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 [...]
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 [...]
Spaniard will ride Gran Fondo run by Tour de France organisersHe’s been a long time away from the sport but five-time Tour de France champion Miguel Indurain is set to saddle up once again early next month. The Spaniard has [...]
Says is inspired by national pride, will target Olympics and worlds next season Commonwealth Games champion Allan Davis has said that he intends making the 2012 Olympic road race and world championships his big targets during next season, which will [...]
Believes Tour of Britain was best preparation for CopenhagenJudging by his pre-race talk, it appears that concerns that Mark Cavendish’s world championship preparation had been compromised by his early exit from the Vuelta a España could be unfounded. The Briton [...]
Californian bike builder to continue work with Formula 1 team’s Applied Technologies divisionCalifornian bike company Specialized and Formula 1 team McLaren have announced an extension to their partnership. The two companies began their collaboration, mixing Specialized’s knowledge of frame design [...]
Defending time trial champion confident of form ahead of Tuesday's race but concedes that course doesn’t suit herGreat Britain’s Emma Pooley starts Tuesday's World championship time trial with the honour of race number one, as the defending champion, and will [...]
Four-time champion expects main challenge to come from HTC-Highroad’s German duo, but still expects to win himselfSwitzerland’s four-time World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) is obviously one of the big favourites for victory in Wednesday’s race in Copenhagen, [...]
Video highlights of Spaniard’s careerHaving announced the end to a 15 year professional career on Thursday, Carlos Sastre has said that he planned to walk away from the sport prior to the 2011 season. “It is something I had already [...]
Univest GP win by Roth caps strong performance by Canadian teamEnding the season with a morale-boosting win that will motivate its riders over the winter months, Team Spidertech and Ryan Roth triumphed in the Grand Prix Univest at the weekend. [...]
Slovenian sprinter and Belgian climber to Kazakh team for two yearsTeam Astana has announced the signing of Slovenian sprinter Borut Božič and Belgian climber Kevin Seeldraeyers for 2012, both on two-year contracts. Both riders join the Kazakh team after long [...]
Joins other HTC Highroad team-mates on Belgian teamAfter one season with the HTC Highroad team, the Irish road race champion Matt Brammeier has secured another WorldTour contract and will move to the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team in 2012.The squad, which [...]
Australian dominates race to take nation’s second title; Rasmus Quaade takes host’s first medal as a late crash costs Michael Hepburn silverLuke Durbridge (Australia) stormed to a dominant victory in the under-23 men’s World time trial championships in Copehnagen, Denmark. [...]
Junior women’s race gets Copenhagen world championships underwayStarting off last in the field, Australian rider Jessica Allen put her country on top of the leaderboard at the world road race championships when she edged to victory in today’s junior women’s [...]
Riis believes Portuguese rider will be both a strong team-mate and an individual winnerAfter two years with the RadioShack team, the 2010 Tour de France stage winner Sergio Paulinho has signed a two year deal to ride alongside former Astana [...]
Riis says he’s steadily building his own team As Saxo Bank SunGard team owner Bjarne Riis did recently, Alberto Contador has also dismissed speculation that his team could merge with his former squad Astana next season. “There's nothing [to stories] [...]
Frenchman wins Grand Prix de la Somme, ready for CopenhagenThough Team France may enter the World Championships as underdogs, it will bring a stable of riders to the road race who are riding with good form. One will be Anthony [...]
Race leader Boom one of top favourites for time trialAlthough this afternoon’s last stage will of course play a part, the final finishing order of this year’s Tour of Britain will most likely be shaped by the 8.8 kilometre time [...]
