Tour of Oman prompts organisers to think biggerWith the Tour of Oman proving to be a big early success in the second year of its existence, the authorities there have confirmed that the Gulf country intends to bid to hold [...]
Briton says yesterday’s stage win is his biggest career victoryGiven the quality of the field and the nature of yesterday’s final climb of Malhao, the success of Steve Cummings came as a surprise to many. The 29 year old beat [...]
Dutch team drops controversial climberOne day after being released from hospital, Italian climber Riccardo Riccò has been sacked from the Vacansoleil team on the grounds that he has violated the team’s regulations in relation to anti-doping. The Dutch squad has [...]
Cofidis sprinter celebrates second victory of young seasonCofidis's Samuel Dumoulin took his second win of the season today in the first stage of the Tour Du Haut Var. The Frenchman, already a winner in the Etoile de Besseges's third stage [...]
Italian success in early season semi-ClassicThree weeks after his victory in the three-stage Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Lampre-ISD rider Daniele Pietropolli won a ten man sprint to take the Trofeo Laigueglia today. He beat Simone Ponzi (Liquigas-Cannondale), Angel [...]
Cummings crashes twice but keeps race lead heading into final stageHe’s gone close with two second places in the Santos Tour Down Under, and today André Greipel finally got this 2011 winning campaign off to a start when he sped [...]
British rider comes out on top in his first race of the seasonKristian House of the Rapha Condor Sharp team began his time under the African sun on a high note, by riding himself to a solo victory in the [...]
Stage win strengthens Dutchman’s grip on red jersey of race leadership Spurred on by the red jersey on his back, thoughts of overall victory and most of all the memory of his late father, Robert Gesink today pulled off the [...]
2008 Belgian National Champion dreaming of success in the semi-classics and sprintsIt has been more than a little bit of time since Jürgen Roelandts's last victory - his last one came on October 4, 2008 to be exact. The now [...]
Broken collarbone feared for the 2010 Tour de France King of the MountainsThe Europcar team has started 2011 in excellent fashion. Thomas Voeckler notched up a stage win at the Tour Mediterraneén, Saïd Haddou sprinted to a stage over the [...]
Spanish rider helps establish Operación CursaTeam Movistar rider Xavier Tondo has been named by the Spanish media as being the rider who tipped police off about a doping network and thus helped to lead to the Operación Cursa investigation. Reports [...]
Spaniard was honored for his second Tour de France win in 1992Miguel Indurain, five-time winner of the Tour de France, has visited the museum of evolutionary humanity in Burgos, Spain. Indurain's purpose of the visit was to check out the [...]
New team recruit has voluntarily not raced despite not being suspendedEzequiel Mosquera still has not raced since the Vuelta a España, where he finished second to Vincenzo Nibali. Less than two weeks after the race finished, it was announced that [...]
Former Olympic champion ready for three year ‘prison sentence’This week has seen the retirement of Lance Armstrong, who is heading towards his 40th birthday. The Texan was one of the oldest riders in the peloton but another big name rider, [...]
Immediate goals, defending Flanders and Roubaix titlesSwiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara says his long-term goal is to win the Worlds road title and to set the hour record. This year, though, he will focus on defending his title at the Tour [...]
Seven people arrested in connected with doping ringFollowing a tip-off in December from a pro rider, an investigation into doping in Catalunya has led to the arrest of seven people suspected of providing banned products to sportspeople. Early indications are [...]
Embattled Spanish Grand Tour king happy to be back racingAlberto Contador's return to racing has proved to be virtually seamless so far following a period of controversy since his third Tour de France win that could rival arguably any rider [...]
Briton takes over race lead from GilbertTeam Sky rider Steve Cummings took an unexpected stage win in the Volta ao Algarve, beating the highly promising young American rider Tejay Van Garderen (HTC Highroad) and defending champion Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) [...]
