“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 [...]
Frenchman suffers whiplashNew Ag2r La Mondiale signing Mikael Cherel will have the early part of 2011 disrupted after he was hit by a truck while training on the Col du Tanneron. The 24 year old Frenchman suffered whiplash in the [...]
Australian team helps out rider affected by Pegasus blowoutLuke Roberts will get to ride the Santos Tour Down Under after all. The Australian national team, UniSA-Australia, will give him a spot in next month's race. The 2004 Olympic gold medalist [...]
Classics specialist aiming to hold on to top form through all of AprilConsidering Philippe Gilbert's upward trajectory over the past seasons, there are few riders that invite more interest looking ahead to the coming year. With that in mind, the [...]
Spaniard’s motivation has returned after good 2010 seasonHis determination restored after a season with big victories in Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Tours, the triple world road race champion Oscar Freire has decided to remain in cycling until ‘at least’ the London Olympics. [...]
Sanne van Paassen stays in the overall leadMarianne Vos won a three-up sprint against Hanka Kupfernagel and Daphny van den Brand in the muddy GvA Trofee in Loenhout, Belgium. Sanne Cant was fourth, Sanne van Paassen ended the day in [...]
Team will begin with the Vuelta de ChileAs a gesture of support for team riders Alejandro and Anibal Borrajo, who recently lost their brother Armando in tragic circumstances, the Jamis/Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team has announced a change to its [...]
American ProTeam highlighted by Leipheimer, Zubeldia, and Brajkovic in AndaluciaWhile RadioShack might not have a name of the caliber of Lance Armstrong to supply to its European campaign in 2011, it isn't looking too shabby. Certainly, its squad for the [...]
Botched bike change leaves Nys in second placeNiels Albert and Sven Nys dominated the GvA Trofee race in Loenhout, Belgium, today. It wasn't until a botched bike change, sending Nys to the muddy ground shortly before the end, when the [...]
Ardennes Classics, World Time Trial Championships, and Italian Fall Classics also goals for Fuglsang25 year old, Jakob Fuglsang, was a major, but unsurprising loss to Bjarne Riis's Saxo Bank team at the end of the 2010 season. The announcement that [...]
36 year old Italian should provide excellent support for Italian Champion, Giovanni Visconti 36 year old, Luca Mazzanti, has found a home for the 2011 season and just in the nick of time. Following a two year stint with Russian [...]
Total of 28 riders on Dutch teamThis year’s Tour of Qatar winner Wouter Mol is one of three signings for the Vacansoleil-DCM lineup for 2011, further boosting a team which looks set to take some big results in the year [...]
Trio amongst strongest riders in 2010 editionOne year after leading the race for several stages, German rider Tobias Erler will head back to the Tour de Langkawi as one of the protected riders on the Tabriz Petrochemical team. The German [...]
33 year old to take position as assistant technical director with a focus on talent developmentRecently retired Omega Pharma-Lotto domestique, Christophe Brandt, didn't have to wait long before he found his new post-racing career. According to Le Soir, the 33 [...]
After best-ever season, world number one believes he can improve even furtherPsyched by his leadership of this year’s Vuelta a España plus his stage win in his debut Tour de France, Spanish climber Joaquin Rodriguez has been working to improve [...]
Endura Racing signing came to grief at recent cyclocross World Cup in Zolder24 year old, Paul Voss, is looking at an extended period off of his bike following a crash at the recent cyclocross World Cup in Zolder. Voss was [...]
Belgian champion sees ten point deficit to Kevin Pauwels as not insurmountableSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) has his tenth Superprestige competition all but sewn up after Monday’s floodlit race in Diegem, Belgium. With his entirely unprecedented tenth title under his belt, Nys [...]
Irish champion scheduled to ride top eventsMatt Brammeier’s first year at ProTeam level will give him plenty of opportunity to learn, with the Irish road race champion being given the green light to ride some of the biggest races in [...]
