Contador able to remain confident after Netherlands' rulingDue to the outcome of another Clenbuterol postive, Alberto Contador will take comfort in Spain's decision to acquit him of charges against him. In a similar case, the Netherlands' acquitted mountain biker Rudi [...]
Belarusian at head of young team for Spanish stage raceKanstantsin Sivtsov will lead a young HTC-Highroad team to the Volta a Catalunya, which starts in Lloret de Mar on Monday. The seven-day stage race, which is historically dominated by the [...]
US Gran Prix and North American Cyclocross trophy winner adds strength to US teamUS championship bronze medallist Jeremy Powers has signed with the Rapha-Focus team for the coming cyclocross season. As well as his nationals medal, Powers won the overall [...]
Good performances in Belgian single day eventNorth American squads Team Type 1-Sanofi-Aventis and Team Spidertech-C10 had an aggressive showing in today’s Nokere Koerse event, thus justifying their invitations to the 1.1-ranked race. After the day’s breakaway group was brought back, [...]
In-form sprinter raring to go on eve of La Primavera With the countdown to the 102nd Milan – Sanremo now into the final stages, VeloNation caught up with a man who has to be on any list of favourites for [...]
Australian shares World Tour lead with Paris-Nice winner MartinCadel Evan’s excellent early season form has earned him another reward, with the BMC Racing Team rider moving into joint first place in the UCI WorldTour rankings. The Australian is level on [...]
Belgian believes it's the only chance for a breakaway to stay awayPhilippe Gilbert might have made yet another giant stride forward en route to becoming the world's sovereign one day classics specialist over the winter and so far this young [...]
Team eager to keep young climbing talent within its ranksVacansoleil has endured its share of personnel problems this year by way of their two controversial signings, Riccardo Ricco and Ezequiel Mosquera. However, moving past the two tainted foreigners within the [...]
Swiss rider to give Ardennes Classic a missAiming to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix again, Fabian Cancellara has indicated that he doesn’t intend to take part in Liège-Bastogne-Liège this year. The Swiss Leopard Trek rider has named the [...]
Last year’s runner up is not favorite after sicknessSeven riders from four different nations are supporting Tom Boonen in his quest to improve on his second place of last year in Milan-Sanremo, which is held this Saturday. Boonen has recovered [...]
Belgian sprinter back to form with Quick Step teamRebounding from the illness that caused him to withdraw halfway through Paris-Nice, Quick Step’s Gert Steegmans blasted to victory in the Nokere-Koerse race in Belgium today. He showed good form to net [...]
Czech rider to train in Tenerife, no racing planned for over a monthAlthough he had hoped to figure strongly in Paris-Nice and had the backing of Alexandre Vinokourov and the Astana team behind him, Roman Kreuziger had to be content [...]
Expects the Poggio to be decisiveThor Hushovd played the role of domestique in Tirreno-Adriatico, which was the ideal preparation for him ahead of Milano-Sanremo.The Norwegian is happy with his form. Hushovd was launching sprints for Tyler Farrar rather than going [...]
German a tad disappointed with race between the two seasFabian Wegmann headed into Tirreno-Adriatico with a good result at the Montepaschi Strade Bianche, but left the week-long stage race not one hundred percent content. He is now tackling Milano-Sanremo and [...]
After two disappointing seasons, the former Ronde van Vlaanderen runner-up looking to return to the topOne of Bjarne Riis's most interesting offseason signings, Nick Nuyens, is about to embark on a critical spring campaign. The 30 year old Belgian left Rabobank [...]
Omega Pharma-Lotto rider to make season debut at Volta a Catalunya2010 Giro d'Italia King of the Mountains winner, Matthew Lloyd is set to finally kick off his 2011 season. The Omega Pharma-Lotto rider suffered a bad crash on the streets [...]
Said partnership worked ‘extremely well’This year’s Paris-Nice was the first occasion for the UCI and the French anti-doping agency AFLD to work together under the latter’s new president Bruno Genevois. It followed on from previous tensions under the former president [...]
Fabian Cancellara blitzes flat course to take first victory of the seasonCadel Evans (BMC Racing) secured overall victory in Tirreno-Adriatico after a solid performance in the seventh and final stage time trial around the Adriatic coastal town of San Benedetto [...]
