Efforts to five-euro fee canned after thousands protest onlineThe protest against the planned five-euro fee for riding a bicycle up the Großglockner pass in the Austrian Alps was successful. In just a few days over 2000 signatures had been gathered [...]
Could ruling be relevant to Contador case?It’s uncertain as to whether this could have any impact on the Alberto Contador disciplinary proceedings, but WADA Director General David Howman has confirmed to VeloNation that the agency won’t appeal a surprising decision [...]
Garmin Cervélo chief explains signing Confirming today’s earlier news that Peter Van Petegem has signed a short-term contract with the Garmin-Cervélo Team, CEO Jonathan Vaughters has said that the former Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix winner will be a very [...]
Van Avermaet and Bagdonas unsuccessful in final-day breakaway moveShowing the same blistering speed which saw him win 50% of the stages in the recent Tour de Langkawi, 21 year old Italian sprinter Andrea Guardini jetted to victory on the final [...]
Had urged team last summer not to sign Italian climberQuick Step team doctor Yvon Van Mol has received a thank you from the team sponsor Frans De Cock for the caution he urged last August in relation to Riccardo Riccò. [...]
New Zealand’s Rosara Joseph also signs contractCyclo Cross world championship runner-up Katie Compton has received a boost to her career with the news that she has signed a two year contract with the Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team from this season onwards. [...]
Belgian will work with American ProTeam to boost chances of successDouble Tour of Flanders winner Peter Van Petegem has confirmed that he will take up a temporary position with the Garmin-Cervélo team, seeking to aid the squad to land its [...]
Three-time World Champion spends day chasing off the back, still takes 2nd in bunch sprintSecond place in a bunch sprint early in the year in Mallorca isn't usually a time for too much frustration, but Rabobank's triple World Championship winner, [...]
Expected to resume training on WednesdayAlberto Losada broke his hand during a heavy crash in the final event of the 2011 Challenge de Mallorca, Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova. The Katusha rider was treated in the medical center in Barcelona. The operation went [...]
Frenchman takes over race lead with another sprint victoryRomain Feillu is on a roll, taking his second consecutive win in the Tour Méditerranéen. Feillu beat Yauheni Hutarovich and Alexander Porsev on the short 128-kilometer stage between Carnoux and La Farlede. [...]
Team says that internal investigation revealed problems with the ItalianVacansoleil put its rider Riccardo Riccò in non-active mode today. The team followed rumors about a blood transfusion of Riccò with its own investigation, reaching the conclusion that there were problems. [...]
Classics talent will lead young German Continental squad in 2011Following the collapse of the promising Pegasus team, most riders managed to scurry off to new opportunities. Germany's Markus Eichler was left without an employer for quite some time though. Fortunately, [...]
U23 stage race cancelled due to 50,000 euro budget shortageThe Mainfranken Tour, one of Germany's top U23 stage races, and one of the few UCI ranked stage races remaining in Europe's most populous country, has been cancelled for 2011. The [...]
Route to take in Surrey hills before Buckingham Palace finishThe Organising Committee of the 2012 London Olympic Games (LOCOG) has presented the courses for the men’s and women’s road races. After the rejection by the International Cycling Union (UCI) of [...]
Rabobank team-mate teases Australian about his forgetfulnessHe’s just over a month into his professional career, and world under 23 road race champion Michael Matthews has clocked up his first UCI WorldTour victory. He nabbed stage two in the Tour Down [...]
Five euro fee to ride up the Großglockner, featuring in this year's Giro d'ItaliaThe route to the Großglockner pass in the Austrian Alps is maintained by the Großglockner Hochalpenstraße AG (Grohag) and is planning to make money from the masses [...]
French sprinter gives first win and morale boost to Vacansoleil-DCM teamRomain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) made up for the disappointment of the day before, when the peloton just failed to catch the breakaway before the finish, by winning the second stage of [...]
Brazillian sprinter takes Garmin-Cervélo’s third race in the island seriesMurilo Fischer (Garmin-Cervélo) won the Trofeo Magalluf-Palmanova, the final event in this year’s Mallorca Challenge, in a bunch sprint. The Brazilian champion outsprinted three-time World champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) inot second [...]
