Ex-rider was only 27 years oldFormer professional cyclist, Bart Oegema, passed away on Tuesday according to Wielerland.nl. Oegema, only 27 years old, retired in 2008 from cycling and moved on to a new career in health care. There is no [...]
Dutch duo pip Iljo Keisse and Kenny De Ketele in thrilling final Madison Dutch duo Danny Stam and Leon Van Bon (AA Drink) won the Rotterdam Six-Days ahead of Belgians Iljo Keisse and Kenny De Ketele (Deelen) as almost a [...]
Saxo Bank-SunGard’s youngest recruit looking forward to stepping up in 2011Manuele Boaro is Saxo Bank-SunGard’s youngest recruit for 2011, making the step up from Professional Continental Carmiooro-NGC, where he rode as a stagiere at the end of last year. The [...]
French rider must take 45 days out to recoverCyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale) has been forced to pull out of next week’s Tour de San Luis, in Argentina, as he is suffering from a acute prostatitis, an inflammation of the [...]
Winner of six medals at the Winter and Summer Olympics hopes to add to her tally in London in 2012The 38 year old multisport champion Clara Hughes plans to return to competition in 2011 in hopes of adding to her [...]
Italian rider agrees to ride without a salary for Russian Katusha team After returning to the top level by signing for the ProTeam Katusha, 2007 Giro d’Italia winner Danilo di Luca is aiming to head back to the Italian Grand [...]
Beijing road gold medallist seeking a possible second event for British gamesNicole Cooke (MCipollini-Giordana) is currently investigating the possibility of joining the Great Britain track team for the Olympic Games in London 2012. The road race gold medallist from Beijing [...]
Study’s publication in peer-reviewed journal moves it closer to introduction As tests for plasticizers appear to move a step closer to being validated as a method of detecting blood transfusions, David Howman today reiterated that the scrutinising of plasticizer levels [...]
Young team sent to China for experience at top levelBritish Cycling is sending a young team of eleven riders to Beijing, China for the next round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, between January 21st and 23rd. Most of [...]
Alleged doping courier appears to have taken his own lifeFormer mountainbike rider Alberto Leon, who was implicated in both the Operación Puerto and Operación Galgo investigations, has been found hanged at his home in Madrid's San Lorenzo de El Escorial. [...]
Dutchman’s second victory would be sweet revenge for Rabobank coach Richard GroenendaalLars Boom (Rabobank) has always said that he would not be riding this month’s Cyclocross World Championships; he will instead be concentrating on the road season and his classics [...]
Vuelta runner-up continues to live under the shadow of Hydroxyethyl starch positiveEzequiel Mosquera was presented to the Dutch media as a new member of the Vacxansoleil-DCM ProTeam in Rotterdam today, but the Spanish rider still awaits the verdict on his [...]
RFEC must wait until January 24th to receive requested information requested in DecemberFollowing reports in yesterday’s El Pais that the Spanish cycling federation RFEC had officially requested the UCI and WADA to tell it if it should sanction Alberto Contador [...]
Texan says he’s no plans to just sit in the bunch Although he’s been dividing his training energy between cycling and swimming – and, prior to a knee injury, with running too – American rider Lance Armstrong has insisted that [...]
Dominant Belgian Championship race does not mean that the young pretender has seized the king’s throneNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) was declared the new “koning” (king) by Belgian TV commentators as he crossed the line to take a dominant Belgian Championship yesterday, [...]
Source close to WADA suggests that test advancement could be connected to Tour winner’s procedureFollowing claims last Autumn that Alberto Contador’s Tour de France samples may have indicated possible transfusions, a method of testing for the blood doping method appears [...]
Rider felt very ill yesterday eveningDefending champion Sven Nys was an unexpected withdrawal from yesterday’s Belgian national cyclo-cross title, being clearly off the pace during a contest won by Neils Alberts. The 34 year old has been riding very strongly [...]
Unprecedented victory for Kona rider in repeat of 2010 podium while last year’s bronze steps up for men’s titleHelen Wyman (Kona) won an unprecedented sixth Great Britain cyclocross title in Derby this weekend. The 29-year-old led the race from the [...]
