Fuglsang makes a point in Danish TT nationalsWinner yesterday of the French time trial championship for the fourth time in his career, Sylvain Chavanel states that the jersey will ensure that he’s full fired up for the time trials in [...]
Without Contador, Danish squad will chase stages rather than go for general classificationSaying that he is looking forward to taking some risks and following an aggressive, attacking template this year, Bjarne Riis has named the nine riders who will represent [...]
Nicole Cooke to defend her Beijing title; Sharon Laws misses out on second gamesThe British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced the names of the four women that will make up the Great Britain women’s road race team in London 2012, [...]
“It shows I’m on a good way”Clocking up the silver medal behind Fabian Cancellara in yesterday’s Swiss time trial championships, Thomas Frei has said that the result shows that he is back on track and building up towards what he [...]
First ever title for men’s winner as van Dijk regains former jerseyLieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-lululemon) took victory in the Netherlands elite men’s and women’s time trial championships in Emmen, Drenthe, yesterday. The result was a first [...]
Headache avoided for French selectors for Olympic Games?Concerns that Jeannie Longo might be sent to the Olympic Games for France despite the serious doping charges her husband and coach faces appear now to be irrelevant after she was comprehensively defeated [...]
Mark Cavendish to be the first British road rainbow in the race since 1966Team Sky has announced the eight men that will ride alongside Bradley Wiggins in his bid to become first Briton to win the Tour de France. The [...]
Says Contador is clear favourite for the Vuelta, but Schleck’s participation is boost for raceThe 1988 Tour de France winner Pedro Delgado has made his predictions for this year’s race, saying that he believes that the nature of the course [...]
Kenny van Hummel aiming at sprint stages; Stijn Devolder misses out once againAfter sending a veritable United Nations to the Giro d’Italia, the Vacansoleil-DCM team for next month’s Tour de France is a far more Dutch affair. Giro third place [...]
Italian superteam aiming to match Corsa Rosa performance of “brother team” Farnese Vini-Selle ItaliaMCipollini-Giambenini has announced its line up for the upcoming Giro d’Italia Femminile - the Giro Donne - which starts in the southern city of Napoli on June [...]
Both riders aiming to make up for crashing out of 2011 raceTeam Astana has announced its roster for next month’s Tour de France, with Alexander Vinokourov at its head once more. The Kazakh veteran will not be the sole leader [...]
Team aiming for Giro-Tour double, Dan Martin to make his debutHeading back to the race where it shone last year with four stage victories plus a win in the team classification, the Garmin-Barracuda team has announced the line-up for this [...]
Standings updated prior to start of Tour de FranceWith the Tour de France next on the WorldTour calendar, Katusha rider Joaquim Rodriguez remains on top of the UCI’s rankings but stands to lose points in the weeks ahead. The Catalan [...]
Frenchman hoping to emulate Jeremy Roy’s heroic efforts of a year agoHis French team has not announced its full line-up for the Tour de France as of yet, but Mikael Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale) learned a week ago that he will [...]
South African amongst Orica GreenEdge’s most successful riders this seasonHe’s already ridden a Grand Tour this year but Daryl Impey is hoping that his strong form and stage win last Friday in the Tour of Slovenia could be enough to [...]
Training and nutritional advice, but at €40,000 charge per year? Seven years after he was fined €3000 for intimidating Filippo Simeoni in the 2004 Tour de France over the latter’s criticism of Michele Ferrari, Filippo Pozzato is facing a possible [...]
Omega Pharma Quick Step manager confirms 2012 Tour lineup, evaluates ridersAlthough he was hit by a car and suffered a fractured fibula just two and a half months ago, Levi Leipheimer is on course for a strong Tour de France. [...]
Two-time World champion aiming for Olympic gold after a strange day in the Italian championshipsGiorgia Bronzini (Diadora-Pasta Zara) spent a somewhat strange day in the peloton during the Italian elite women’s road race championships. The World champion, racing for GS [...]
