Dutch champion to defend national title but not seek to reclaim rainbow jersey as he targets 2012 ClassicsRabobank’s Lars Boom has announced what he describes as a “compact” cyclocross programme for this winter, consisting of just six races. Within those [...]
Start/finish towns reported by Corse MatinFollowing this morning’s confirmation from ASO that the Tour de France will indeed start in Corsica in 2013, more details have emerged about the stages which may feature. The first three days of the race [...]
Team Sky rider talks about being focussed on the Olympic track, switching Giro for Tour, and leading out the World champion2011 was the strongest year yet for Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas as the 25-year-old continues to develop as a World [...]
Tour winner likely to give evidence today The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has today confirmed that the WADA and UCI appeal against Alberto Contador will reach a conclusion tomorrow, thus dismissing recent media suggestions that the complexity of [...]
Tour podium finishers all to compete in early-season eventsThe top three riders in last year’s Tour de France will all feature as part of an impressive line-up in next year’s Challenge Mallorca events, with Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) and [...]
Evans to start season at later point As expected, Tour de France champion Cadel Evans will forgo the Santos Tour Down Under in order to start his season a little later, with another past rainbow jersey wearer instead leading the [...]
Australian nabbed after winning stage of Tour of HainanExactly one month after Deon Michael Locke grabbed the fourth stage of the Tour of Hainan, the UCI has announced that that Champion System rider has been provisionally suspended. The 24 year [...]
French ProTeam to be called FDJ-BigMat as extra funding allows team to reinforce its place in the top divisionJust days after successfully securing a ProTeam license for 2012, FDJ has added new sponsor BigMat International to its list of partners, [...]
Seven in all to stand trial for endangering riders’ health, including sport directors Manolo Saiz and Vicente BeldaEufemiano Fuentes, the controversial doctor at the heart of the “Operación Puerto” doping ring is to stand trial for “offences against public health”, [...]
Garmin-Cervélo rider admits he’s not sure how he will fareNew Garmin-Cervélo signing Thomas Dekker will make his debut in the team’s colours on February 5th in the six day Tour of Qatar, and has set riding the Tour de France [...]
Basso, Nibali and Sagan continue to lead Italian teamSpearheaded once again by the trio of Ivan Basso, Vincenzo Nibali and talented young rider Peter Sagan, the Liquigas-Cannondale team has finalised its lineup for 2012, and will field 29 riders in [...]
Team says no B sample analysis to be requestedFollowing news earlier today that the Australian rider Deon Michael Locke had tested positive for the amphetamine and appetite suppressant Phentermine when he won the fourth stage of the Tour of Hainan, [...]
Women’s World champion speaks to VeloNation about the inequality in the sport and the unity of the Italian teamWomen’s world champion Giorgia Bronzini spoke out recently in an interview with la Gazzetta dello Sport, where she complained of the lack [...]
Rabobank climber continues to recover from fractured femurSeeking to rebuild full strength before next year’s Tour de France, Robert Gesink has said that he is thinking about riding a Grand Tour before the race in order to accelerate his return [...]
French Federation rules that 53-year-old was not part of “target group” for testersJeannie Longo-Ciprelli has escaped sanction on charges of three whereabouts violations in an eighteen-month period, the French Cycling Federation (FFC) has announced. The 53-year-old has successfully argued that [...]
Thirteen years in a wheelchair; Dutchwoman won two medals in 2008 paralympicsFormer paralympic athlete Monique van der Vorst continues her remarkable comeback to full mobility with the confirmation that she has been given a contract with the new Rabobank women’s [...]
German to race alongside Michael Rasmussen in 2012His 2012 team-mate Michael Rasmussen has given up on all hopes of returning to the Tour de France but Stefan Schumacher – another who last rode the race in dubious circumstances, bringing negative [...]
‘Shared values’ and Danish links seal arrangementBjarne Riis is facing a nervous time this week with his star rider Alberto Contador appearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but there was good news for his team today with the [...]
