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 [...]
Paco Guzman feels that the absence of radios caused crashes on tricky descentThe director of the recently completed Vuelta a Murcia, Paco Guzman, threw his opinion into the bubbling stew of radio ban discontent on Monday. The director of the [...]
Talented 22 year old neo-pro previously rode strongly in Tour of the Mediterranean With Paris-Nice getting underway today, Garmin-Cervélo manager Jonathan Vaughters has named three riders from his team which he feels could do well in the race. “We have [...]
Spaniard takes second consecutive stage victoryHaving landed his first victory of the season yesterday on the toughest mountain stage of the Vuelta a Murcia, Alberto Contador showed his time trialing legs are also in good condition when he raced to [...]
'It will be difficult to get a top 5; most impressive: Martin.'Fränk Schleck's march towards an Ardennes Classic win started today at the Paris-Nice stage race in France. The Luxembourger of Leopard-Trek wants to win one of the late April [...]
English rider heading Stateside for 2011 Englishman Tom Faiers went to a Graham Baxter training camp in Murcia when he was 18; as a triathlete, he wanted to strengthen his cycling. When he was training there, he ran into Spanish [...]
'I wanted to hit the ground running this year'Bradley Wiggins, after the Tour of Qatar and the Manchester World Cup, is ready to begin the road season proper. Today, the Brit leads team Sky at the first stage of Paris-Nice. [...]
Lunging at just the right time and pipping Jimmy Casper by the smallest of margins, the 40 year old An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team rider Niko Eeckhout galloped to victory on the final stage of the [...]
Belgian Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil) pulled off victory in the 154.5 kilometer opening stage of Paris-Nice today, outsprinting his breakaway companion in what was a surprise success over the sprinters in Houdan. Jeremy Roy (FDJ) crossed the line in second, [...]
German über-sprinter recovers from mid-race crashIna Teutenberg (HTC-Highroad) won the Merced Downtowm Grand Prix criterium, the third stage of the Merco Credit Union Cycling Classics, to take the UCI team’s second stage of the race. Teutenberg recovered from a mid [...]
Team may be called to explain Mosquera/Riccò doping casesInternational Cycling Union (UCI) president, Pat McQuaid put team Vacansoleil on alert today for its links to two doping cases. Two of its riders, Riccardo Riccò and Ezequiel Mosquera, are involved in [...]
UCI says it has until March 24th to appeal Contador decisionSpeaking at a press conference at the eve of Paris-Nice, UCI President Pat McQuaid and AFLD President Bruno Genevois confirmed what they said was a significant agreement to collaborate during [...]
Belgian classics star is the strongest of the favourites over Tuscan white roadsPhilippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the fifth edition of the Montepaschi Strade Bianche, which crosses the iconic, unsurfaced white roads of the Tuscan region of Italy. The Belgian classics [...]
Movistar's Plaza breaks tibia and fibula, while Euskaltel's Landa fractures collarboneIt was a day of success for the day's top three teams at the Vuelta a Murcia. Saxo Bank, Geox-TMC, and Saur-Sojasun all finished the day in prime position for [...]
Bad start to Belgian veteran’s first classics season as part of a ProTeamQuick Step rider Andy Cappelle was the victim of a crash in the early kilometres of the first stage of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen – Johan Museeuw Classics. [...]
Neo-pro scores this second win of his professional career22 year old German, John Degenkolb, didn't have to wait long following his first ever professional victory at the Volta ao Algarve. The HTC-Highroad neo-pro rattled off win number two today in [...]
Saxo Bank leader takes a slim lead into Sunday's final stage time trialAlberto Contador first soared, then plummeted to take the first win of his and his Saxo Bank team's season. The five-time Grand Tour winner, whose fate still remains [...]
Subida al Naranco to be integrated into Vuelta a AsturiasGermany isn't the only country seeing a decrease in its racing schedule. Both Italy and Spain lost stage races over the past two days. In Italy, the Brixia Tour announced that [...]
