Team finalises new terms with star GC ridersTop Dutch Grand Tour contenders Robert Gesink and Bauke Mollema have agreed new deals with their current Rabobank squad, inking contracts which will keep them as part of the setup for the next [...]
2012 edition to be the most expensive ever in the name of tourism; much the of sum already recovered through sponsorship and ticket salesThe town of Koksijde, on the north coast of Belgium, has laid out almost two million Euros [...]
Spaniard takes over race lead prior to time trialAlthough he stated beforehand that he was over his racing weight and wouldn't be in contention in the mountains, Saxo Bank rider Alberto Contador proved the strongest on today’s third leg of [...]
Swedish rider showing determination to return to racingTen days after being hit by a car while training in Gran Canaria and breaking both collarbones, Emma Johansson returned to cycling yesterday, issuing photos of herself on the indoor trainer. With scars [...]
Three teams apiece for the two big nations in windy desert raceWith three invited teams apiece, Italy and the Netherlands are poised to do battle once more in the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar, which kicks off the 2012 UCI women’s [...]
No proof provided over Liège-Bastogne-Liège claimsA month and a half after a Swiss magazine published a claim that race winner Alexandre Vinokourov and Alexandr Kolobnev reached a financial agreement about who would win the 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the UCI has confirmed [...]
Early season examination of form todayAfter two days of sprint finishes in the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, where Omega Pharma Quick Step’s Francesco Chicchi triumphed twice, the emphasis changes completely today when the climbers move to the fore. [...]
Classic finale makes its reappearance in Race to the SunThe Col d’Eze time trial, for many years a nailbiting finale to Paris-Nice, is set to make a reappearance in the 2012 edition, according to French sources today. The route for [...]
Garmin-Barracuda rider feeling ambitious about Tour and Olympics With 2011 ending on a high note thanks to second overall in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Christian Vande Velde has got his confidence back and has a fully-renewed motivation for the [...]
Defending champion prepared for a third-straight title astride his distinctive Specialized CruxDefending champion Zdeněk Štybar will start Sunday’s World cyclocross championship race, on the dunes of Koksijde, Belgium, as one of the outstanding favourites to take a third straight title. [...]
Retirement thoughts on hold after USA Pro Cycling Challenge turns things aroundFor part II of this interview, click here: Garmin-Barracuda rider Christian Vande Velde may be a few months away from his 36th birthday but the American is feeling renewed [...]
Danish climber seeking more than €5.6 million from Rabobank for 2007 Tour As he himself predicted before the race, Michael Rasmussen will not be in the running for the overall classification in the Tour de San Luis. Some had hyped [...]
Invitees list identical to Tour of Qatar for hillier Middle Eastern raceRace organiser ASO has announced the list of teams invited to the Tour of Oman, between February 14th and 19th. Unsurprisingly, the list comprises the same sixteen names that [...]
New Pro Continental team builds form and makes racing plansThe path towards having a Colombian team back in the Tour de France continues in Bergamo in Italy, where the Colombia Coldeportes team is currently preparing for its first season in [...]
Tom Boonen makes it an Omega Pharma-Quick Step one-two as weather improvesFrancesco Chicchi (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) made it two from two this season, with a second straight victory in the second stage of the Tour de San Luis. The Italian [...]
Organisers warn of dangers unless restoration on cobbles is carried outThe most famous stretch of cobbles in Paris-Roubaix is in danger of being dropped from the 2012 edition of the race, with poor conditions making it a greater risk than [...]
Evans, Hushovd, Gilbert and Van Garderen together in American ProTeamSoaking up the sun and mild January conditions in Denia, the BMC Racing Team is currently clocking up vital pre-season mileage at its Spanish training camp in advance of what it [...]
German Gorilla wins four out of seven races on Australian road tripLotto-Belisol’s André Greipel is on his way back to Europe after experiencing what he called “one of the most successful weeks in my career” at the Tour Down Under [...]
