Katusha rider hoping that blood injections will cure problem Struck by severe headaches ever since a bad crash in the Three Days of De Panne at the end of March, Leif Hoste has had the cause of the pain diagnosed; [...]
Full lineup of Italian squad announced Putting its weight behind defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and up and coming first-time Grand Tour rider Peter Sagan, the Liquigas-Cannondale team has finalised its lineup for the Vuelta a España. Nibali has been building [...]
Dane forever grateful to Stapleton for the opportunityAs reported earlier today, HTC Highroad directeur sportif Brian Holm will move to Quick Step for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. This comes after HTC Highroad owner Bob Stapleton announced his team would [...]
Sky Procycling lineup finalised for Vuelta a España, solid team announcedConfirming its final lineup for the Vuelta a España, Sky Procycling has announced the identities of those who will back Bradley Wiggins in the Spanish Grand Tour. The British rider [...]
Garmin-Cervélo team line-up announcedUsing the race as part of the buildup for his world championship title defence, Thor Hushovd will target a strong performance at the Tour of Britain, which begins on September 11th. The Norwegian will be at the [...]
Belgian team aiming for stage win and top ten overall Multiple Grand Tour stage winner Tom Boonen and all rounder Kevin De Weert will be two prominent riders on the Quick Step team in the upcoming Vuelta a España, with [...]
Danish directeur sportif to play important team role Experienced directeur sportif Brian Holm is set to move from the folding HTC Highroad squad to Quick Step at the end of the season, with the Dane signing a two year contract [...]
American team places Bajadali twelfth overallThe American squad Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth concluded a solid Tour of Utah yesterday, as Andrew Bajadali finished fourteenth on the queen stage to Snowbird Ski Resort, securing his twelfth place overall. The team also won [...]
Developing Spanish team continues to look forwardCaja Rural, the Spanish pro continental team in its second year of existence, will be forced to watch the Vuelta a España on television, but team management refuses to be bitter one week from [...]
Belgian champion to take a break; WorldTour lead will have to wait at least another weekPhilippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) will not be on the start line of Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, the next event in the International Cycling [...]
Belgian looking forward to the Vuelta and WorldsTom Boonen has insisted that, in spite of a forgettable 2011 so far, he can still make it back to the highest level of the sport. He will try to go well in [...]
Road champion takes second driekleur in incredible season; Liesbet De Vocht takes women’s title from teammate Grace VerbekeEvidently coming out of the Eneco Tour with very hot form, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has added the time trial driekleur to the [...]
Race organiser would love to see a Basque rider wear the red jersey as the Vuelta visits the province for the first time in 33 yearsIgor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was forced to abandon last year’s Vuelta a España with a fractured [...]
Spanish Grand Tour could mark next stage in Irishman’s careerIt’s time to step up a level. Having shown promising form in winning a stage and netting second overall in the Tour of Poland, 24 year old Irishman Dan Martin will [...]
Tour winner leads Belgian champion by just six points after Eneco TourFollowing his second place in last week’s Eneco Tour, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) has closed to within just six points of the lead in the International Cycling Union (UCI) [...]
First year American pro ambitious about career, rules out Tour de France contentionFresh from his prologue win and fine fourth place overall in the Eneco Tour, Taylor Phinney has laid out some big goals for the final part of his [...]
Mosquera, Hoogerland and Bozic will miss Spanish Grand TourSecond overall yesterday in the Tour de l’Ain, Wout Poels will be one of Vacansoleil’s protected riders in the upcoming Vuelta a España. The 23 year old Dutchman has been in solid [...]
Race jury reviews crash-marred finaleDuring yesterday’s final stage of the Eneco Tour, Team Radioshack seemed as if they had the team title all sewn up. But when Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) powered away from the field to win the [...]
