Europcar manager looks back on his team’s 2011 Tour de France and looks ahead to 2012Jean-René Bernadeau’s Europcar was one of the teams of the year. Having almost gone out of existence at the end of 2010, after the scheduled [...]
Vuelta a España crash denies veteran domestique his grand exitJose Vicente “Chente” Garcia Acosta has announced his retirement from professional cycling, bringing the curtain down on a seventeen-year career. The 39-year-old rider turned professional with the Banesto team in 1995, [...]
Rasmussen’s team to shed ten out of sixteen currently in lineupMuch as the end of the season is all about new signings, there are also a large number of riders moving on from each of the teams. Details have emerged [...]
New Zealand rider says team will allow him to target London OlympicsHaving resigned from Johan Bruyneel’s RadioShack team six years ago, Hayden Roulston appears set to once again work with the Belgian as part of the RadioShack Nissan team in [...]
Considerable 2011 success not enough to secure necessary supplier backingHaving backed strong teams since 2003, the Colavita squad made the difficult announcement this week that it was stopping in advance of the 2012 season. Company vice president of marketing and [...]
Rider representatives, UCI don’t confirm sanction for Tour de France positiveThree and a half months after it was announced that Alexandr Kolobnev had tested positive at the Tour de France, the Russian rider appeared today before a disciplinary hearing in [...]
Top fifteen teams qualify; remaining five teams fight for three ProTeam placesThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the results of an evaluation of the teams applying for 2012 ProTeam status, according to its sporting criteria. The evaluation, based on [...]
Strong racing expected in Saturday’s marathon road raceThe longest single-day race in the Southern Hemisphere has been given a big boost, with the state government of the area pledging to give $200,000 to the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic over [...]
Promising young rider joins Callegarin, Calabria and Rosskopf as 2012 signingsHaving shown his ability with a strong fourth place overall finish in the Tour de l’Avenir plus the runner-up slot in the Norwegian road race championships, Vegard Stake Langen is [...]
Dutchman is latest signing for squadAfter announcing the signature of Dominic Klemme last week, the Project 1t4i team (formerly Skil-Shimano) has confirmed that another Leopard Trek rider will come on board for 2012. The Dutch squad has agreed terms with [...]
Fourth team in as many years for French climberIt has been strongly rumoured for some time but Leopard Trek’s French climber Brice Feillu has confirmed that he is heading to Professional Continental Saur-Sojasun in 2012. The French climber, who burst [...]
Czech champion wins close battle in Tabor to climb over absent Katie ComptonHomefield advantage proved to be good for Katerina Nash (Luna Chix) as she took a hard-fought victory in yesterday’s cyclocross World Cup race in Tabor, Czech Republic. The [...]
Welshman will ride Giro instead, London Olympic Games top priorityHaving won team pursuit gold in the 2008 Olympic Games, Geraint Thomas has decided to replicate his-then preparation for next year’s contest. As a result, the Welshman will deliberately miss next [...]
Concerns that the Tour of the Mediterranean might have been lost for 2012 have proved unfounded, even though the race did not appear on the first UCI calendar for next season. The prestigious early season event, which has been won [...]
Duo suspected in hacking of French anti-doping agency computers Disqualified 2006 Tour de France victor and his former coach Arnie Baker should serve suspended 18 month prison sentences, according to the prosecutor in a case against the two.The French state [...]
Spanish rider hopeful that management will find replacement sponsor in time to save the teamDavid Blanco was one of the many Geox-TMC riders taken completely by surprise by the apparently sudden withdrawal of main sponsor Geox last week. The Spanish [...]
Colombian rider says he can see light at the end of the tunnel Still badly affected by the Tour de Suisse crash which almost cost him his life, Movistar rider Juan Mauricio Soler has moved to outpatient treatment and believes [...]
Doesn’t appear threatened by big name additionsAlthough 2012 will see him share leader status in races with more big name riders, Tom Boonen has welcomed the changes to the Quick Step team for next season. The squad, which will be [...]
