Spaniard waiting for Vuelta route before planning 2013Joaquim Rodríguez missed out on attending the 100th Tour de France presentation this week after suffering from tonsillitis. The Katusha rider started to feel sick at the airport while preparing to take off [...]
Race coach no longer part of setup due to confessionAlthough he’s been a valued part of the team for the past two seasons, Sky has now announced that Bobby Julich will depart the squad after admitting to taking an undisclosed [...]
Matt Goss to lead the team in the sprintsOrica-GreenEdge general manager Shayne Bannan, yesterday laid out the team’s ambitions for the 2013 Tour de France. Acknowledging that the route is probably more difficult than this year when the team made [...]
Lelangue: “He has all the qualities to become a big tour winner in the future” A year after he signed multi-season deal to compete with the BMC Racing Team, Tejay van Garderen has further extended his contract. The talented young [...]
Team will try to emulate Soler’s successSouth American Pro Continental team, Colombia Coldeportes, were encouraged yesterday by the unveiling of the route for the 100th Tour de France. The generally hilly route will suit the team packed with climbers and [...]
States that sport must ‘step aside from a system or culture where ‘the lie reigns’’Speaking in advance of tomorrow’s meeting of the UCI management committee, the Royal Dutch Cycling Federation KNWU has sent a strong letter to its president Pat [...]
New role for German on Omega Pharma Quick StepThe Omega Pharma Quick Step team has confirmed that Rolf Aldag will remain part of the setup in 2013, taking up a new role as Sport and Development manager with the Belgian [...]
‘Pat, in my opinion you and Hein are the corrupt part of the sport’Frustrated by the UCI’s handing of the sport in recent years and the way it conducted itself during the Lance Armstrong investigation, as well as the refusal [...]
DS happy to be reunited with the Manx missileOmega Pharma-Quick Step Sports Director Brian Holm says he is happy to be reunited with Mark Cavendish, who has signed a three-year deal with the Belgian team. Cavendish, who has only seen [...]
Says he is shocked at Kjærgaard’s confessionFollowing his compatriot Steffen Kjærgaard’s confession yesterday that he doped while riding in support of Lance Armstrong at US Postal, Thor Hushovd says he is shocked by the rider’s news. Speaking to Fædrelandsvennen while [...]
Kenyan born rider in Paris for the route unveilingAfter the unveiling of the route for the 100th Tour de France in Paris this morning, this year’s runner up Chris Froome will be increasingly determined to shine there next year. He [...]
Defending Tour champion says he will likely to ride for Froome in next year’s raceMost riders who win the Tour attempt to add a second title to their palmares, but Bradley Wiggins has confirmed that he’ll almost certainly play things [...]
Katusha sprinter speaks about career, goals, Armstrong and moreApart from ‘time tester’ Tony Martin’s attack to take the GC, the biggest surprise from the Tour of Beijing was the stage four win by 21 year-old Austrian Marco Haller (Katusha). The [...]
More mountains and fewer time trials than in 2012 will psyche Luxembourg riderSecond overall in 2009, the winner the following year after Alberto Contador was disqualified and second again in 2011, Andy Schleck remains determined to top the podium in [...]
Stage by stage breakdown of balanced, experimental parcoursAnnounced today and featuring several notable twists, including the first-ever visit to the island of Corsica, the venue for the Grand Depart, a time trial finishing at the famous tourist highlight of Mont-Saint-Michel, [...]
Nightime finish in Paris, double ascent of Alpe d'Huez on stage 18, Ventoux returnsBeginning with the first ever visit to Corsica and ending at night in Paris, looping around the Arc du Triomphe for the only time in the race’s [...]
The 2011 champion feels course is more suited to him than this yearThe route for the 100th Tour de France was unveiled today by race director Christian Prudhomme. In attendance was double Tour winner Alberto Contador and 2010 victor Andy [...]
Australian says cycling is far cleaner than before Responding to the Lance Armstrong doping affair, the 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans has assured cycling fans that the sport has moved on from the bleak situation of the past [...]
