Governing body makes approved sticker cheaper; A look at and what the teams are ridingWelcome to the first ever edition of VeloNation’s tech news round up, bringing you the big news from the cycle industry and what the top teams [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CAS schedules hearing date to decide on biological passport doping caseItalian Franco Pellizotti has to wait until March know if he will race again. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, announced it will [...]
One-year ban is “interim decision” and nothing yet confirmedThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has released a statement clarifying its position on the case of Alberto Contador and the widely reported news that the Spanish Cycling Federation was to penalise him [...]
Plenty of racing left over next five daysAny concerns that the general classification of the 2011 Tour de Langkawi could essentially be settled a full five days from the end of the race were put to rest today, when a [...]
RFEC president says sanction length not determined yet, but Tour title almost certainly goneOne day after the news leaked that Alberto Contador would be handed a one year suspension for testing positive for Clenbuterol, the rider who looks set to [...]
Rolf Sørensen sees it as a benefit to Danish cyclingThe possible ban of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador could be seen as a disaster for his new Saxo Bank-SunGard team. After the loss of Fränk and Andy Schleck to [...]
'I don't intend on arriving at the Tour empty handed'Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso will go on the attack this spring with the objective of winning ahead of the Tour de France. "I don't intend on arriving at the Tour [...]
Belgian riders visit Mercedes facility in England, as used by McLaren Formula 1 teamThree riders from the OmegaPharma-Lotto have visited the Drag2Zero facility at the Mercedes Benz Formula One wind tunnel, as used by the McLaren Formula 1 motor racing [...]
Sub-zero nights and sunny days make the weekend’s surface tough to predictThis weekend’s World Cyclocross Championships are going to be tough, everyone is agreed on that. What nobody can quite decide though, is what the surface of the course in [...]
Team will face strong competition in France, Qatar and OmanThe Irish sponsored, Belgium-registered An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnnelly Sean Kelly team will get its 2011 campaign underway this Sunday in the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise in southern France. [...]
Youngest member of Marianne Vos’ team can’t wait to get racing in 2011Emma Trott is the latest and, at just 21 years old, the youngest recruit to the Nederland Bloeit team for 2011. The rider from Cheshunt, just a few [...]
Alessandro Petacchi to miss race with bronchitisDamiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) will start his 2011 season at this weekend’s Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, meaning that the Piccolo Principe will begin a week earlier than last year. The three day stage [...]
Italian stage race will move from late March to September and will likely be a great pre-Worlds tune upThe Settimana Lombarda stage race will pick up and move from its typical date of late March and leap frog the whole [...]
Dispute ramps up with claims of money demands and acceptance of team errorThree days after the Slipstream Sports management company which runs the Garmin-Cervélo team said that it was firing head directeur sportif Matt White, more details have been released [...]
Juan Carlos Castaño confirms that the wait will soon be over for Tour de France winnerContrary to reports in the Spanish media, the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) will reach a verdict on the case of Tour de France winner Alberto [...]
