Monaco neighbours insist that the other is favourite for the rainbow jerseyGood friends off the bike, Belgian Philippe Gilbert and Italian Filippo Pozzato are engaging in a little light-hearted mind game to deflect pressure towards each other in the run [...]
Italian takes the win out of four-up break, Cancellara fourthFilippo Pozzato proved strongest out of a late race four-man break to take the Herald Sun World Cycling Classic in Ballarat on Sunday. The Italian was part of a four-man group [...]
Olympic Champion will lose a critical day of adaptation to the time differenceWhile the vast majority of the Spanish national team arrived in Australia on Friday and took to the road for their first training ride on Saturday, Olympic Road [...]
Cervélo rider to miss second successive Worlds as German team reduced to fiveThe German women’s team was hit by more bad news today as Sarah Düster crashed out of next weekend’s World Championship race. The popular Cervélo rider was brought [...]
Omega Pharma-Lotto manager not worried that Gilbert has peaked too soonOmega Pharma-Lotto team manager, Marc Sergeant has a lot to be happy about right now. His Omega Pharma-Lotto team has enjoyed its best season in quite some time, his superstar [...]
Warns rivals to not count him out in AustraliaMark Cavendish says that his form is coming along nicely ahead of the World Championships road race in Australia in one week's time. He knows that winning will be hard and isn't [...]
Vacansoleil rider talks about suffering, kangaroos, the course, and his relationship with Nick NuyensOutspoken Vacansoleil rider and member of the Belgian national team selection for this year's World Championships in Belgium, Bjorn Leukemans, has been keeping a journal of his [...]
Not quite done with 2010 though - Lombardia ranks high on climber's to do listFollowing his third straight King of the Mountains title, Cofidis's David Moncoutie, can't help but continue into 2011. The rider from Provins, about 50 miles outside [...]
Euskaltel-Euskadi rider prevails again after 2008Koldo Fernández gave his Basque Euskaltel-Euskadi team the 17th win of the season when he sprinted to victory in the Tour de Vendée on Sunday. Fernández beat Davide Appollonio (Cervélo TestTeam) and Jonathan Hivert (Saur [...]
Says he’s in similar form to the years when he won goldIt may seem implausible to some, but Australian rider Michael Rogers insists that he can turn back the clock and beat Fabian Cancellara to win a fourth rainbow jersey. [...]
Spaniard says form has improved since the Vuelta a EspañaMilan-Sanremo victor Oscar Freire has the chance to make history on October 3rd, and now believes in the possibility of becoming the first rider ever to take four Elite road race [...]
The full list of riders and the identity of the main sponsors of Pegasus Racing are due to be released in the first half of next week, but more names have emerged as being linked to the would-be ProTour team. [...]
Behind-the-scenes insight into pro cyclingPrior to his current work as TV commentator and cycling consultant, the 43 year old Scot Brian Smith was a rider at a high level in the sport. In 1994 he competed with the Motorola team, [...]
Voeckler will wait until Monday evening before making his decisionThe final efforts to work out a solution to keep the BBox Bouygues Telecom team afloat may rest upon the Caisse d’Epargne bank, which stood down from backing the Spanish ProTour [...]
2011 taking shape not only on the personnel front, but on the equipment side as wellGerman bike manufacturer, Canyon, and Belgian ProTour outfit, Omega Pharma-Lotto, look to have formed a happy union together. The bike manufacturer and the team of [...]
Applauds efforts made by the sport to clean upEncouraged by efforts made to combat doping in cycling, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said that the sport is under no danger of being dropped from the Olympics. Some, including other IOC [...]
Irishman will remain at home, fly to Australia on TuesdayNamed by Filippo Pozzato as one of those to watch in the world road race championships, Nicolas Roche is taking an unconventional approach in that he will arrive in Australia just [...]
Irish rider confident he’ll finalise things with a strong teamKeen to put a difficult 2010 behind him, Philip Deignan has spoken about his tough season and has said that he is looking forward to a fresh start next year. The [...]
