Portuguese rider still looking for first victory of the seasonTeam RadioShack’s Tiago Machado will start the second Grand Tour of his career when he lines up for the Vuelta a España on the 20th August. Earlier this year the Portuguese [...]
Manuel Belletti sings for Europcar while Gibert narrows bidding teams to twoThe transfer season is in full swing, and more confirmations of rider movements are being made public by teams on a daily basis. According to the International Cycling Union [...]
Huge celebrations Down UnderTour de France winner Cadel Evans received a big welcome home when he returned to Australia for the first time since claiming the yellow jersey in July. Evans, who lives in Switzerland when in Europe, jetted into [...]
Duo have been highly impressive in recent yearsHTC Highroad sprinter Mark Renshaw looks like he could be heading to a different squad than his team-mate Mark Cavendish, thus ending what has been a very successful partnership in recent seasons. The [...]
Explains earlier start and why he understands the absence of Alberto ContadorJavier Guillén is heading into his third year as the race director of the Vuelta a España, the third and final Grand Tour of the season. It starts on [...]
Cervélo co-founder claims a large gap in testing may have existedCervélo co-founder Gerard Vroomen has raised questions about the UCI’s biological passport, saying that in his knowledge, a large gap may have existed in testing up until at least the [...]
Last document to be sent to governing bodyWith the Vuelta a España start now just a week and a half away, the participation of Andrey Kashechkin in the event is close to being verified. The rider has already negotiated a [...]
Teams aiming for big 2012 seasonsAs cycling’s transfer season continues, three new contracts have been confirmed for riders by the Vacansoleil DCM and Ag2r La Mondiale teams. French sprinter Jimmy Casper has been signed up by the latter, inking a [...]
American rider loses time to Boasson HagenFor the second day running, German sprinter Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) proved quickest at the Eneco Tour, blasting to victory at the end of a 173.7 kilometre stage to Ardooie. He once again timed [...]
Eritrean chose Australian team over five other teams who were after himAlthough he’s yet to be officially announced by GreenEdge, it’s been widely reported that the Australian squad has signed the promising African rider Daniel Teklehaimanot. This has been confirmed [...]
Directeur sportif Valerio Piva to Katusha Irish road race champion Matt Brammeier has spoken of his frustration with the winding down of the HTC Highroad team, with his comments revealing just how far plans had advanced for the future of [...]
Former track world champion will boost team in various areasOne day after Thor Hushovd announced that he was moving on from Garmin-Cervélo, the team has announced that it has signed another Scandinavian rainbow jersey-wearer to the squad. Alex Rasmussen, who [...]
Kazakhstani team looking to further bolster its roster for 2012The Astana cycling team continue to recruit Kazakhstani natives back to its team and has now announced Dmitriy Muravyev will leave Team RadioShack to be part of its roster next year. [...]
Dutch rider switching teams after eight years at RabobankGreenEdge have announced the signing of Dutch rider Pieter Weening as the team rolls out more new recruits. The Australian team is aiming to becoming the first from the country to obtain [...]
German rider regrets end of HTC Highroad squadAlthough there have been suggestions that Tony Martin could be set to race with GreenEdge in 2012, the rider has said that he is still considering which team he will sign with. He [...]
The Gorilla outpaces the other sprinters as only twenty survive to contest the finishAndré Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) won a closely contested sprint to take the first stage of the Eneco Tour between Oosterhout and Sint-Willebrord, in the Netherlands. The German [...]
Basque rider crashed out while leading last year’s raceAlmost a year after crashing out of the Vuelta a España while in the leader’s jersey, Igor Anton will return to the Spanish Tour at the helm of the Euskaltel Euskadi team, [...]
German is one of sport’s top young sprintersAs the dust continues to settle after the news that the HTC Highroad team won’t exist next year, its riders and staff are concentrating on trying to find contracts for 2012 and beyond. [...]
