Possible sponsor put money into Moto GP and soccer insteadIn the wake of the confirmation that the Bike Live management team behind the Geox TMC project had accepted that it can’t run a team next year, sporting manager Joxean Fernández [...]
Climber will be helped as he recovers from Tour de Suisse crashAs Mauricio Soler celebrates Christmas at home with his family, the long, difficult months in hospital in Europe behind him, the Movistar rider has been given reassurances by Colombia’s [...]
Sunweb-Revor rider retakes competition lead as Nys crashes on final corner; near perfect winter continues for Marianne VosKevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) won the sixth round of the cyclocross World Cup in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, in a tight two-man sprint with Zdenek Stybar [...]
Australian Tour de France champion will ride time trial and road raceCadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) will be going for an impressive triple next summer, as the Australian champion is planning to race the Tour de France, the Olympic road [...]
Italian TT specialist almost fully recovered from fractured hipIt was way back in 1999 when Marco Pinotti signed his first pro contract, with Lampre Daikin. The Italian team is still with us – and so is the time trial specialist [...]
Davide Malacarne and Matteo Pelucchi expected to add strength and flavour to almost totally French team2012 will see two Italian riders join the French Europcar team: Davide Malacarne, who has been with Quick Step since joining as a stagiaire in [...]
2011 season analysed, 2012 plan discussedVacansoleil may not have won their Grand Tour or Classic yet but they’ve enlivened every race they’ve ridden and, in a world of ‘grey’ cyclists, there’s no denying that they’re a colourful team. Romain Feillu [...]
Full details yet to be revealedDutch trading and service company Pon Holdings BV has, according to a short announcement on the Cervélo website, agreed to a financing arrangement with the frame manufacturer. The news was issued by the Canadian company [...]
The Nose of Marmande is recovered from illness and raring to go in 2012Pierrick Fédrigo’s move to FDJ at the beginning of 2011 did not go according to plan. The rider known as the “Nez de Marmande” (the “Nose of [...]
Team Sky’s spring captain preparing for his thirteenth season in the pro-pelotonTeam Sky’s Classics captain Juan Antonio Flecha is preparing himself for yet another season at the top level of the pro peloton. The 34-year-old Argentine-born Spaniard turned professional with [...]
Father, Davis Phinney, looking forward to pro racing’s return to BoulderAfter seeing the host cities announced for the second edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) expressed interest in competing in the race, an idea that [...]
Further confirmation of cycling’s growing importance in Britain Clocking up four times the votes of the second-placed contestant, Mark Cavendish capped off a standout season by dominating the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year [SPOTY] competition yesterday evening. The Manx [...]
Dutch champion admits he misses cyclocross, but six races this winter will help him prepare for next year’s ClassicsLars Boom (Rabobank) has begun his short winter cyclocross season, but the Dutch champion admits that he doesn’t expect any spectacular performances [...]
German sprinter returns to Malaysian eventJoining strong squads such as UCI ProTeams Garmin-Cervélo and Astana in the lineup, the American UnitedHealthcare has confirmed its lineup for the 2012 Tour de Langkawi. This year’s stage eight winner Robert Forster will once [...]
Sven Nys holds series lead; Marianne Vos in a class of her own once moreNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) won the evening Superprestige race in Diegem, Belgium, taking his third straight victory in the floodlit race. The result means that the Belgian [...]
Bike company working on tactics to ensure future growthIn what seems to be an unusual pairing, a major Belgian brewery has become a significant partner in the Eddy Merckx Cycles company. Diepensteyn, the holding company of Palm Breweries’ CEO Jan [...]
Company backs first-ever Asian Pro Continental squadPro Continental licence in place, race programme coming together and seventeen out of the eighteen riders for 2012 already announced, the Champion System team has revealed that it will be using Fuji Bikes in [...]
Governing body not happy with rider being cleared unpunishedJust over a month after the Danish Sports Federation cleared Alex Rasmussen in connection to whereabouts violations, the UCI has indicated that it intends to appeal the decision to the Court of [...]
