French rider considers Cofidis a possible optionTour de France stage winner and French national champion Thomas Voeckler has expressed frustration with a further delay in learning whether or not the BBox Bouygues Telecom team will continue. The squad has been [...]
New Zealand rider becomes fifth Team Sky rider to withdraw Greg Henderson has joined several Team Sky teammates in deciding to pull out of the Commonwealth Games. The sprinter is the latest rider to consider the risks of travelling to [...]
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 [...]
Lion King feels that aging line-up is not the right one for Melbourne courseThe team selection of two-time World champion Paolo Bettini has come in for some criticism from fellow former rainbow jersey Mario Cipollini. “Cipo” feels that the team [...]
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 [...]
Successful French squad awaits decision which will save or sink the teamJean-Rene Bernaudeau and the riders of the BBox Bouygues Telecom team will today learn if their efforts to secure a sponsor for next year have been successful, or if [...]
Second Trek-Livestrong rider to join Swiss/American team this weekBMC Racing has announced the signing of Australian climber Tim Roe; the 20-year-old is the second young rider to join from the under-23 Trek-Livestrong team this week, after American Taylor Phinney. He [...]
Former mountainbiker joins French team from OmegaPharma-LottoAG2R-La Prevoyance has announced the signing of French rider Jean-Christophe Péraud on a two-year contract. The 33-year-old former mountainbiker has been with Belgian team OmegaPharma-Lotto in 2010, his first year as a professional rider [...]
French champion Francis Mourey (FDJ) and the Czech champ Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) raced to victory in the men’s and women’s events at CrossVegas yesterday, winning their races in front of a very large crowd. Frenchman Mourey put in [...]
Moreno and Losada for the mountains, Hoste for the cobbles Daniel Moreno, Alberto Losada, and Leife Hoste have all been confirmed for Team Katusha in 2011; all three riders have signed two year deals with the Russian superteam. Daniel Moreno [...]
Former world champion has not decided on which races just yet, but vows that they will be 'real crosses'For the 2010/2011 cyclocross season, full-time road racer and 2008 World Cyclocross Champion Lars Boom is planning to make a return of [...]
McIlvain testifies in federal investigation concerning allegations that Armstrong dopedLance Armstrong's friend Stephanie McIlvain testified yesterday before a federal grand jury hearing evidence associated with Floyd Landis' allegations that Armstrong doped. "She confirmed," her attorney Tom Bienert told the [...]
Four ProTour teams make way for French Continentals in France’s autumn classicRace organiser ASO has announced the list of 25 teams that have received invitations to this year’s Paris-Tours race; the race will be held on October 10th, one week [...]
Poor conditions at venues and accommodation cause riders to pull out, but decisions are their ownFour British cyclists have become the latest athletes to withdraw from next month’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Geraint Thomas of Wales, Peter Kennaugh of [...]
Italian latest name confirmed for Schleck team after three years at Liquigas-DoimoItalian sprinter Daniele Bennati has joined the new Luxembourg team of Fränk and Andy Schleck on a two-year contract, according to the rider himself on his Twitter page. He [...]
Claims American rider is out to create a ‘hullabaloo’ UCI President Pat McQuaid has said that he doesn’t object to the decision of Floyd Landis to speak at the New Pathways for Pro Cycling conference in Geelong next week, but [...]
"It just goes too far here. He has a contract, and he will not get out of it."Bjarne Riis is putting his foot down following the provocative actions of the manager of 2010 revelation, Richie Porte. Porte is unsurprisingly being [...]
US champion moves to Italian team for 2011US champion Mara Abbott will ride for Lithuanian-registered Italian team Safi-Pasta Zara for 2011, a statement issued by the team states. The 24-year-old currently competes for Peanut Butter & Co-TWENTY12 in the United [...]
