Dutchman wants to start from scratch in sport of cyclingThomas Dekker is currently serving a two-year suspension for doping, eligible to race again in July of 2011. He fell foul to retroactive testing and was subsequently fired from his Silence-Lotto [...]
Fifth-placed Jonathan Page shows good form ahead of World ChampionshipsRob Peeters was surprised himself that he beat power houses Zdenek Stybar and Sven Nys in the Kasteelcross in Zonnebeke on Saturday. Klaas Vantornout was fourth, followed by American Jonathan Page. [...]
Belgian team manager wants Stybar at all costsPatrick Lefevere wants to have reigning cyclocross world champion Zdenek Stybar on his Quick Step team at all costs. Lefevere is even considering buying the Telenet-Fidea team for which Stybar is currently racing. [...]
24 year old showing signs that he could be a Grand Tour overall contender for the future24 year old Jerome Coppel is one of France's biggest young talents heading into the second decade of the 21st century. The young rider, [...]
Goss takes four seconds out of Meyer’s lead with finishing time bonusDigging deep on the climbs of Willunga Hill and then unleashing a strong sprint at the end of the stage, Spanish rider Fran Ventoso raced to victory on today’s [...]
Belgian team presented with ambition to improve on an ordinary 2010 seasonThe Quick Step team was presented in the Kortrijk Expo in Kortrijk, Belgium today, looking to improve on a disappointing 2010. The roster is made up of 26 riders, [...]
Three-time Grand Tour winner planning his season around hopefully forthcoming invitationsGeox-TMC was passed over for a Wild Card at this year's Tour de France, but the team isn't panicking just yet. There are still two other Grand Tours on offer, [...]
Same objectives as usual for Quick Step’s biggest starsAs one of Belgium’s two biggest teams Quick Step naturally aims its biggest guns at the spring classics; in 2010 though, those guns missed. Tom Boonen’s third places at Milano-Sanremo, the E3 [...]
Saur-Sojasun comfortable at smaller team and could be making his return to the Tour de FranceJimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) is looking at the prospect of his first Tour de France since 2008. Despite spending the last two years at the French [...]
Total of seven invites handed out for 2011 season Days after learning that it would not be given an invite to the Tour de France, the Geox TMC team of Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre has been confirmed as being [...]
Cooperation between Belgian stars getting more and more unlikely in St-WendelWith the World Cyclocross Championships in St-Wendel, Germany a little more than a week away, the Belgian team is already beginning to take shots at one another. Just like the [...]
Two days left, team will take fight to Meyer and other GC contendersAlthough the HTC-Highroad team lost the leader’s ochre jersey on stage four of the Santos Tour Down Under and has a fight on its hands to get it [...]
Tensions heat up after Frenchman claimed he was unfairly dismissed by team Responding to claims of unfair dismissal by Yvon Sanquer, the former general manager of the Astana team, the Kazakhstan Cycling Federation has said that it is considering taking [...]
Tondo and Movistar on track for their first overall victory of 2011Movistar's Xavier Tondo crossed the final major hurdle en route to taking what should be both his first stage race victory of 2011, but also his new team's first [...]
Having gone under the knife yesterday to remove a plate from the collarbone he smashed during the Tour de France, Frank Schleck reports that he is recovering fine and expects to return to training in two day’s time. The Leopard [...]
Former Hour Record home and finish line of Giro di Lombardia will possibly see bikes againThe famed Vigorelli velodrome was closed years ago. In its place, American football has taken center stage - the brilliant cycling history that occurred within [...]
Good day for Garmin-Cervélo wrests ochre jersey from GossHe’s shown his class on the track with multiple rainbow jerseys, and now Cameron Meyer has propelled himself into a different tunic signifying number one by taking over at the top in [...]
Along with the Quiznos Challenge, August will be a hot month of racing in America With the recent unfortunate news that both the Tour of the Battenkill and the Tour of the Gila would not be UCI races in 2011, [...]
