Theo Bos to lead Rabobank, Breschel listed as reserve for teamOne of cycling’s most popular riders, the teak-tough German veteran Jens Voigt, will celebrate his 40th birthday while competing in next month’s Tour of Britain. Voigt will turn 40 on [...]
All three teams ready for breakaways in Breton WorldTour raceThe BMC Racing, Lampre-ISD and Quick Step teams have all announced the teams that they are sending to Sunday’s Grand Prix Ouest-France in Plouay, Brittany. The cycling-mad village, that was the [...]
Quick Step sprinter goes down in finishing straight chaos but escapes injury this timeOne of the many riders to hit the tarmac in the finishing straight of the seventh stage if the Vuelta a España in Talavera de la Reina [...]
Former world champion feeling better after early illnessYesterday’s sixth stage of the Vuelta a España was one which some felt might have led to a big group sprint, but the Liquigas-Cannondale team had other thoughts and wrested clear on the [...]
French champion survives the carnage at the end of stage seven but expects to lose the race lead on stage eightSylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) came very close to coming down in the crash that hit the peloton in the finishing [...]
Says appeal was necessary under circumstancesAlthough Jan Ullrich last competed in a professional event five years ago, the rider was this week the subject of a CAS hearing over his involvement in the Operacion Puerto affair. The UCI appealed against [...]
Overall will be decided between teammates Annemiek van Vleuten and Marianne VosThe 2011 Women’s World Cup comes to its somewhat premature end with the Grand Prix Plouay this Saturday. The 114.6km race, arguably the toughest round of the season-long series, [...]
Levi Leipheimer holds on to race lead as the stage finishes in a bunch sprintElia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the fourth stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge between Avon and Steamboat Springs, as it finished in a bunch sprint. The [...]
US Rider and Garmin-Cervélo will decide Saturday morning if he can startHaving hit the ground heavily inside the final metres of today’s seventh stage of the Vuelta a España, Tyler Farrar was one of the most badly affected of the [...]
Nibali, Scarponi and Van den Broeck involved in pileupNormally staying close to the front is seen as the best tactic to avoid trouble, but a touch of wheels inside the final 100 metres meant that some of the riders right [...]
Italian couldn’t avoid pileup in final metersVincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) was among a host of overall contenders who were unable to stay upright after a high-speed crash in the closing meters of stage seven of the Vuelta a España. Michal Golas [...]
Experienced home riders to be reunited at new Australian teamGreenEDGE Cycling has announced the signing of Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson. The two Australian riders will be reunited once more, having ridden for Mercury-Viatel together in 2001, before heading to [...]
Dutchman fifth in Colorado TTFighting amongst a strong contingent of American time trial specialists in Colorado yesterday, Stef Clement (Rabobank) finished as the best placed European, earning a solid fifth place. Levi Leipheimer (Radioshack) won the uphill test. Clement used [...]
Young German sprinter wins as Tyler Farrar comes down at the head of the pelotonMarcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) delivered on the promise he has shown so far this season by taking a stage victory in his first ever Grand Tour. The [...]
Italian airlifted to Denver hospital, examination reveals plastic surgery requiredSuffering serious injuries, Team Type 1 - Sanofi rider Daniele Callegarin crashed out of the USA Pro Challenge on Wednesday and had to be airlifted to a hospital in Denver. The [...]
Says Vinokourov has a contract until the end of 2012 and points will count towards team’s totalFollowing yesterday’s news that the Astana rider Roman Kireyev will retire with immediate effect from cycling, the UCI has confirmed to VeloNation that it [...]
Irish rider hit by 40 second fine for pacing back on after toilet breakIrish pro Dan Martin had said that he is frustrated with a decision by the Vuelta a España race commissaires to hit him with a time penalty [...]
RadioShack rider beats Christian Vande Velde by less than a second to take uphill time trial; Van Garderen strong, but not strong enough to hold onLevi Leipheimer (RadioShack) seized back the lead in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on the [...]
