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 [...]
Final lap puncture sees Sven Nys steal second from Niels Albert; overall World Cup gets tighterKevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) put on a supreme solo display to take victory in the fifth round of the Cyclocross World Cup, at the Namur Citadel, [...]
Italian signs contract with Vini Fantani squadHis career was thought to be at an end when his Acqua & Sapone team left the sport after not being invited to the Giro d’Italia, but the former Tour of Italy winner Stefano [...]
Lotto-Belisol sprinter Greg Henderson heads New Zealand national team Although the 2013 edition of the race lacks UCI ranking and is therefore unable to invite the WorldTour teams, another high level rider has been confirmed for the Jayco Herald Sun [...]
Turkish ‘Alpe d’Huez’ makes its return Having introduced the gruelling Elmali climb in 2012, the organisers of the Presidential Tour of Turkey have confirmed that the 1850 metre ascent will once again feature in next year’s edition of the event. [...]
Nash takes second, Vos third after two opening lap crashesKatie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) triumphed in the women’s round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Namur, leading almost from the gun in what was to be a highly touted [...]
“At the finish I felt like setting fire to my bike,” says World champion Niels AlbertThe fifth round of the Cyclocross World Cup in Namur, Belgium, was dominated by the top three names in the sport, as might have been [...]
Belgian reportedly named in American’s affidavit, other former Rabobank riders accusedFormer Rabobank doctor Geert Leinders is once again in the spotlight after the Dutch newspaper NRC said that he provided Levi Leipheimer and others with doping products during his time [...]
Czech champion accepts responsibility for bringing down Jan DenuwelaereJan Denuwelaere (Style & Concept) took only the second, and by far the biggest, victory of his career today in the Bpost Bank Trofee race in Essen, Belgium, in bizarre circumstances. The [...]
Spaniard says a high standard needs to be followed in doping controlsTold yesterday by the Spanish Supreme Court that it would not change the earlier civil court decision to clear him of doping during the 2005 Vuelta a España, Roberto [...]
Style & Concept rider brought down by DQ’d Zdeněk Stybar on the line; Sanne Cant takes another victoryZdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) marked his debut in competitive cyclocross in the 2012/13 season with a controversial sprint in the GP Rouwmoer, [...]
Former World champion “moved by all the messages of support”Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) is recovering well in Spanish hospital, following surgery on his abdomen and spleen, his team reports. The Italian former World champion crashed badly on Thursday, on the [...]
2010 Tour winner determined to be in top shape for JulySounding like he’s full of motivation to move forward after what was a very frustrating 2012 season, Andy Schleck has revealed his racing programme and said that he plans to [...]
RusVelo team implies anti-Russian discrimination in its ProConti registration delayThe proposed Tour of Russia, which is slated to begin in 2014, is under threat thanks to the International Cycling Union (UCI) refusal to grant Katusha registration in the WorldTour, according [...]
Despite positive test for EPO, Spaniard named again as winner of raceSeven years after he won, then lost the 2005 Vuelta a España, Roberto Heras has secured that title again via a case upheld in the Spanish Supreme Court. The [...]
“This sanction remains completely absurd…I will appeal”Although his one year ban for missing a post-race doping control has been reduced on appeal to just one month, Christophe Bassons has said he will fight on and seek to have the sanction [...]
Evie Stevens hoping that other events will follow suitA little over a month after the UCI Athlete’s Commission recommended that the governing body introduce equal prize money for men and women at world championship events, the Management Committee of the [...]
Australian coming back from Vattenfall Cyclassics crash injuries as part of national teamStuart O’Grady (Orica-GreenEdge) will make his comeback from the injuries sustained in the Vattenfall Cyclassics next month, as he lines up as part of the Australian national team [...]
