Sicilian volcano popular for Giro preparation and altitude trainingThis year’s Giro d’Italia will feature the climb of Mount Etna for only the third time in the race’s history and the riders are taking the prospect of the Sicilian volcano very [...]
Pretty new paintjob for Kazakh team!Astana unveils 2011 Specialized race bikes The Astana team has unveiled the livery that its team bikes will be wearing in 2011. The Kazakh outfit will be riding bikes from Specilaized for the second year [...]
RCS Sport’s spring races to be available worldwide; fingers crossed for the Giro d’Italia!The three spring races organised by Giro d’Italia owners RCS Sport will all be broadcast on international networks, thanks to a deal brokered by Italian TV’s international [...]
Irish rider over knee problemHaving been hampered by a knee injury since last month, Nicolas Roche will finally start racing in the upcoming Volta ao Algarve.The 26 year old Irishman was due to start the Etoile de Besseges on Wednesday [...]
Former Australian TT champion had suffered severe injuries on January 17th Over two weeks after a bad crash in the Rendition Homes Cup event at Victoria Park left her with serious head injuries, 2010 Australian time trial champion Amber Halliday [...]
Danish strongman hoping for a spot in the Cavendish TrainHTC-Highroad director, Brian Holm, appears to be doing anything he can to get everything he can out of the rider he feels is Denmark's, possibly the world's, next great rider: Alex [...]
Johnny Hoogerland gets second and the race leadSamuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) won the third stage of the Etoile de Besseges between Saint-Victor-la-Coste and Laudun, outsprinting a small breakaway group. Vacansoleil-DCM duo Johnny Hoogerland and Marco Marcato finished second and third respectively [...]
Italian champion beats World and Commonwealth champions while Ellen Van Dijk sweeps overall competitionsMonia Baccaille (MCipollini-Giordana) won the final stage of the Ladies Tour of Qatar between Al Dayeen and the Doha Corniche in a bunch sprint, securing the first [...]
Active American has skiing on the program this weekKatie Compton was all smiles during the press conference after she had won the silver medal in the cyclocross World Championships in Sankt Wendel, Germany. Afterwards she was consoled by a teammate, [...]
Fractured elbow for Igor Romero and injured knee for Javier Moreno as team warms up for Mallorca ChallengeFour riders from the Caja Rural team have been injured in a crash while warming up for the Mallorca Challenge series of races [...]
Tough climb brought back into race after improvement works by local council The tough Côte de la Haute-Levée climb is to be reintroduced to the parcours of Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a one-year absence, race organiser ASO has announced. The decision to [...]
Eyes young riders, Petacchi and BennatiItalian coach Paolo Bettini is planning for the World Championships in Copenhagen this September. He is observing his candidates, and is impressed by Daniel Oss and hopeful for Daniele Bennati and Alessandro Petacchi. "They've started [...]
German Team Miche rider performing solidly thus far in 2011Over two years after being named as using EPO-Cera in the 2008 Tour de France, German rider Stefan Schumacher has learned that he will not face criminal prosecution for his doping [...]
Taylor Phinney will miss Qatar due to knee problemsMorale rising after Andrea Guardini took a stunning five stage wins out of ten in the Tour de Langkawi, the Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli team is gunning for big performances in [...]
Three time winner heading back aiming for more successSprint rivals Alessandro Petacchi and Tom Boonen both intended getting their seasons underway in the Tour of Qatar, but the Italian rider has had a setback and must now miss the race. [...]
Lance Armstrong's participation possible thanks to USADA's rules regarding investigationsThe United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) will handle anti-doping testing for its country's top race, the Tour of California in May. The decision is meant to strengthen controls of cyclists prior [...]
'He has absolutely smashed the conventional world record' Former British pro Chris Boardman has congratulated Jack Bobridge on breaking his 15-year-old individual pursuit record. Bobridge beat Boardman's time by nearly one second yesterday at the Australian track national championships, stunning [...]
"My goal is to get back to my old form as quickly as possible."When the Tour of Qatar kicks off this weekend, Leopard Trek will debut in the Northern Hemisphere with a powerful team headlined by last year's Flanders/Roubaix double [...]
