Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project signs Feillu, Clarke and Denifl

Talented young riders help build team’s futureFormer Tour de France stage winner Brice Feillu, Austrian talent Stefan Denifl and the promising Australian Will Clarke have each been confirmed for the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project, and will aid Andy and Frank [...]

2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2010|

Popovych subpoenaed to testify in US Postal/Lance Armstrong investigation

Ukrainian rider due to appear before grand jury today Yaroslav Popovych faces an unexpected appearance before a grand jury today after being previously hit with a subpoena while in the US for the Livestrong Challenge event on October 22nd – [...]

2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2010|

Cavendish has no problems with night time doping controls

Few riders support drastic measures thus farMark Cavendish of the HTC-Columbia squad has indicated that he has no problems with night time doping controls. The British sprinter has repeatedly spoken out against doping and said in a recent interview that [...]

2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2010|

Team Type 1 moves up to Professional Continental Status

Diabetes team steps it up in 2011Team Type 1, a team that has several riders with diabetes, has received confirmation that its application for the Professional Continental Status with the International Cycling Union (UCI) was accepted. The American outfit will [...]

2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2010|

Cancellara says Contador's signing was influential in leaving Saxo Bank

Swiss rider still hasn't announced new teamFabian Cancellara left Saxo Bank and mentor Bjarne Riis after five years and all signs point to the Luxembourg Pro Cycling project as his next team. Cancellara notes that the signing of Alberto Contador [...]

2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2010|

Gustov returns to Saxo Bank – Sungard, former Italian junior TT champ Boaro also signed up

Two riders are latest additions to Danish teamTeam Saxo Bank-Sungard has signed up two more riders for 2011, handing one year deals to the valued Ukrainian all-rounder Volodimir Gustov and the talented Italian Manuele Boaro. Gustov previously raced with the [...]

2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2010|

Saxo Bank-Sungard signs former sportswriter of the year as communications manager

Anders Damgaard to deal with internal and external communicationsBjarne Riis’ Saxo Bank-Sungard team has seen plenty of changes this year, with many rider leaving and others coming on board. A further addition is the journalist Anders Damgaard, Danish sportswriter of [...]

2010-11-03T00:00:00+00:00November 3rd, 2010|

Team Sky tried and failed to woo Fabian Cancellara, says Kurt Asle Arvesen

Luxembourg team now seems inevitable for Swiss starThe uncertainty continues over the 2011 destination of World time trial champion and classics specialist Fabian Cancellara. His former teammate Kurt Asle Arvesen has confirmed to procycling.no that Team Sky has been courting [...]

2010-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2010|

AFLD says WADA’s 2010 Tour de France report prepares for the future of anti-doping

French anti-doping agency makes overtures to UCI once moreThe Agence Francaise de Lutte Contre le Dopage (AFLD) has commented on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report into the drug testing at this year’s Tour de France. The French agency sees [...]

2010-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2010|

Geox aiming at arduous Grand Tour schedule for Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre in 2011

Menchov looks to ride both the Giro and the Tour, while Sastre could once again ride all three Grand ToursIt appears that Denis Menchov's new Geox team wishes to follow in the long held tradition of Menchov racing two Grand [...]

2010-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2010|

Allan Davis promises to be in better condition for the start of 2011

Admits he gained too much weight last winterAccepting that his excess kilos were a big reason why he didn’t perform as well as he should have in early part of the 2010 season, Allan Davis has vowed to be in [...]

2010-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2010|

Fabian Cancellara confirms Liege ambitions, strongly hints at Luxembourg deal

Four-time World Time Trial Champion looking to target the two Monuments he hasn't won in 2011 While it still hasn't been officially announced yet, it looks more and more like a 100% certainty that Fabian Cancellara will be racing with [...]

2010-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2010|

Rujano signs two year deal, will return to European racing with the Androni Giocattoli squad

Diminutive climber wants to get back to his best form Venezuelan climber Jose Rujano has returned to the team which gave him his big break, and will compete with the Androni Giocattoli squad in 2011 and 2012. The Pro Continental [...]

2010-11-02T00:00:00+00:00November 2nd, 2010|
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