Motivated British rider welcomes opportunity to again ride top racesRussell Downing has said that he is ready to seize the second chance at top-level international racing he has secured, the Briton determined to make the most out of the Pro [...]
Release fee and high salary reduce list of contendersAmid rumours that a verbal agreement has already been made, the move of Mark Cavendish to the Omega Pharma Quick Step team is said to be moving closer to being finalized. The [...]
Lawyers unable to find way out Top Classics rider and former world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara looks set to remain with the RadioShack Nissan team in 2013, despite indications that he is dissatisfied with the set-up. Cancellara had a [...]
2011 winner emulates Nicole Cooke as race finishes in bunch sprint Great Britain’s Lucy Garner has done what only her compatriot Nicole Cooke had managed before her, and successfully defended her junior women’s road race World title. The 18-year-old - [...]
Italian gets small boost after world championship spill Two days after he crashed hard during the elite time trial at the world championships and fractured his collarbone, Marco Pinotti has received some welcome news. Contrary to first expectations, his BMC [...]
World number one seeks to end incredible run of five straight silvers on a course made for herMarianne Vos has never finished worse than second in a World championship road race. The Dutch phenomenon took the junior race as a [...]
McQuaid: ‘We need to concentrate on the sport today and not so much the past’Two weeks after Pat McQuaid suggested that an amnesty or truth and reconcilliation commission might be introduced to cycling, the UCI President said today that the [...]
New title sponsorship for current Liquigas Cannondale backerSix years after it began supplying to the team and three after it graduated to secondary backer, Cannondale will take over sole title sponsorship of the current Liquigas-Cannondale squad in January 2013. The [...]
Swiss climber speaks of new motivation with moveAlmost a year on from his dominant display in the Giro di Lombardia, where he soloed to the biggest victory of his career, Swiss rider Olivier Zaugg has inked a deal to compete [...]
Contador, Basso, Scarponi, Beloki and Manzano amongst witnesses calledThe case has rumbled on since May 2006 but now, finally, it appears that the Operacion Puerto affair might be nearing a conclusion. Grand Tour winners Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and Michele [...]
Short, sharp Alpine stage into France to mark 15 years since il Pirata’s most devastating attackWith the full 2013 route to be announced on September 30th, Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has released news of the 15th stage, which will [...]
Anti-doping journalist sued by cycling’s governing body Although USADA’s reasoned judgement on the Lance Armstrong case will shortly be delivered to the UCI and WADA and is expected to include serious claims about a 2001 doping positive, the UCI is [...]
July/August races revert to original pre-Olympic slots; Hangzhou returns despite 2012 cancellationThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed the dates of the races that will make up the 2013 WorldTour series, which it refers to as “the best of road [...]
American heartbroken, Belarusian elated, both motivated by result after defeat to Tony MartinSometimes they say it's much worse to finish second than third. The bronze medallist looks down from the bottom step of the podium and thanks his lucky stars [...]
Downing, Voss and Wetterhall amongst those transferringFresh from helping Jonathan Tiernan Locke win the Tour of Britain, Russell Downing [pictured], Paul Voss, Zak Dempster and Jonathan McEvoy plus four of their current Endura team-mates have been confirmed as moving to [...]
IG Sigma Sport rider to take up new career at 29Three days after he earned the Rouleur Combativity Award on the final stage of the Tour of Britain, securing the accolade with an aggressive ride, Simon Richardson has announced that [...]
German beats Taylor Phinney by just five seconds to emulate compatriot Judith ArndtTony Martin of Germany emulated his compatriot Judith Arndt from the previous day in retaining his World time trial title in Limburg, Netherlands, but did so by the [...]
No replacement for Olympic silver medallist sees Great Britain’s women reduced to fiveLizzie Armitstead (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) has withdrawn from Great Britain’s World championship team through illness, British Cycling has announced. The Olympic silver medallist was to be the team’s leader [...]
