Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank’s place in danger with Alberto Contador’s points not countingThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has released it assessment of the sporting criterion for the registration of teams in the 2013 WorldTour, which is the first stage in the [...]
Production version of 001 SuperBike to launch in January“The challenge with the new Factor was to keep the innovative design elements but also keep the end price down to one that consumers could agree with,” Steve Domahidy, chief designer behind [...]
Directeur sportif exits team due to past transgressionIn the wake of the departure of Bobby Julich and Sean Yates, another member of the Team Sky management team is departing the squad. Directeur sportif Steven de Jongh has admitted using a [...]
Voeckler lands French title for third consecutive year Joining past Tour victors such as Miguel Indurain, Jan Ullrich, Marco Pantani and Alberto Contador, Bradley Wiggins has secured the Velo d’Or trophy after his overall success in the Tour de France. [...]
“The cheaters will be caught, sooner or later”Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM ) this week spoke out against some of the perception that all cyclists use illegal performance enhancement. The third place finisher in this year’s Giro d’Italia posted a bold [...]
Late burst paves way for ‘doublette’ and final race victoryWith a blizzard raging outside the city's Palais des Sport in the small hours of Sunday morning, Belgium's world madison champion Kenny De Ketele paired with classy countryman Iljo Keisse to [...]
Confirmation that directeur sportif will leave teamAlthough it was reported by the Telegraph yesterday that Sean Yates was leaving the Sky team as a result of a admission of doping during his career, a team statement issued this afternoon has [...]
Pauwels bumps up to third behind team-mate Vantornout, struggles through long dayIn a race of attrition on a muddy Plzen course in the Czech Republic on Sunday, riders slogged for more than an hour, while one of the biggest stories [...]
Kimmage fund co-ordinators say journalist may ‘take fight’ to governing bodyWhile the UCI stated on Friday that it was suspending its legal action against him while an independent commission examines its anti-doping efforts, there are indications that Paul Kimmage may [...]
Disqualified Rob Peeters finishes third; Katie Compton overcomes bad start to take women’s victoryNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) took a hard fought solo victory in the second round of the cyclocross World Cup, in Plzeň, Czech Republic, after breaking clear on the [...]
America Tour winner thinks riders should be hired on abilityPlaying down any suggestions that Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank may have signed him just for his UCI points, Rory Sutherland has insisted that his place on the team is due to his [...]
Many demands made from press in relation to Armstrong/USPS affairThe UCI will have hoped that yesterday’s announcement that it will allow an independent commission examine its role in the Lance Armstrong/US Postal Service affair plus general anti-doping structure would have [...]
Squad aiming to bring young climber to successEncouraged by the strong showing of Nairo Quintana this year, who took results such as victory in the Vuelta a Murcia and a stage in the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Movistar team has [...]
Two former professionals depart from British teamTwo days after the team’s race coach Bobby Julich left Sky Procycling after admitting hat he had used doping products during his career, two other officials are also thought to have been shown the [...]
McQuaid and Verbruggen put case on holdCycling’s governing body the UCI has announced that it is suspending its legal action against the Irish journalist Paul Kimmage pending the outcome of a planned independent commission looking into doping in cycling and [...]
German returns after one year out of the sportTeam MTN-Qhubeka today announced the signing of Martin Reimer. The German retired from the sport in 2011 at the age of 24 after riding for Skil-Shimano. It came as a surprise but [...]
‘Decisive action’ announced by governing body in response to USADA reportAccepting the urging of riders’ and teams’ associations, national federations and others that a strong response was needed, the UCI has announced that its management committee has pledged ‘decisive action’ [...]
‘The more I think about it, the more it makes me mad as hell’Australian rider Brad McGee has spoken out about racing in the same era as the Lance Armstrong/US Postal domination, saying that he believes his chances of being [...]
