27 year old Dutchman couldn't match the heights of 2009, but still fared wellFollowing a breakout 2009 campaign, expectations were very high for Vacansoleil's Johnny Hoogerland. At the end of an extremely long season, the results weren't quite to the [...]
Venezuelan climber plans to be in better condition than in 2005Five and a half years after he placed third in the 2005 Giro d’Italia, José Rujano has said that he is convinced that he can fight for victory in the [...]
Belgian backs up confident pre-race comments as Stybar only manages sixth in the mudTorrential rainfalls had made the third round of the Superprestige series in Hamme-Zogge, Belgium, an extremely muddy affair. Sven Nys showed once again that in such conditions [...]
World championship runner-up against tennis player Wozniacki and swimmer Friis in contestJust over a month after he finished a superb second in the world road race championships, Matti Breschel has nominated as “Athlete of the Year” by the Danish newspaper [...]
Luxembourg newspaper claims two companies are amongst backers of the new teamThere has been a long silence about the backing behind the new Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project that will aim for Tour de France victory next season, with only Mercedes [...]
Dutch transportion insurer back after more than a decadeTVM (Transport Verzekerings Maatschappij) returns as a backer of a professional cycling team, after almost 12 years away from the sport. TVM was the main sponsor of teams from 1986 to 1999, [...]
Missing chaperones make mess in GP DottenijsRabobank's cross racer Gerben de Knegt looks out for his fellow mud colleagues and prevented Bart Wellens from receiving a missed doping control on saturday. The chaperones, who usually grab the riders after the [...]
German had troublesome season, but team knows his valueBert Grabsch had his first winless season since 2006, but his contract with HTC Columbia was already renewed in the summer for the coming two seasons. Grabsch reflected on his less-than-ideal season [...]
Cycling body to build on increasing numbers of unlicensed racersSeveral high-profile hobby races have announced their registration openings for the 2011 events in the last couple of weeks and this year's L'Etape du Tour offers two rides . The International [...]
British sprinter showed strong ability with Olympic and European champs successBritish sprinter Jason Kenny has made it clear that he is out to beat Chris Hoy in the run-up to the London Olympics, hoping that he, and not Hoy, will [...]
Team RadioShack rider’s house searched, items confiscated by policeFull details are yet to emerge, but today’s raid on the home of Team RadioShack rider Yaroslav Popovych may ultimately turn out to be linked to the ongoing investigation into alleged doping [...]
Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project rider could aim for Vuelta instead Triple Tour of Denmark winner Jakob Fuglsang has committed himself to riding for the Schleck brothers in next year’s Tour de France, but his allegiance stretches further than the month [...]
The 34-year-old is too young to retireFormer cannibal Nys had a tough start to the season and many had written him off. Younger riders like Zdenek Stybar, Niels Albert or Kevin Pauwels seemed to have the upper hand on him. [...]
Feels he may have spent too much time at Skil-ShimanoFloris Goesinnen moves to the Australian Drapac Porsche team for the 2011 season, after four and a half years with Skil-Shimano. The Dutchman was also in talks with Willems Veranda, but [...]
Mettepenningen wants to see successful action in Superprestige Hamme-ZoggeJurgen Mettepenningen, the manager of the Belgian Sunweb-Revor cyclocross team, is getting quite irritated with his team for its lackluster performances in the season so far. The ambitious goal of 50 podium [...]
Italian hired to support classics teamMarco Bandiera is moving from the Katusha team over to the Belgian Quick Step squad. Patrick Lefevere has hired the Italian as a support rider for his classics faction, headed by Tom Boonen, according to [...]
Belgian legend says it depends if Tour of Lombardy winner has desireEddy Merckx gives Philippe Gilbert higher chances to do well in the Tour de France than Jurgen van den Broeck, despite the latter having two top 15 finishes in [...]
Howman and Ljungqvist say that the maximum sentence is simply not being usedThe World Anti Doping Agency has indicated that it wants more four year sentences to be handed out to serious doping offenders, saying that not enough is being [...]
