20-year-old Belgian champion asserts herself in the sport that her countrymen dominateSanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) has only recently turned 20 years old, but can already be seen at the front of most women’s cyclocross races. She took the first of what [...]
Austrian bike manufacturer comes on board as main sponsorAs part of its push to develop its cycling brand and raise awareness that its products extend beyond the motorbike market, the KTM company will come on board as main sponsor of [...]
Boom hits Boom; Tree hits Tree; father of Dutch cyclocross champion suffers deep gash to right kneeLars Boom's (Rabobank) father has crashed into a tree while the pair were out training. The Dutch cyclocross champion announced the news via his [...]
Team owner Chris White insists budget was half a million dollars in surplus The Pegasus Sports team has responded to yesterday’s UCI statement accusing it of financial shortcomings and a lack of professionalism by rebuking the governing body’s stance and [...]
Australian gets season underway on home soilRichie Porte, the rider who was arguably the biggest discovery of 2010, has been confirmed as leading the Saxo Bank SunGard team at next month’s Santos Tour Down Under. The 25 year old Australian [...]
Race that doesn’t suit him stands between Kannibaal and landmark titleSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) is well on course for an unprecedented tenth overall title in the Superprestige cyclocross series. The Belgian champion already passed the incredible milestone of fifty race victories [...]
Three days after announcing that the Pegasus Sports team had failed in its bid to secure a Pro Continental licence for 2011, the UCI has explained the reasons for the decision and what it says were ‘serious shortcomings’ in terms [...]
Team backers annoyed squad didn’t gain ProTeam licenceWith the future of the Pegasus Sports team very undecided, another team is facing the prospect of collapse after it too failed to get a UCI ProTeam licence for 2011. The importance of [...]
World Championship runner-up sees Copenhagen Worlds as his best shot at a Rainbow JerseyMatti Breschel's worst case scenario career ending surgery following his second place finish at the World Championships in Australia is fading into distant memory, and was once [...]
Sprinters leave Pegasus Sports team after Pro Continental licence refusalTour de France stage winners Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter have been confirmed as moving to Team RadioShack for 2011, completing a last-minute deal to switch to the US ProTeam squad. [...]
Aussie sprinter will aim to add to his haul of stage wins in home eventWith Robbie McEwen’s participation in the Santos Tour Down Under being confirmed today by his new RadioShack team, race director Mike Turtur has expressed his satisfaction [...]
Danish prodigy will never forget his first Tour de FranceJakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank) had a highly successful 2010 season; the 25-year-old Dane successfully defended his Tour of Denmark title, taking it for a third successive year, and finished on the [...]
Proposed five-time increase to be capped at 15% per yearMany smaller French races will be celebrating a happier Christmas this year having received the news that the cost of policing will no longer be rising by more than five times [...]
No Muur but three times around Haaghoek for Flemish openerThe 2011 edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (formerly Het Volk) will centre around three crossings of a 2km section of cobblestones, according to Het Nieuwsblad, its sponsoring newspaper. The race [...]
Japanese competitor will lead Aisan Racing Team next monthExplosive Japanese rider Taiji Nishitani will seek to repeat his 2010 stage win in next month’s Tour de Langkawi, leading the Aisan Racing Team in the 2.HC race. The 29 year old [...]
Tour Down Under and Majorca Challenge will be first races for US ProTeamFor many years Johan Bruyneel and his various teams went into the season with one major goal in mind: the Tour de France. While directing the US Postal [...]
Duel Belgian champion ready to give the Tour de France another try in 2011 following two year hiatus2010 Belgian double national champion in the road race and the time trial, Stijn Devolder, is ready to take on the world's biggest [...]
25 year old Norwegian returns to his former team for 201125 year old Norwegian talent, Frederik Wilmann, was recently linked to a possible move to either Saxo Bank or QuickStep following the annulment of a two year deal with Skil-Shimano [...]
