Liquigas-Cannondale rider disappointed with his Tour de France but staying optimisticIvan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) was one of many riders that staked his whole season around bid to win the Tour de France. The 33-year-old passed up the opportunity to defend his [...]
Reclusive sprinter from Uzbekistan return to pro cycling worldIn what appears to be a peculiar pairing, the Astana team has signed up former top sprinter Djamolidine Abdoujaparov to help the GC rider Andrey Kashechkin (pictured) to prepare for the upcoming [...]
Paris-Roubaix named as big objectiveConfirming speculation which started prior to the Tour de France, the BMC Racing Team has announced that it has signed world road race champion Thor Hushovd to compete from 2012 onwards. The Norwegian rider, who took [...]
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. [...]
Move could see Italian make Tour de France debut in 2012Triple Italian road race champion Giovanni Visconti looks set to make the step up to a UCI WorldTour team next year following confirmation that he will sign for the Spanish [...]
Belgian champion sees 2009 winner as big favourite for overall race honoursAfter his unexpectedly good eighth place in today’s Eneco Tour prologue, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) is confident over his chances for the rest of the race. The Belgian champion [...]
Movistar sprinter taking time out after stressful Tour de France green jersey battleHaving taken some time off since the Tour de France, José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar) is preparing to return to competition at the Vattenfall Cyclassics on August 21st. Eschewing [...]
Racing in front of a home crowd in Amersfoort, Holland, the Dutch team Rabobank got their Eneco Tour off to a strong start in today’s prologue. Time trial specialist Lars Boom finished fifth, teammate Jos Van Emden was one spot [...]
Australian team reportedly has over 20 signingsTour of Denmark victor Simon Gerrans and Tour de France time trial winner Tony Martin have been reported as being linked to the new GreenEdge team, with a prominent Australian newspaper claiming that one [...]
Joaquim Rodriguez’ key teammate with the Russian team through 2012Joan Horrach has extended his contract with current team Katusha for one more year, taking the Mallorcan’s contract with the Russian team into a fourth year. Horrach is a key domestique [...]
BMC Racing prodigy the only rider under seven minutes on technical courseAfter a difficult first year of his professional career so far, in which he has suffered from concussion and knee problems, Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) has finally taken his [...]
Directeur sportif Van Slycke says riders form is ‘not great’Quick Step rider Tom Boonen had hoped to have a successful return to racing in the Tour of Poland, but his comeback after being forced out of the Tour de France [...]
Cadel Evans still leads but will come under pressure as Philippe Gilbert rides the Eneco TourCadel Evans (BMC Racing) holds on to his lead at the top of the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour ranking, despite not scoring any points [...]
Irishman hopes to bounce back after testing TourSeventh overall last year, Ireland’s Nicolas Roche will hope to equal or better that performance in the upcoming Vuelta a España, which begins in twelve days in Benidorm. The Ag2r La Mondiale rider [...]
End of the road for experienced Spanish veteranEnding things with a solid 44th overall in the Vuelta a Burgos, perhaps the oldest rider in the peloton has hung up his wheels after 18 seasons in the pro peloton. Íñigo Cuesta [...]
