"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 [...]
Catalonian rider targeting Paris-Nice, Catalonia, and Basque Country for the first part of the seasonMovistar's Xavier Tondo heads into the 2011 season with seemingly limitless opportunities. The newly formed team is without a major Grand Tour leader in the absence [...]
Belgian all-arounder took a stellar 3rd place in opening field sprintThree weeks ago, Vacansoleil's Björn Leukemans took a look at why the big Classics win has eluded him so far in his career in a conversation with Cyclism'Actu. The Belgian [...]
Another second place gives Anthony Ravard the race leadLloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale) won the second stage of this year’s Etoile de Besseges between Nîmes and Saint-Ambroix in a bunch sprint. He beat his own teammate Anthony Ravard, in a [...]
Stage and race lead for Dutch rouleurEllen Van Dijk (HTC-Highroad) won the second stage of the Ladies Tour of Qatar between the Museum of Islamic Art and Lusail, outsprinting the other members of a seven-rider breakaway. The powerful Dutch rouleur [...]
Young American has frustrating winter days behind himTaylor Phinney had an incredible 2010 season and was looking forward to his first ProTour year with the BMC racing team. But so far, Phinney's preparation left him with a good deal of [...]
'Not make the same mistake as Marco Pantani in 1999'Alberto Contador should accept a one-year suspension and plan his return, according to his former sports director Giuseppe Martinelli. "Accept the suspension, thinking of when he will return to race," Martinelli [...]
A Tour podium would already define the season as successfulOmega Pharma-Lotto officially presented its team to the public for the 2011 season. There was quite a shake-up in the winter, with 15 riders leaving. The same amount of newcomers will [...]
Italian sprinter realises quality will be higher in Gulf race, remains ambitiousAndrea Guardini spent the day after the end of the Tour de Langkawi in the race hotel at Shah Alam, an area close to Kuala Lumpur known for its [...]
Young Australian able to keep racing aggressively towards end of ten day eventAs much as his sixth overall impressed, Lachlan Morton’s ability to cope with the volume of racing at the Tour de Langkawi was equally notable. Having just turned [...]
Visa issues will determine if team can take part in Indian 1.1-ranked eventsFresh from overall victory in the Tour de Langkawi, the Androni Giocattoli team is waiting to hear if it will be a participant in the upcoming Tour de [...]
Australian does what no one thought possible under new regulationsJack Bobridge has done what everyone considered impossible and beaten Chris Boardman’s 15-year-old record in the individual pursuit. The South Australian posted a time of 4:10.534, knocking more than half a [...]
Belarusian outsprints Ravard and Leukemans in stage oneThe peloton is starting to pick up the pace, with the five-day Etoile de Bessèges underway as the first stage race in Europe. On day one it was sprinter Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des [...]
Commonwealth champion beats World champion as peloton splits in the windRochelle Gilmore (Lotto Honda Team) has followed on from her successful Australian season by winning the first stage of the Tour of Qatar between Camel Race Track and Dukhan. The [...]
Danish talent opts for proximity to his friend over sunny ItalyDanish rider, Jakob Fuglsang, will likely be the right hand man for both Frank and Andy Schleck as the Luxembourg duo set out to finally take outright victory at the [...]
Former Garmin-Cervélo official to act as professional men’s road coordinator Following the news last week that it would look into Matt White’s dismissal by the Garmin-Cervélo team, Cycling Australia has said that it finds no grounds not to continue with [...]
Says he was the second strongest rider Sven Nys has been dominating many of the season-long events, such as the World Cup or the Superprestige, for years. But when it comes to the World Championships, he usually misses out on [...]
Team presents a new sponsor and aims to reinvent itselfThe Movistar team was presented to the press in the Spanish capital Madrid today with an intention to reinvent the team, as well as an entirely new jersey. The team, which [...]
