It’s a nervous few days for Stefano Giuliani at the Tour de Langkawi, with the Italian directeur sportif on the threshold of a major commitment. Earlier in the race he promised to give up smoking if the successful neo-pro Andrea [...]
Fifth win in a week for Farnese ViniFarnese Vini's Oscar Gatto took his team's fifth season victory today (keep in mind that it's still only January) in Vibo Valentia in the penultimate stage of the Giro della Provincia di Reggio [...]
Tour de France winner says he wants to be with his family and friendsEmbattled five-time Grand Tour winner, Alberto Contador, has left his Saxo Bank team's training camp in Mallorca to return home. "When I received the news two days [...]
Dutchman beats compatriot Teunissen on track in St WendelLars van der Haar became the U23 cyclocross World Champion by passing teammate Mike Teunissen shortly before entering the track in St Wendel, Germany, then defended his lead all the way to [...]
The 41-year-old Spaniard decided to add two more seasonsIñigo Cuesta is 41 years old and when the Cervélo TestTeam stopped at the end of 2010, Cuesta also put an end to his long career. As announced by wielerflits.nl today, Cuesta [...]
Italian star spends the evening before his season's first race with his fans at home near ModenaOn the eve of his season debut, Riccardo Ricco spent the evening with family, friends, fans, and the press at an event at the [...]
Belgian directeur sportif looking to work in other roles this yearHendrik Redant had expressed his doubts that the Pegasus Sports team will materialise in 2011, saying that the team’s efforts to find a new sponsor have been unsuccessful and that [...]
Equipe Tricolore shuts out other nations of all medals Clément Venturini took the first title of the 2011 Cyclocross World Champions, held in St Wendel, Germany. The Frenchman won the junior's race ahead of two compatriots, brothers Loïc and Fabien [...]
American has to overcome flat front tire and crashIt is rare that a rider is beaming after a 13th place. But Danny Summerhill did exactly that when he finished the U23 cyclocross World Championships in Germany in that position. The [...]
Fast, mainly flat stage leads to a new wearer of the points jerseyOne day after the big showdown on Genting Highlands and two after the first mountain stage took place, the sprinters had their say again in the Tour de [...]
New women’s superteam starting the season with all its top ridersThe new MCipollini-Giordana team will start its first ever race at the Tour of Qatar next month and will send all of its former World champions to the Gulf state. [...]
Liege-Bastogne-Liege champion says that 2011 will be his lastThere were a number of interesting occurrences in the Astana team's launch on Friday. Chief among them was the complete absence of Alberto Contador in the team's video presentation recapping the 2010 [...]
21-year-old Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter has a near perfect record in his first full seasonIt may be a little premature to say it, less than a month into his first full season as a professional, but in Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter Andrea [...]
Russian cyclist – 3rd Tour, 1st Giro – may leave Geox for Saxo BankRussian Denis Menchov may lead Saxo Bank at the Tour de France this year if Alberto Contador receives a doping suspension. Menchov finished third at the Tour [...]
Liquigas-Cannondale's star will decide on Tour and Vuelta after GiroItalian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali is only thinking of winning the Giro d'Italia this May, everything else comes second. "I am thinking of the Giro d'Italia, one of the first and biggest [...]
Three-time Tour de France top ten finisher ready for more in 2011RadioShack's Haimar Zubeldia, is set to embark on his fourteenth season as a professional cyclist in 2011. The Basque climber is currently en route to his RadioShack team's training [...]
Embattled Tour de France champion speaks at specially arranged press conferenceAlberto Contador has announced that he intends to appeal against the suspension handed down to him earlier this week, and continued to maintain his innocence of any doping offence at [...]
Battle of the sprinters continues on the desert roads of the Middle EastThe Tour of Qatar starts with an individual prologue time trial for the first time in its nine-year history, having begun with a short team time trial since [...]
