Italian newspaper reports Armstrong linked to Ferrari through cash payments

Money laundering and doping accusations made against prominent riders There was a new development into the ongoing investigation into the US Postal Service team and multiple Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong yesterday with the news that Italian investigators had [...]

2011-09-22T00:00:00+00:00September 22nd, 2011|

Movistar confirms Basque rider Jonathan Castroviejo’s move to the team

Strong time trial rider looks to develop career with Spanish squadA consistent performance all season has netted Jonathan Castroviejo a contract with the Movistar team for next season. Castroviejo yesterday confirmed his time trial prowess when he placed eleventh in [...]

2011-09-22T00:00:00+00:00September 22nd, 2011|

Quick Step announces signature of Levi Leipheimer on two year contract

American leaves RadioShack setupThree weeks after Brian Holm confirmed that both Tony Martin and Levi Leipheimer would be joining him in working with Omega Pharma Quick Step next season, the team has made it official and confirmed that the rider [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

Oblivious Wiggins storms to time trial silver in World Championships

Briton rejects radio to do his own ride insteadBradley Wiggins claimed the silver medal in today's 46.4-kilometer long time trial at the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. He did so without a radio, rare in the technological world of cycling. [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

Guillaume van Keirsbulck continues winning run in Omloop van het Houtland

Quick Step rider with second pro win in a weekGuillaume van Keirsbulck (Quick Step) took the second win of his young career. The Belgian outsprinted a nine-man group in the Omloop van het Houtland - Lichtervelde, beating Stefan Van Dijk [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

HTC Highroad celebrates last Worlds with men and women's time trial gold

Mark Cavendish can make it a perfect final day in Copenhagen on SundayHTC Highroad will cease to exist at the end of the season and is currently participating in its last World Championships. While for this event there are country [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

Fabian Cancellara is dethroned by Tony Martin in the time trial World Championships

Swiss rider can only manage bronze medalIn 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010 the winner of the time trial World Championships was Fabian Cancellara. The year missing in that sequence - 2008 - he took the Olympic Games instead, opting not [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

World championship TT start times: Massive battle set between Cancellara and Martin

Big clash today on roads of CopenhagenWhat many predict will end up being a massive showdown between four-time champion Fabian Cancellara and the in-form specialist Tony Martin will take place over 46.4 kilometres today, and will be one of the [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

Brammeier says Omega Pharma-Quick Step decision was an easy one to make

Irishman to target early Classics season with new teamAs announced on Monday, Matt Brammeier has secured a WorldTour contract with Omega Pharma–Quick Step for next season after one year on the HTC-Highroad team. The Irishman spoke to VeloNation about next [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

Hushovd and Boasson Hagen will collaborate to make it two in a row for Norway

Younger Norwegian says there is no leadership problems, road will decide the strongest riderAfter winning the world road race championships last year for the first time, Norway has two realistic favourites with a chance of victory for Sunday’s championships in [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

2015 world championships set to head to Richmond, USA as Oman withdraws bid

UCI confirms sole candidate, formal decision due to be made this afternoonThe world road race championships will head to the USA for the first time since 1986 after the UCI has confirmed that Richmond’s sole rival for the event, Muscat [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

World championships: Martin dominates Elite time trial, Wiggins takes silver

Cancellara delayed due to near-crash, grabs bronzeTipped as the man to beat after defeating Fabian Cancellara in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España, German rider Tony Martin dominated the world time trial championships in Copenhagen today. The 26 [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

Brett Lancaster confirms GreenEdge contract, excited to race with new Australian team

Olympic gold medallist looking forward to joining home squadAustralian Brett Lancaster will ride for the GreenEdge cycling team during the 2012 season, as announced by the team today. This makes Lancaster the fifth rider from Garmin-Cervélo to join the new [...]

2011-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2011|

Marianne Vos “pretty disappointed” with tenth in Worlds time trial

World number one hoped to get closer to the podium in her first appearance in the raceToday’s women’s World championship time trial was a first for the Netherlands’ Marianne Vos and, despite her inexperience in time trials at that level, [...]

2011-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2011|

Tosatto and Boaro extend with Saxo Bank-SunGard, Mol stays with Vacansoleil

Two year deals confirmed as end of season approachesMore details have emerged of the contract arrangements beyond the end of this season, with Matteo Tosatto, Manuele Boaro and Wouter Mol (pictured) all agreeing to stay with their current teams. The [...]

2011-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2011|

World championships: Danish rider Mads Wurtz takes junior TT victory on home soil

Silver and bronze medals go to New Zealand and AustraliaGiving the home fans big reason to celebrate after Rasmus Christian Quaade’s silver medal yesterday, Mads Wurtz Schmidt snagged Denmark’s first gold medal of the 2011 UCI world road race championships [...]

2011-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2011|

Tour of Beijing: Galimzyanov to lead Katusha, Bookwalter and Moinart to head BMC Racing Team

New WorldTour race starts in a fortnightWith the Tour of Beijing starting two weeks from tomorrow, more details of the line-ups for this year’s event have been confirmed. The Katusha and BMC Racing Team squads for the new WorldTour race [...]

2011-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2011|

World championships: Judith Arndt powers through the rain for women’s time trial gold

German finally turns silver and bronze into gold; Villumsen takes one step up the podium; Pooley medals on a course that doesn’t suit herJudith Arndt (Germamy) has finally won the World time trial championship, with a powerful, rain affected ride [...]

2011-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2011|
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