Italian returns to racing in Italy with new Dutch team Riccardo Riccò will race his first race with new Dutch team, Vacansoleil Sunday at the one-day race Giro della Romagna in Italy. Vacansoleil is the second team for Riccò [...]
