2009 World champion wants to save himself for Belgian ChampionshipsAlthough he has won three races since Christmas, Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) will take the start of the GP Sven Nys on New Year’s Day looking for another; he will not push [...]
Team Milram rider has already retired from the sportOver four months after providing a random doping control which would prove positive for EPO, the Belgian rider Roy Sentjens has been handed a two year suspension. Dutch magazine Wieler Revue reports [...]
World Omnium champion to hone his bunch racing skills on the way to defending his titleEd Clancy will be providing a much-needed boost to the Rapha-Condor team at the season finale at the Manchester Vélodrome on January 15th. The World [...]
Verheyn, Stallaert and Planckaert all expected to be aggressive in prestigious Malaysian raceVeteran Geert Verheyen plus two exciting talents, Joeri Stallaert and Baptiste Planckaert, are expected to be amongst the most aggressive riders on the all-Belgian Landbouwkrediet team confirmed for [...]
World champion number one in the eyes of his nation’s sports writersThor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) took one of the easiest victories of his highly successful 2010 as he was voted Sportsperson of the Year by Norwegian sports journalists, according to [...]
Belgian classics star of the 1950’s is lost to the sportRaymond Impanis, a tough Flemish Classics specialist of the 1950s, has died, aged 85, after a long illness, according to Sporza. The former professional rider was born on October 19th, [...]
Team seeks to start year off on a good noteFollowing recent talk of rifts within the team management, sponsor dissatisfaction and a push to replace Mauro Gianetti as team manager, Team GEOX will hold a training camp in just over [...]
Well wishes, Bettini's comments and rankingsItaly closed out the year with the number one cyclist – Vincenzo Nibali – and winner of two of the three Grand Tours. And the Italians promise even more next year. The country's top sports [...]
Belgian’s ban will run between February 1st and March 31st Team RadioShack general manager Johan Bruyneel has had his appeal against the dates of his UCI suspension rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning that he will be [...]
The Spring Classics, the Tour de France and the World ChampionshipsDane Matti Breschel will divide his season into three peaks next year. "The Spring Classics, of course. I look forward to them," he told Denmark's DR newspaper. "And then, of [...]
Team RadioShack rider faces eventual knee surgeryAmerican rider Lance Armstrong’s planned participation in a New Zealand triathlon next month has been cancelled after the multiple Tour de France winner began experiencing knee problems. The injury raises questions about the 39 [...]
Announcement due on January 17th at Santos Tour Down UnderFollowing the news that Australian Cycling’s national performance director Shayne Bannan has resigned from his position to become involved in an as-yet unnamed cycling project, the speculation that he could be [...]
“A Tour without Contador is like Roland Garros without Nadal or Furmiula 1 without Alonso,” says Olympic championAfter taking fourth place in this year’s Tour de France, only losing his podium place in the penultimate day’s time trial, Samuel Sanchez [...]
Fall in the pits costing Belgian champion chance of victory is just the latest in a line of catastrophesSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) was poised to sprint for victory with Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in yesterday’s Azencross in Loenhout, Belgium. The Belgian champion [...]
Dutchman heads back to Danish squadFollowing four seasons working as a sports director with Team High Road/HTC, Tristan Hoffman has said that he is excited about the chance to take up the same role with Team Saxo Bank, a squad [...]
Will 48 year old head up top team?Rumours linking Cycling Australia head coach Shayne Bannan to a new setup aspiring ProTeam status are set to grow after the announcement that he has resigned from his position heading the sport's High [...]
Governing body approves of venue during Netherlands championshipsThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has approved the vélodrome to be used for the 2011 World Track Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The track had been provisionally inspected beforehand, with a number of issues [...]
Latest investigation surrounding Eufemiano Fuentes starting to see resultsManuel Pascua, the successful Spanish coach caught up in the centre of the Guardia Civil’s Operación Galgo doping investigation, has apparently confessed that documents seized relate to doping plans for each of [...]
