German Gorilla looking to improve on third place of 2010 in his home ClassicLotto-Belisol is banking on tomorrow’s Vattenfall Cyclassics finishing in a sprint, where the Belgian team hopes that André Greipel will prevail. The German sprinter finished in third [...]
Five-time Tour winner eying the two favourites but expects others to challenge Miguel Indurain is predicting a hard fought contest for the general classification of this year’s Vuelta a España, which starts with a team time trial in his home [...]
Frenchman hoping for successful return to home-based setupAfter two years with the Garmin-Sharp team, Frenchman Christophe Le Mével is set to return to competing with a team from his home country following the news that he has signed a contract [...]
Italian team chasing overall and stages in USA Pro Cycling ChallengeTour de France podium finisher Vincenzo Nibali is returning to competition for the first time since the Olympic road race and, despite that break, is feeling ambitious heading into the [...]
Italian climber outsprints Fortunato Baliani after more than 100km up the roadEmanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela) finally took his first victory of the season in the Coppa Agostini - the second event of the unofficial Trittico Lombardo - in Lissone, to [...]
German-registered team defends the race it won as HTC-Highroad; Marianne Vos still leads classification The Specialized-lululemon team of Charlotte Becker, US champion Amber Neben, Evie Stevens, Ina Teutenberg, Netherlands champion Ellen van Dijk and Trixi Worrack won the Open de [...]
American rider to transfer to Canadian team from Liquigas-CannondaleTeam SpiderTech C10’s bid to grow the team has received a sizeable boost with the news that the current US national pro champion Timmy Duggan has signed up to compete for the [...]
Frank Schleck sole positive result from raceThe UCI has announced the outcome of the doping controls carried out in the latter part of the Tour de France, saying that there were no positive findings. “The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) has [...]
Top nations to field nine in men’s race and seven in women’s; extra places granted to Olympic, World Continental and championsThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the allocation of places by nation for next month's World championship road races, [...]
American rider and compatriot Chris Butler head Champion System teamEncouraged by a stage win in June’s Tour de Beauce, American rider Craig Lewis is heading into the USA Pro Cycling Challenge aiming to take a victory on a bigger stage. [...]
RadioShack Nissan rider still suffering from effects of Dauphiné crashSeveral weeks after his RadioShack Nissan team said that he’d ride the USA Pro Cycling Challenge rather than the Vuelta a España due to a slow recovery from his June crash, [...]
Olympic silver medallist faces second search for a new team in two yearsThe AA Drink-Leontien.nl team is set to fold at the end of the season as the main sponsor ends its two year association, team press officer Léon de [...]
Top Italian sprinting talent joins Danish all rounder on rosterConfirming the arrival of two riders who should considerably boost the team’s firepower next season, the Astana WorldTour team has announced that Jakob Fuglsang and Andrea Guardini will come on board [...]
Italian sprinter hits back at critics after Italy returns from Olympics empty-handedSacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF Inox) sprinted to victory in the Coppa Bernocchi, the first race in the unofficial Trittico Lombardo, in the city of Legnano, to the north west of [...]
2008 Olympic Road Race champion to make debut, Saur Sojason also racingAfter a mention this week in Samuel Sanchez’s race schedule for the rest of the season, the organisers of the Tour of Britain have announced today that the Spaniard [...]
Boonen leads Classics team to Hamburg; Leipheimer defending with climbers in ColoradoAlthough nine of its riders are lining up at the start of la Vuelta a España this Saturday, Omega Pharma-Quick Step will also be sending rosters to the Vattenfall [...]
Australian also hungry for first-ever stage win in three week raceAlthough he started his season back in January and has ridden well over 11,000 kilometres in competition, Adam Hansen has decided to try to complete all three Grand Tours in [...]
Tour de France and/or Vuelta believed to be rider’s target in 2013Danish stage race talent Jajob Fuglsang has finalised his contract negotiations and will compete for the next three seasons in the colours of the Astana team. The 27 year [...]
