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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Team Sky and Fly V rumoured to be interestedDespite having a year left in his contract with the Saxo Bank team, the in-form Australian rider Richie Porte is on the wish list of several other teams for 2011. The Australian [...]
Twenty year old agrees long-term professional dealAs reported earlier on VeloNation, top US talent Taylor Phinney has signed a deal to compete with the BMC Racing team for several seasons, making his full pro debut with the American squad. He [...]
Swiss rider to target time trial and road race in Melbourne and GeelongAfter initially floating the possibility that he might not participate in the world championships, Fabian Cancellara has confirmed that he will indeed ride both the road race and [...]
Italian gets one-year contractMirco Lorenzetto moves from the Lampre to the Astana squad for 2011. The Italian received a one-year contract with the Kazakh team. The 29-year-old will start his eighth season as a professional next year. Lorenzetto won stage [...]
US time trial champion signs contract with squad of Evans and HincapieTop American talent Taylor Phinney has signed his first professional contract with the BMC Racing Team, choosing the squad over the RadioShack team with which he is currently on [...]
Italian team leader has just one win this season, unable to add to that in Vuelta Italian national team selector Paolo Bettini has already named Filippo Pozzato as the leader of the world championships squad, but has admitted that he [...]
Spaniard starts retirement a lot worse than plannedÓscar Pereiro will have a surgery on his right wrist this Friday in Vigo, Spain. The Astana rider was picturing himself winning a stage in the Vuelta a España, then retire after 11 [...]
Regrets that US talent won't be part of RadioShack line-up, but has other choices for 2011The Trek-Livestrong team is sort of the farm team for Johan Bruyneel's RadioShack squad, so the latter should have first dips on any good rider. [...]
Very strong lineup for first running of the Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke on October 5th With the first anniversary of his death taking place on October 12th, the former top Belgian rider Frank Vandenbroucke will be remembered one week before that [...]
Spaniard bound to do extra time trial shifts next yearAfter 82 days of competition, Spaniard Joaquim ‘Purito’ Rodríguez puts an end to a long season, capped by fourth place in the Vuelta a España. He won five races for his [...]
Belgian out for a month after costly training accidentNiels Albert twisted his knee in a training accident last week and will have to delay his cyclocross season start by approximately a month. Albert will likely miss the opening races of [...]
Public relations efforts limit losses, but drop in popularity is indisputableLance Armstrong’s popularity has dropped considerably in the past two years, almost certainly as a result of the ongoing federal investigation into the US Postal Services team and Armstrong himself. [...]
Milano start and hillier finish point to even tougher race this yearRace organiser RCS Sport presented the course of next month’s Giro di Lombardia in the Palazzo Lombardia, in Milano today, with a radically different course to recent years. The [...]
Astana rider will target Asian games insteadAlthough he showed great one day strength this year when he raced to success in Liége-Bastogne-Liege, Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov has decided not to fly to Australia for the world road race championships. The 37 [...]
