Iconic Italian framebuilder heading into fourth year with British teamContrary to rumours that it could be set to switch to Specialized next year, Team Sky has announced an extension to its partnership with Pinarello bikes through 2013. The Treviso, Italy, [...]
Belgian rider returns two years after taking fourth overall While most commentators focus on a Wiggins-Evans dual for the Tour de France crown, Belgian hope Jurgen Van den Broeck has been quietly preparing for a very important race for him. [...]
Tour of Britain a target for Node4 Giordana riderThe new Irish under 23 champion Philip Lavery has said that he is hoping that title plus his bronze medal amongst the Elite riders in Sunday’s road race championships will open some [...]
Newly-worked team kit revealed two days before race startsHaving named Sharp as a new co-title sponsor on Monday, the Garmin-Sharp team today launched its new jersey, two days prior to the start of the Tour de France. The Castelli-manufactured jersey [...]
Stage wins and mountain jersey of interest to Garmin-Sharp riderGarmin Sharp pro Dan Martin has said that he’s feeling upbeat about his form and his prospects as he heads towards the start of his first Tour de France. The Irish [...]
Sport’s governing body confirms that three riders have reported irregularitiesAt least three riders from the RadioShack-Nissan team have complained to the International Cycling Union (UCI) over non-payment of their salaries, radsport-news.com reports. The UCI’s press spokesman Enrico Carpani has confirmed [...]
Third consecutive national title a record; second Olympic appeal underwayHaving become on Sunday the first person ever to take three consecutive Irish elite road race championships, Matt Brammeier has confirmed that he will make his Grand Tour debut this August [...]
"I think I'm climbing better than I ever have. My general fitness is much better than it ever has been."Having been part of a dominant Sky Procycling team in the Critérium du Dauphiné, Australian rider Richie Porte is heading to [...]
Belgian climber pledges support to Jurgen Van Den Broeck but is also eying a second stage victoryLotto-Belisol’s Jelle Vanendert made a relatively late Tour de France debut at the age of 26 last year, and made an almost immediate impact [...]
National anti doping tribunal will determine rider’s fateItalian Olympic Committee CONI has recommended a one year ban for Classic specialist Filippo Pozzato, who reportedly admitted last week to its anti-doping prosecutor that he worked with the controversial doctor Michele Ferrari. [...]
All eyes on the Olympic Games in the one women’s Grand Tour of the seasonThe Giro d’Italia Femminile - the Giro Donne - will get underway in the southern city of Napoli this Friday, June 29th, as the only Grand [...]
“She’s faced accusations that she faked, but this isn’t true”One day after the Rabobank team announced that its contract with former paralympian Monique Van der Vorst would end due to medical advice, she has told a Dutch publication that she [...]
Controversial Italian calls on court to overthrow his twelve year banHanded a twelve year ban from the sport in April, Riccardo Riccò has decided to fight that sentence and is taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. [...]
Possibility that Beijing medals could be stripped if inquiry finds faultIn the wake of today’s earlier news that the Rabobank team has ended its contract with the former Paralympic athlete Monique Van der Vorst, saying that their doctors had advised [...]
Former Festina, Astana and FDJ-BigMat manager steps in after lack of results in French teamYvon Sanquer has taken over the helm at Cofidis, the French team has announced. The former manager and directeur sportif of Festina, Astana and FDJ-BigMat has [...]
UCI points system under the spotlight once againAfter voicing his disappointment with not being selected for the Tour de France and also saying that a return to Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank could be on the cards, Jakob Fuglsang appears [...]
Lampre-ISD rider faces UCI disciplinary procedure in addition to CONI hearing over alleged links to FerrariThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that it has commenced disciplinary proceedings against Lampre-ISD’s Leonardo Bertagnolli, just as the rider announced his retirement from [...]
“It is a medical thing: the rest is for her to tell.”Seven months after it signed former paralympian Monique van der Vorst to the team in what appeared to be a miraculous recovery from paralysis, the Rabobank team has today [...]
