Current teams could penalise riders, cut racing schedules, and deny them valuable ranking pointsBjarne Riis has made several signings for Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, according to sporten.dk, but the Danish former Tour winner is refusing to name names. The reason for [...]
Belarusian champion adds sprint power to French team as chances become limited at FDJ-BigMatAG2R La Mondiale has announced the signature of Belarusian champion Yauheni Hutarovich on a two-year contract. The 28-year-old sprinter has spent his entire professional career to date [...]
“There’s no way we’ll envisage by how much he’ll win the Vuelta” - McGeeAny of Alberto Contador’s Vuelta rivals who were hoping the Spaniard would be far off good condition after his six month suspension from racing will be disconcerted [...]
Mountainous route means Giro runner-up has GC chanceHeading to the most mountainous rote of the Vuelta a España in years, the Katusha team has opted to back this year’s second place finisher in the Giro d’Italia, Joaquim Rodriguez, rather than [...]
First Grand Tour in five years for Garmin-Sharp riderAlthough his management company SEG International stated earlier this month that Thomas Dekker would miss the Vuelta a España, thus further extending the gulf back to his last Grand Tour, the 2007 [...]
Australian building up for USA Pro Cycling Challenge Whilst Team Sky was dragging the Tour peloton around France, another battle were being fought out; no less desperate, but at much higher altitudes. China’s 13 stage Tour of the Qinghai Lakes [...]
American attacks with dual victory in mind but Swiss rider holds him off for final overall winLevi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) rode away alone on Empire Pass, the final monster climb of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, claiming [...]
Rabobank, Lampre-ISD and Omega Pharma name selections for WorldTour raceWith the Clasica San Sebastian to be held in just three day’s time, more teams have confirmed strong selections for the WorldTour event. The Rabobank squad will feature 2010 winner Luis [...]
Alessandro Ballan wins on the Muur as duo breaks clear of overall rivalsLars Boom (Rabobank) secured overall victory in the 2012 Eneco Tour after latching on to a late attack from Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) on the third and final [...]
Danish team all for Spanish rider after his return from suspensionSaxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank has named the team of riders that will support Alberto Contador in his quest to win a second Vuelta a España, which starts on Saturday, August 18th. [...]
Former US Postal Service rider opens up about careerAfter years of hinting it was the case, former US Postal Service rider Jonathan Vaughters has admitted to doping during his career, saying that he was speaking about the topic now because [...]
Swiss rider takes overall lead with one stage left after Vande Velde faltersJohann Tschopp (BMC Racing) took a memorable win in the queen stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on Saturday, riding away on the final climb [...]
‘Best-ever average power’ not quite enough Fourth in the Olympic Game road race; fourth in the Olympic time trial; third on stage one of the Eneco Tour and now second in today’s time trial. Taylor Phinney’s run of near misses [...]
Green/blue Exodus continues as key riders join Spanish teamBoth Eros Capecchi and Sylwester Szmyd will leave the Liquigas-Cannondale team in 2013, and head for Movistar, the Spanish team has announced. The two riders are the latest names to be confirmed [...]
Olympic TT silver medallist Martin hoping to return to top formWorld time trial champion Tony Martin is seeking to return to winning ways after a disappointing Tour hampered by punctures in two time trials plus a bad crash, as well [...]
Canadian champion seizes white jersey back for Orica-GreenEdge on penultimate day Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) won the sixth stage time trial of the 2012 Eneco Tour in Ardooie, Belgium, to take over the race leader’s white jersey. The Canadian champion managed [...]
Spaniard satisfied with showing thus far in raceAlthough Alberto Contador is normally one of the quickest time trial riders in the peloton and is just over half a minute off the race lead heading into today’s Eneco Tour time trial, [...]
Countdown to end of career continuesCompeting in what could be the final major event of his career, Olympic road race champion Alexandre Vinokourov has been confirmed as leading the Astana team in next Tuesday’s Clásica San Sebastian. The squad’s line-up [...]
