Fee of thousands of Euros for “UCI Approved” label would have been too much for small manufacturersThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to postpone its approval process for new equipment, according to bikebiz.com. The scheme, which would have required [...]
Local teams get wild cards once more as Geox-TMC misses out on another raceRCS Sport, the organiser of the Tirreno-Adriatico, has announced the list of twenty teams that will be invited to this year’s race. As a World Tour race [...]
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, [...]
UCI president angry with Alberto Contador but says that cycling is the cleanest sport and is bigger than American seven-time Tour winnerPat McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has claimed once again that cycling is now cleaner [...]
Few surprises as French teams given all four wildcards; almost identical squads invited to Paris NiceTour de France organiser ASO has announced the list of 22 teams that have been invited to the 98th edition cycling’s biggest race this July; [...]
Rudy De Bie thinks that muddy track in St-Wendel makes his riders the favouritesBelgian national cyclocross coach has had a look at the World Championships course in St-Wendel, Germany and he has proclaimed it a good one for the Belgians; [...]
Australian talent outsprints Greipel and new race leader GossHis first UCI WorldTour win, just three days into his first UCI WorldTour race; Michael Matthews is certainly not hanging around when it comes to showing what he can do. Three and [...]
Spanish climber's time trialing prowess bodes well for season aheadMovistar's Xavier Tondo has started both his own season as well as his team's in impeccable fashion. The Catalonian climber leads Argentina's Tour de San Luis after four stages and a [...]
Road work on finishing straight will shorten the Avenue de Grammont from 3000 meters to 800Oscar Freire's 2010 Paris-Tours victory on the famed Avenue de Grammont will not prove to be the final on the legendary road as previously feared. [...]
More demand than ever for invitations to week-long race that comes just before the World ChampionshipsThe Tour of Britain is experiencing more demand for invitations than ever before, even from the teams at the top level of the sport, the [...]
Riders affected in different ways by stage two crash Team Sky rider CJ Sutton and HTC-Highroad sprinter Mark Cavendish both came down approximately four kilometres from the end of stage two of the Santos Tour Down Under, being part of [...]
Spanish expect UCI results soon, then will decide on Tour winner's fateThere is confusion over when the verdict for the Alberto Contador Clenbuterol doping case could come, with two different timeframes being reported today. AP indicates the decision could be [...]
American looking forward to cobbled hills in AprilTyler Farrar is known to everybody as one of the fastest men in the sprinting peloton, but the American really dreams of a victory in the Tour of Flanders. Farrar lives in Gent, [...]
Both Australian riders motivated to shine in WorldTour raceLosing his orange race leader’s jersey due to being hampered by a crash with approximately four kilometres to go, HTC-Highroad rider Matt Goss has promised to fight on and to do what [...]
Talented young rider will be greatly missed Set for a strong debut season with the HTC-Highroad women’s team, Carla Swart has tragically been killed in an accident with a truck today. The 23 year old rider was training in the [...]
Anti-doping scientist says he no longer has the data and thus can’t answer issues raisedIn the wake of a Sports Illustrated article released yesterday which raises questions about his career as one of America’s foremost anti-doping experts, Don Catlin has [...]
Cavendish, Farrar, Sutton and Goss amongst those hampered by crashAvoiding the carnage of two big crashes inside the final five kilometres, Team Sky’s Ben Swift galloped to victory at the end of stage two of the Santos Tour Down Under [...]
Two new events planned in Cologne and HannoverThe German Six Day racing circuit was dying quickly in the last few years. Prestigious events in Stuttgart, Munich and Dortmund were stopped after spectators stayed home. This is about to change, as [...]
