Team confirms that Santos Tour Down Under will be his first race of 2012Days after he was suspended for failing to sign the team’s internal regulations, Andrey Kashechkin has complied with Astana’s demands on the issue and has now been [...]
Final acceptance will be decided on February 7th With just over a month until membership is voted upon in the next general meeting on February 7th, the number of teams accepted as provisional members of the MPCC is continuing to [...]
Belgian champion searching for explanation for poor Diegem performanceSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) will start his own race in Baal, Belgium, on New Years Day, despite suffering from an unknown illness in the Diegem Superprestige yesterday. The Belgian champion found himself unable [...]
Paris-Roubaix and Flanders winner will start racing in Tour of QatarFormer world champion Mark Cavendish will get his 2013 season underway early, with the Briton set to make his Omega Pharma Quick Step competitive debut on January 20th in Argentina.First [...]
Talented Canadian describes her rapid road and track successInterviewed at the recent Specialized Lululemon training camp, Olympic bronze medallist Gillian Carleton is about to start her first season with the team and to see how well she can adapt to [...]
One day less for Portuguese race in 2013After some concerns about whether the race would take place in 2013, it has been confirmed that the Volta ao Algarve will indeed be held but will be reduced in duration because of [...]
A bad day for Sven Nys sees his Superprestige lead cut; Katerina Nash beats Sanne CantNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) took his fourth straight victory in the Superprestige Diegem, the annual, unique, floodlit race, in the north eastern suburb of the Belgian [...]
Astana sending ambitious team to top Australian eventWith hitting peak form for Milan - Sanremo being an important goal, Andrea Guardini will have his earliest-ever start to the season when he lines out in the Santos Tour Down Under in [...]
‘I have absolutely no doubt that Bjarne can help me’After two quiet years with the Rabobank team, Matti Breschel has said that he is motivated to be back with Team Saxo – Tinkoff, and has indicated that stronger performances should [...]
Over a dozen cyclists given awards in New Year’s Honour’s listTour de France and Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins and British Cycling performance director and Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford have both given their reactions after learning that they are [...]
Olympic bronze medal looking threatenedAlready looking highly unlikely, any chance that Lance Armstrong had of fighting to regain the seven Tour de France titles he lost has now passed due to a final deadline for appeal lapsing. The Texan had [...]
Danish rider pledges to work hard to try to secure placeAlthough he has been told that there is a chance that he might return to the Garmin – Sharp team when his current suspension reaches an end, Alex Rasmussen has [...]
German rider wants to get back to his best, early spring races are first goals Former world under 23 champion Gerald Ciolek had a somewhat quiet year in 2012 but, handed a leader’s role with the MTN Qhubeka squad and [...]
Previously-banned rider cannot race until signature is receivedJust over three weeks before the start of the new racing season, the Astana team has suspended Kazakhstan rider Andrey Kashechkin from all competition. Details are currently scarce, but the team has made [...]
Nuyens, Morton, Von Hoff, Fairly and Dennis come on boardFormer Tour of Flanders winner Nick Nuyens is the oldest and most experienced of five new signings for the Garmin-Sharp team in 2013, with the additions adding new firepower to the [...]
Ryder Hesjedal scoops prestigious Canadian of the Year awardMulti-platform broadcaster Sportsnet has upped its commitment to covering the sport in Canada, inking a six year deal to show the Tour de France from 2014 onwards. The decision comes months after [...]
Belgian champion crashes twice in Loenhout but abandons after storming into the crowdThe Azencross in Loenhout was a race to forget for Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) as he lost all hope of winning this season’s Bpost Bank Trofee overall. The Belgian [...]
Belgian team outlines early-season programme Choosing an earlier start to the season than in 2013 and omitting a couple of big events, the Lotto Belisol squad has outlined the path it will take towards the Classics in the weeks ahead. [...]
