Austrian keen on the Giro d’Italia and Olympic road raceAfter some uncertainty about his destination for next season, it has been announced that Thomas Rohregger will ride for RadioShack-Nissan in 2012. When the merger between RadioShack and his current team, [...]
Team happy to receive WorldTour confirmation after initial delayVacansoleil-DCM team manager Daan Luijkx has stated his team has received a letter from the cycling governing body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), confirming it will again be part of the WorldTour next [...]
Rider said to be racing for Continental rather than Pro Continental branch of teamThe new Colombia-Coldeportes team has further strengthened its ties with sport in the South American country by signing Mauricio Ardila, a 32 year old Colombian rider who [...]
Former Vuelta a España winner returning after long suspension, has been training hardFollowing months of speculation, the Movistar team has confirmed that Alejandro Valverde will indeed be one of its riders in 2012, returning from a long suspension to ride [...]
Gruelling stage to Mount Baldy chosen once again for amateur eventTour of California presenter AEG has announced the first details of what will be the 2012 L’Etape du California, which will be open to amateur riders. The event will take [...]
Landbouwkrediet-KDL uses teamwork to launch the Kannibaal ad he does the restSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-KDL) took his third successive victory in the Jaarmarktcross in Niel, to the south of Antwerp, Belgium. The victory, which is Nys’ fourth in the race overall, [...]
Belgian team continues as UCI Pro ContinentalTopsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, the second-tier Belgian squad, has confirmed its roster for the 2012 season. The team will once again feature time trial specialist Dominique Cornu, as well as seven names that are new to [...]
Tour de France champion honoured in Sydney Capping off a stunning season which saw him win the Tour de France, Tirreno Adriatico and the Tour de Romandie, Cadel Evans has been awarded the prestigious Sir Hubert Opperman Medal at the [...]
2010 world champion comments on Garmin-Cervélo experienceHis agent earned headlines this year over complaints that Thor Hushovd wasn’t paid a bonus by Garmin-Cervélo for winning the world road race championships, but the rider himself has played down the issue somewhat [...]
Young Frenchman caught stealing traffic cone, then breathalysed The talented 23 year old Euskaltel Euskadi rider Romain Sicard is in hot water this morning after being arrested by French police in Toulouse last night.The 2009 under 23 world road race [...]
“We cannot get justice” states father of 1998 Tour winner The parents of the 1998 Tour de France champion Marco Pantani, who died of a cocaine overdose in 2004, have expressed their extreme disappointment and anger at the decision today [...]
Team continues to search for new sponsor as UCI deadlines approach As time ticks towards the UCI’s next announcement date of November 20th for ProTeams, the pressure continues on the Geox TMC team to find a new sponsor for 2012. [...]
Claims trial was biased and designed to cover up lab’s failingsFloyd Landis’ former coach Arnie Baker has categorically denied being involved in the hacking of the French national anti-doping laboratory and also of knowingly receiving stolen material from that lab’s [...]
Six-month ban handed down by RFEC “not in accordance with the regulations”The International Cycling Union (UCI) is to appeal the six-month suspension of Oscar Sevilla to the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS), El Pais reports. The Spanish veteran tested [...]
Cyclocross Kannibaal praying for rain as warm weather makes courses too easy for his rivalsAs the European cyclocross season gets into full swing, not everybody is enjoying the unseasonable warm, dry weather in the Flemish part of Belgium, according to [...]
Former rider deemed guilty of involvement in hacking of doping laboratory Floyd Landis has been handed a twelve months suspended prison sentence by a court in Nanterre, France, in relation to the hacking of a French anti-doping laboratory in 2006.The [...]
Swiss rider speaks about his career on Belgian television The 2010 race winner Fabian Cancellara has welcomed the changes to the route of the Tour of Flanders, saying that he believes the changes could make for a more exciting and [...]
Dane could potentially still make Olympic team Former HTC Highroad rider Alex Rasmussen appears to be preparing himself to receive a ban for three whereabouts violations, but is hoping that he could yet make the Danish team for the track [...]
