2012 Giro d’Italia podium finisher to begin season in Australia, wants Tour de France stage win Second on a stage in 2011 and second in the King of the Mountains classification earlier this season, Thomas de Gendt will return to [...]
Norwegian encouraged, wants to get into decent shape prior to BMC Racing Team training campFinally over the virus which caused him to have the worst season of his professional career, former world champion Thor Hushovd is feeling stronger and working [...]
Controversial exposé of doping in the Armstrong era becomes third book to take prestigious prizeTyler Hamilton’s book “The Secret Race”, co-authored with writer Daniel Coyle, has been named the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, becoming the third cycling [...]
Dutch 57 year old improves own mark in MoscowTwo years after he successfully set a mark of 66.288 kilometres, 57 year old Maas van Beek has improved the best hour performance behind a derny motorbike, laying down a new record [...]
Gallery of images show riders in Belgian track classicAs the fans waved their "Iljo" scarves in the air and slid off to their favourite bars on Sunday evening, Velo Nation took time to talk to the three podium teams. The [...]
Tight sprint sees Mr Superprestige denied; Wyman beats Vos as the World champions returnsKlaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) denied Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) his sixtieth career victory in the Superprestige series at the end of a tough race in Gieten, in the very [...]
Still regards 2010 Tour disqualification as an “injustice”; may not ride 2013 race if team is not in WorldTourAlberto Contador has called for zero tolerance to doping in cycling, as he spoke to French television from the Team Saxo-Tinkoff training [...]
Cyclocross’ Kannibaal talks retirement with a season and a half to goSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) still starts virtually every cyclocross race as the overwhelming favourite, even at the age of 36. The Kannibaal van Baal has already won nine races this [...]
Australian Orica GreenEdge rider: ‘I’ve been clean my whole career’Milan-Sanremo winner Simon Gerrans has described the shock he got when he rode his first Tour de France, saying that the speed and difficulty of the race were something that didn’t [...]
Van Hoecke and De Ketele battle hard but finish secondPushed hard by rivals Robert Bartko and Silvan Dillier plus Gijs Van Hoecke and Kenny De Ketele, Iljo Keisse and Glenn O’Shea staged a late comeback to seal the Omega Pharma [...]
Stage details confirmed for Argentinean stage opener Just under two months remain until the start of the Tour de San Luis and it appears that a strong field will be in place for the 2013 edition. According to Wielerland, the [...]
Pressure of WorldTour too much for emerging riders, says sponsorOmega Pharma-Quick Step is to set up a development team in 2013, which will race at Continental level, according to Sporza. The International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour is too pressured an [...]
Slippery mud stops Niels Albert on the sand dune course; Katie ComptonSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) powered away from a struggling Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) to take his sixth victory in the Koksijde Duinencross - an outright record - as the slippery mud [...]
Irishman gives up Tour leadership role in order to learn from Contador at Team Saxo TinkoffAfter several years as team leader, Nicolas Roche will have a very different approach to his racing in 2013 and 2014. The Irishman is one [...]
French rider makes Koksijde podium and hopes for more in RoubaixFrancis Mourey (FDJ-BigMat) was a non-Belgian interloper in the big battle between the riders of the host nation in today’s Koksijde World Cup race, and managed to take third place [...]
Dutch camping holidays CEO provides differing stance from exiting RabobankVacansoleil, the Dutch camping holidays specialist, and DCM, the manufacturer of natural fertilizers and plant foods, have pledged their continued support to the sport of professional cycling. The affirmation comes in [...]
“We think we deserve to have a license, and we have a really good feeling about it.”The announcement of those who will receive WorldTour ProTeam licences for 2013 is due to be made anytime in the next few days and [...]
US champion flies through the jetlag to extend World Cup lead with her third Koksijde victoryKatie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) managed to overcome jetlag to take her second victory in the 2012/13 Cyclocross World Cup, as she rode solo to [...]
