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 [...]
Former Great Britain coach helping Eastern Europe revivalWith the maths finally done after the recent UCI track World Cup round 2 in Cali, Columbia, the all important running points tallies for the team pursuit might come as a surprise – [...]
Excited about the team launch on January 6Andy Schleck enjoys the current period of the season, finally having time to see friends and take a break from traveling. He used the time to talk to Luxembourg paper Le Quotidien and [...]
Australian sprinter waiting to hear back from Team RadioShackOne day after Svein Tuft was confirmed as moving to the SpiderTech team, Dominque Cornu has become the second rider from the Pegasus Sports setup to find a slot with a different [...]
Claims banned ingredient was introduced to product line before ingredients list was updatedHaving incurred an eighteen month suspension but being deemed as not having intentionally taking a doping substance, the US-licenced rider Flavia Oliveira has launched a legal case against [...]
Hoping to finalise contract for 2011It may have been calculated, it may have been genuine contrition, but after years of denials Danilio Di Luca finally did an volte-face yesterday and owned up to raiding the medicine chest as a professional [...]
French duo to debut with classic French openerFrance's current cycling hero, Thomas Voeckler, will make his 2011 season debut with Jean-Rene Bernaudeau's freshly sponsored Europcar team at the traditional French opening race, the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise according to [...]
Australian road race champion will defend his title next monthHis older brother Cameron is one of the top contenders for the track events at the 2012 Olympics, but Travis Meyer has decided to follow a different path in his career [...]
Experienced duo overtake younger rivalsThe 2004/2005 season world champion Sven Nys has taken over at the top of the UCI cyclo cross rankings, taking advantage of both his strong form this winter and also the absence of Zdenek Stybar in [...]
Czech rider currently at home celebrating ChristmasChristmas is coming up and if Zdenek Stybar gets his top present on his wish list he will compete Sunday in the World Cup race in Zolder, Belgium. Even starting Monday at the Superprestige [...]
First time he takes this prizeMatti Breschel was voted the Danish cyclist of the year 2010 by readers from the Cyclingworlds magazine. He beat his former Saxo Bank teammates Chris Anker Sørensen, Jakob Fuglsang and Alex Rasmussen. Breschel races for [...]
HTC-High Road director feels that the sky is the limit for Danish powerhouse riderThere has been little doubt about the caliber of the talent of Denmark's Alex Rasmussen. The powerful Saxo Bank time trialist and sprinter has shown himself as [...]
Russian frustrated over Olympic medal delayRussian rider Alexander Kolobnev is anticipating a big season for Team Katusha in 2011, and says that the signing of Mario Cipollini as consultant to the team is a factor in that. Cipollini was confirmed [...]
Others who were arrested also likely to be in court soonThe 2009 world steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez has testified in front of a judge in connection with the Operación Galgo doping affair, denying using banned substances and claiming that her [...]
Another Australian team thought to be chasing ProTeam licence for 2012Amid suggestions that there may have been tensions between the Pegasus Sports team and Cycling Australia, and that another team may be the preferred choice for a ProTeam licence, the [...]
257.7km and 17 hills for Vlaanderens MooisteThe 2011 edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen will be slightly shorter but feature two more hills than in 2010, according to Sporza. The race, known as “Vlaanderens Mooiste” (Flanders’ finest) will cover 257.7km, [...]
Stage wins and overall classification are the targetsDutch sprinter Kenny Van Hummel, who underlined his speed this season when he clocked up stage victories in the Tour de Picardie, the Tour of Belgium and the Tour of Hainan (4 wins), [...]
Belgian national lottery commits to team through 2014Lotto, the Belgian national lottery, has committed to sponsoring the cycling team – currently OmegaPharma-Lotto – for a further four years, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. The lottery is advertised using images of [...]
