Rider hoping to ride Vuelta a Espana Three months after the UCI requested the Spanish federation RFEC to open disciplinary proceedings against Ezequiel Mosquera, the Spanish Anti Doping Agency (AEA, Agencia Española Antidopaje) has given its support to the rider.According [...]
Rabobank fielding two previous winners for the raceOscar Freire will make his comeback this weekend at the San Sebastián Classic after under-going maxillary sinus surgery in June. The Spaniard had to quit the Tour de Suisse as the sinus problem [...]
Australian interested in London games after defending Tour title next yearCadel Evans has indicated his interest in next year’s Olympic Games in London. The 2011 Tour de France champion will be heading to France next July to defend his title [...]
South African fully recovered from hip operationJohn Lee Augustyn (Sky Procycling) has made a successful recovery from an operation that has seen him sidelined for the season so far. The operation known as Birmingham Hip Resurfacing took place in March [...]
Belgian beats Van Leijen - top three of stage are top three overallBMC racer Greg van Avermaet won the overall classification of the Tour de Wallonie with a powerful sprint win in the final stage between Charleroi and Thuin (154.4 [...]
Australian’s confidence boosted after victory yesterdayNetting his first win of the season yesterday on stage four of the Tour de Wallonie, Robbie McEwen’s confidence is on the rise and prompts him to think of his big end of season goal, [...]
Astana rider under scrutiny after incidentKazakh rider Valentin Iglinskiy has landed himself in hot water with the news that he was arrested by French police. RTL reported today that the sprinter was arrested yesterday evening on the A8 autoroute near [...]
Sky Procycling principal says conclusion based on analysis of race dataBasing his reasoning on the pattern of racing plus an assessment of the power outputs of the top finishers, Sky Procycling’s Team Principal Dave Brailsford has said that he has [...]
MRI scan reveals Tour de France crash was worse than expectedRoman Kreuziger was one of the many cyclists who crashed during this year’s Tour de France and although the Astana rider went on to finish the race, it’s now been [...]
German gets lion from Australian BMC teammate as a rewardCadel Evans won the Tour de France, but kept thanking his team and pointing out that he couldn't have achieved victory without them. Marcus Burghardt was one of the riders who [...]
Big battle starts Sunday in WorldTour race Defending champion Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervélo) will lead the charge in the 2011 edition of the Tour de Pologne, but faces stiff opposition in the seven day race. The 24 year old Irishman has [...]
Top events expected to be included in new formatUSA Cycling is announcing the National Criterium Calendar (NCC) starting with the 2012 season. It is designed to highlight the nation's top criterium events and riders throughout the country. The NCC will [...]
Spaniard happy that team changes his traditional late summer programPablo Lastras (Movistar) is changing his traditional program of the Tour of Poland and the Eneco Tour to include Spanish races like the Clasica a San Sebastián. The team informed the [...]
Irishman speaks about accident that delayed his professional careerMatt Brammeier is currently in his debut year as a professional on the HTC-HighRoad squad. The Irishman turned professional at 26 years old, which is very late compared to most debutants these [...]
Spaniard had been close to dropping out of 2011 Tour de FranceStating that he is tired ‘both physically and psychologically,’ Alberto Contador will miss this year’s Vuelta a España, but has indicated that he could do the race in 2012. [...]
Dutch ProTeam insists that in-limbo Spanish rider will only ride if fully cleared in 2010 doping caseVacansoleil-DCM has released its long-list of thirteen riders, which will eventually be trimmed down to nine to ride the Vuelta a España. Although he [...]
The winner of the 2010 Tour de France will not be definitively known until almost eighteen months after the eventThe appeal into the case of Alberto Contador’s positive test for Clenbuterol in the 2010 Tour de France has been delayed [...]
Polka-dot jersey gets “revenge” over Philippe Gilbert in post-Tour exhibition raceSamuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) evened the score in the Belgian post-Tour exhibition criterium races, with victory in the Natourcriteiumvan Roeselare. The polka-dot jersey winner, still wearing the jersey, escaped the rest [...]
