Disaster strikes Liquigas-Cannondale as entire team crashes in final kilometreVictory for Androni Giocattoli in the stage 1b team time trial has put team leader Emanuele Sella into the race lead. The white and blue team completed the 15.6km course, that [...]
Improved climbing ability, fast finish, big engine - why can't he factor in Flanders?Following his stunning success in Sanremo on Saturday, the prognostications for the future have begun to flow. The name of De Vlaeminck has already been uttered, and [...]
Finally a victory for the Ale-Jet!After two second places in a spring disrupted by illness, Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) has finally taken his first win of 2011. The Ale-Jet from La Spezia won the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya [...]
UCI President talks about threatened split within the sportIt started off being about race radios, but as time progressed, it has become clear that there is more to the current tension between some teams and the UCI than just communication [...]
Grendene goes close to stage winAmerican Pro Continental squad Team Type 1- sanofi-aventis clocked up two good results on Tuesday, with Andrea Grendene powering to a fine second place on the opening road stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e [...]
Danish rider free to race again once contract is foundCleared of Clenbuterol doping on Tuesday by the Danish Sports Federation (DIF), Philip Neilsen has said that Alberto Contador’s positive test for the same substance may have enabled him the Dane [...]
Suggestions that UCI-registered riders and teams would have been blocked at eventsTen days after USA Cycling announced that it was lifting the radio ban for National Racing Calendar (NRC) races, the federation has decided to reverse the decision. It follows [...]
Autumn classics and home World Championships now the focus of Dane’s seasonRabobank’s Matti Breschel has undergone a second knee operation, according to the Dutch team. The Danish rider was re-examined at the hospital in Amersfoort, Netherlands; at first there appeared [...]
Kilometres and climbs added over 2010 routeThe opening stage of this weekend’s Critérium International will be even tougher this year as race organiser ASO has added almost 25km, and two more climbs, to its length. The stage between Porto-Vecchio and [...]
Deal will bring Tour de France and other events to households across EUAnnouncing a deal running from 2012 to 2015, Tour de France organisers ASO and the European Broadcasting Union have confirmed that races such as the Tour de France, [...]
Belgian superteam’s lack of 2011 success pushes its team car further back in the race convoyQuick Step’s dearth of success on the road this season is making its effects felt in all kinds of areas; the one most noticeable to [...]
UCI President on radio debate, voting rights, sporting structure Part I of this interview dealt with a rival league that threatens to split the sport and, potentially, cause a civil war in cycling. Pat McQuaid gave the UCI’s perspective on [...]
Condition is worse than team thought and blue-fuchsia team captain withdrawsDamiano Cunego’s ear infection is worse than the Lampre-ISD team originally thought and so the blue-fuchsia team has withdrawn its captain from this week’s Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. The [...]
Big crash left teams undisputed leader isolated at the frontFor British team Sky, Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo proved to be something of a disaster; team leader Edvald Boasson Hagen was the only rider from the team to find himself ahead of the [...]
Spaniard will be closely watched by rivalsToday’s opening day of the Volta a Catalunya marks the beginning of the third stage race of the season for Alberto Contador. The Saxo Bank SunGard rider will hear at some point this week [...]
Young Frenchman tipped for strong futureOne of the most impressive performances in Saturday’s Milan-Sanremo was that of the Frenchman Yoann Offredo, who attacked out of the lead group after the Cipressa and was part of a four man break which [...]
German rider to fight chargesSuspended German rider Patrik Sinkewitz has denied doping with human growth hormone, and has requested the analysis of his B sample. “I can only say that I have definitely not used any banned substances,” he claimed [...]
Paris-Nice points jersey winner disappointed about Sanremo, ready for Dwars door VlaanderenThe Garmin-Cervelo battleship started Saturday's 2011 opening Monument, Milano-Sanremo, as the heavy favorites to put one of their three captains across the finish line first. Unfortunately, each captain fell [...]
