Court for Arbitration in Sport upholds UCI appealFranco Pellizotti has been handed a two-year suspension after the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has upheld an appeal from the International Cycling Union (UCI), according to la Gazzetta dello Sport. The [...]
Triple Tour of Denmark winner Fuglsang loses a minuteStage two of Paris-Nice was a frustrating one for the Leopard-Trek team, which saw two of its GC hopes hit the deck on a day littered by crashes.The 2010 Tour de Suisse [...]
Measures being taken to ban injections in pro cyclingUCI President Pat McQuaid has verified that the governing body is seeking to ban all injections by teams. The Irishman was speaking after Saturday’s press conference prior to Paris-Nice, when the UCI [...]
Former Tour Maillot Jaune and CPA chief speaksCedric Vasseur’s pro career spanned some 15 seasons, from racing under the stewardship of the legendary Peter Post at Novemail in 1993 to being a ‘QuickStep man’ under Patrick Lefevre in 2007, via [...]
Women’s races to be run in support of men’s Halfords city centre Tour SeriesJohnson Health Tech, the owners of Horizon Fitness, which sponsors Britain’s biggest women’s team, has announced that it will support a series of women’s city centre criteriums [...]
Colombian climber hopes to continue incredible start to the 2011 season With less than three months of racing completed in the 2011 season, Androni Giocattoli's Jose Serpa, has put together a series of results that would make any rider drool. [...]
Finishing straight crash disrupts the sprinters but luckily brings few riders downMatt Goss (HTC-Highroad) won the third stage of Paris-Nice between Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire and Nuits-Saint-Georges in a chaotic sprint finish. The Australian outsprinted compatriot Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervélo) and Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) [...]
First two road stages suited to the fastmen before the race hits the hillsThe sprinters have been to the fore in the first two stages of Paris-Nice, but the fastest riders in the peloton are heading south of the Alps [...]
Frenchman doesn’t want to take any chancesAfter winning the Tour of the Mediterranean earlier this season, Davide Moncoutie’s desire to show well in Paris-Nice unravelled today when the Cofidis rider was forced to leave the race. The 35 year old [...]
Five wildcards all awarded to Italian teamsThe list of teams invited to this year’s Giro d’Italia has been announced by race organiser RCS Sport, with 60 days to go until the race starts in the Piemonte city of Torino (Turin). [...]
Sprint decides final stageResisting attacks from the HTC Highroad team and the other big rivals in the race, Alison Starnes held on to win the overall classification in the Merco Credit Union Stage Race yesterday. The former tennis player and [...]
Team time trial is a target for American ProTeam squadBMC Racing Team rider Cadel Evans will line out in Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday without feeling under pressure to be an overall contender. He has taken a different approach to this season, [...]
Legal action threatened, but team won’t accept calls for a retraction of statements made The situation between Trent Lowe and his former team continues to be a tense one, with the rider and his legal representations demanding a retraction and [...]
Stitches and bruises for Belgian competitor Quick Step rider Kevin De Weert is an uncertain starter for Tuesday’s stage of Paris-Nice, following a crash approximately 30 kilometres from the finish of stage two. The 28 year old hit the ground [...]
Argentinean sprinter has stitches in knee wound after mid-stage incidentToday’s second stage of Paris-Nice between Montfort l’Amaury and Amilly was peppered with crashes, mostly caused by the peloton spreading across narrow roads due to its slow speed. On incident though, [...]
Italian champion’s team bullish after strong Strade Bianche performanceThe Professional Continental Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli team is heading into the Tirreno-Adriatico, which starts in Marina di Carrara on the Tuscan coast, with ambition. Director sportif Luca Scinto will be leading a [...]
Low speed crashes dominate a windy, flat stage as the race heads southGreg Henderson (Team Sky) won the second stage of Paris-Nice between Montfort-l’Amaury and Amilly in a bunch sprint. The New Zealander outsprinted Australian Matt Goss (HTC-Highroad) and Russian [...]
Dutchman was originally slated for Paris-Nice and will now miss crucial Italian race as wellThe much anticipated spring season of Vacansoleil's all around talent, Johnny Hoogerland, took another hit today when it was announced by his team that he'll miss [...]
