Team manager speaks about riders, race programme, budget and moreFor part I of this interview, click here: Today was an extremely significant day for both the Champion System team and also for cycling in general. The squad was confirmed as [...]
British Continental team looking to step up a level next yearBritish Continental team Sigma Sport-Specialized has secured Contracts for Difference (CFD) provider IG Markets as title sponsor for 2012. The company is perhaps best known as a co-sponsor of WorldTour [...]
UCI president looks back and sees a year of great racing, free from major scandal, and with positive developments in emerging markets and women’s cyclingInternational Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid looks back on 2011 as a very satisfying year [...]
35-year-old proves that there’s life in the old dog yet with yet another double-winning weekendSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) continues to defy those that would write him off in the Belgian media. The 35-year-old Kannibaal van Baal has been dominating the sport [...]
Geox TMC confirmed as missing out, Champion System amongst seven new confirmationsThe UCI has issued the final list of Pro Continental teams for 2012, adding seven squads to the fifteen which were previously confirmed on November 2nd. The lineup includes [...]
Classics king has faith in his team’s new signingFormer world number one Sean Kelly has given a big vote of confidence to the Manx rider Jonny Bellis, stating that he believes he will succeed in his bid to rebuild top [...]
Triple Grand Tour winner moves on from Geox TMCConfirming his signing for Katusha after many weeks of negotiations, double Vuelta a España winner Denis Menchov has said that a major aim for him in 2012 is to help his country [...]
Tour of Somerville winner remains hopeful that something can be found A day after it was confirmed that his PureBlack Racing team had been forced to abandon its international plans and faced a very uncertain future, Tim Gudsell has said [...]
Start list for next month’s race continues to take shapeFormer Vuelta a España stage winner Borut Bozic will go head to head with some of the sport’s other strong sprinters in the Santos Tour Down Under, with the Slovenian being [...]
Contract signing would turn around previous tensions with teamKnown to have been in talks with for several weeks, the Katusha team has given an indication today that an announcement of Denis Menchov’s signing may well be imminent. The Russian squad [...]
Marco Pinotti leads his new squad in Tour of OmanBMC Racing has announced its squads for the Tours of Qatar and Oman, and both will feature some of its highly touted new signings. Philippe Gilbert and Thor Hushovd will lead [...]
Former Giro d’Italia champion prepares to return to his roots post retirementIvan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) is making preparations for his life after cycling, la Gazzetta dello Sport reports. The two-time Giro d’Italia winner is starting a blueberry farm in his hometown [...]
Admits he thought Evans was too old to win the raceRenowned cycling commentator, Phil Liggett spoke to VeloNation recently about Andy Schleck’s chances at next year’s Tour de France and whether he should contemplate riding the more climber-friendly Giro d’Italia [...]
Broken rib delays training for Cofidis riderFormer French road race and time trial champion Nicolas Vogondy is facing some disruption to his season preparations, with a crash while out training setting him back somewhat. The Cofidis rider hit the deck [...]
British rider currently recovering after heavy fall Although he crashed yesterday and broke his collarbone, Rapha Condor Sharp rider Dean Downing is not expected to suffer a delayed start to his racing season. As he explained in a recent video [...]
Two fifth places, and two crashes, for Sunweb-Revor rider as Sven Nys storms to both victoriesNo sooner had Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) taken the lead in the International Cycling Union (UCI) cyclocross ranking for the first time in his career, that [...]
Many riders crash on technical course as the Kannibaal shows his classSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) made it two wins in two days as he took yet another commanding victory in the Druivenveldrit in Overijse, Belgium. The cannibal managed to escape from [...]
Gudsell and others scrambling for new teams at eleventh hourHaving been set up with the goal of riding the Tour de France by 2015, that ambition and indeed the PureBlack Racing team’s 2012 international racing goals have crumbled. The team [...]
