New Zealand team manager floats possibility that teams could withdrawConcerns have been expressed by team leaders from England, Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia and Canada about the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, after it has become clear that much of the infrastructure [...]
Amongst the multitude of rumours there is some confirmed news for next yearThe women’s peloton is notoriously secretive when it comes to transfer and contract negotiations, but there are a few snippets of confirmed news. Emma Johansson to join Hitec [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Major swoops this morning see 40 locations searchedProfessional rider Enrico Rossi is one of 35 people who have been arrested in doping raids in Perugia in Italy. The Ceramica Flaminia rider is the brother of Vania Rossi, former partner of [...]
Colombian considering offer from British team Team Sky has been rumoured to be chasing the Colombian rider Rigoberto Uran and, according to his current Caisse d’Epargne team management, he is likely to go to the British project.“We are talking and [...]
Danish rider becomes the latest rider to be confirmed as leaving Danish teamAlex Rasmussen has joined HTC-Columbia for 2011, becoming the latest rider to leave Bjarne Riis’ Saxo Bank team. The 26-year-old Dane has been with Riis’ team for two [...]
Tired riders plus injuries equalled zero return for Dutch team The Rabobank team started the Vuelta a España with a two-time winner in Denis Menchov and one of the most experienced sprinters in Oscar Freire. Its return from the three [...]
World number one Purito decides not to go to Australia after a long seasonJoaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) has pulled out of the Spanish team for next month’s World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. The new leader of the World Rankings cites fatigue [...]
Sun setting on unique projectThe Cervélo Test Team may have placed two riders in the top eight of the Vuelta a España, with Xavier Tondo and Carlos Sastre placing sixth and eighth respectively, yet it was a slightly understated Grand [...]
Team Sky rider suggests rider’s entry should be blockedSimon Gerrans has become one of the first of the current batch of professionals to comment on Floyd Landis’s plans to come to Australia in order to speak at an anti-doping conference, [...]
American teams built on both youth and experienceUSA Cycling has announced the teams that will represent the United States at the upcoming World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. As one of the top-ranked nations in the World the USA has been [...]
French climber prefers Spanish race to the other Grand ToursCofidis climber David Moncoutié came out of the Vuelta a España with the white and blue polka-dot mountains jersey for the third year in a row. The Frenchman also took himself [...]
Vuelta win is a sign of things to come, according to former French rider The victory of Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) in the Vuelta a España was the first Grand Tour triumph for the Sicilian. Last year’s Tour de France was [...]
Spain stays top nation, Astana remains as best teamThanks to his fourth place overall plus strong stage performances in the Vuelta a España, Katusha rider Joaquin Rodriguez has grabbed the number one slot in the UCI world rankings from his [...]
Brazilian sprinter not moving to Team MovistarFollowing reports in the Belgian and Dutch press that he is set to leave the Garmin-Transitions team at the end of the season, Brazilian rider Murilo Fischer has clarified his position: in short, he’s [...]
Australia's Rogers will ride with Brad Wiggins at British team, according to Italian pressFormer time trial World Champion Michael Rogers will, according to Italy's website TuttoBici, ride for Great Britain's team Sky next year. The 30-year-old has spent the last [...]
German climber's head injury makes it too dangerous to make the tripClaudia Häusler (Cervélo TestTeam) will no longer be representing Germany at next month’s World Championships, after doctors at the German Cycling Federation (BDR) ruled that she was unfit to [...]
