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 [...]
Nightmare day for Sven Nys sees Albert take control in overall Trofee standingsNiels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) won his third straight victory in the Azencross, after a long duel with Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), on another very muddy day in Loenhout, [...]
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. [...]
Fast-finishing rider ambitious heading into early-season racesAustralian national criterium champion Anthony Giacoppo is fixated on landing a WorldTour contract for 2014 and is determined to use an early season platform to show what he can do. The 26 year old [...]
“The Armstrong brand will forever be that of a fighter, a survivor and a cunning, steely-eyed liar”He’s been stripped of his Tour de France victories, he’s been handed a lifetime ban from competition and his reputation has taken a battering, [...]
Piccolo Principe preparing for his ninth season in the blue-fuchsia colours of Lampre2013 will be Damiano Cunego’s ninth in the blue-fuchsia colours of Lampre, as it becomes Lampre-Merida with its new bike sponsor. He joined the team in 2005, as [...]
Dutch sprinter becomes the latest rider to be rescued from Spidertech collapseBoy van Poppel received some good news this Christmas, as has been announced that he will be joining Vacansoleil-DCM in 2013, Sporza reports. The 24-year-old Dutch sprinter has been [...]
At 35 years of age, South African champion has no thoughts of retirement South African national champion Robbie Hunter has said that a growing synergy between himself and Garmin-Sharp team-mate Tyler Farrar could be a key to the latter picking [...]
Belgian and World champions fight it out all the way to the final clim; Nys takes the World Cup leadSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) won yet another one-on-one battle against big rival Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) as he took the sixth round of [...]
WorldTour beckons after SpiderTech stintJudged on the results he achieved at the end of 2010, it looked as if 25 year old Texan Caleb Fairly was headed straight for the top. Riding for Holowesko Partners/Felt, the Garmin U23 ‘feeder’ team, [...]
World champion rides away from Compton; World Cup leader doomed by three crashesMarianne Vos (Rabobank) took a classy victory in the Boxing Day showcase of women’s UCI World Cup Cyclo-cross in Heusden-Zolder on Wednesday. Vos led almost from the gun [...]
British rider’s schedule outlined towards Giro/Tour goals Although he followed a certain route to his first Tour de France victory in 2012, Bradley Wiggins has decided on a different build-up to the defence of his title and will miss out [...]
‘On the basis of trust and transparency, Pro Team Astana finds the MPCC Code of Conduct to be a credible, voluntary step’Over a month after the possibility was first mentioned, the Astana team has made official its application to join [...]
Australian talent looks set for a big futureOne of the most eagerly awaited additions to the ranks of the World Tour fast men for 2013 is 24 year-old Australian, Steele Von Hoff. A couple of wins in Australia in 2010 [...]
Lampre-ISD’s Colombian climber awaiting ankle surgery after hitting a dog on Christmas EveLampre-ISD’s Winner Anacona is spending Christmas awaiting surgery on his ankle after crashing in training. The Colombian was riding near his home in the national capital Bogota when [...]
Former pro believes Cannondale talent can achieve great thingsHe’s already been praised by Sean Kelly, who suggested that Peter Sagan could have a stunning career and could even go on to win Grand Tours. Now former professional Giovanni Lombardi has [...]
Euskaltel-Euskadi veteran beginning in Australia, setting sights on Tour de FranceThe experienced Basque rider Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is looking to ride another full season for his Basque squad since returning from a doping ban late in the 2011 year. After [...]
Catalan rider determined to fight for victory in Tour de FranceAlthough he said earlier this week that he would be staying with the Katusha team, world number one Joaquim Rodriguez has now said that he would be prepared to leave [...]
