Sixteen teams now awaiting final approval from anti-doping groupThe number of teams seeking to join the current twelve-member Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible [Movement for a Credible Cycling/MPCC] has expanded by a further three squads and means there are now [...]
Plugge takes over as team director, Brainwash withdraws as co-sponsor of women’s teamAs reported last week, the former Rabobank team has been rebranded with a holding name, much along the lines of the 1T4i squad last year, as it awaits [...]
Briton states that it is undecided if he will do the Giro d’ItaliaAlthough he suggested at the Tour de France launch that the Giro d’Italia would likely be his prime target in 2013 and that he would support Chris Froome [...]
World and Olympic champion to also race off road in coming year She’s been world champion on road, track and in cyclo cross and now Marianne Vos wants to see how far she can go on the mountain bike. The [...]
Drug Free Sport New Zealand denies delay in sending documentsResponding to the reports that the women’s Tour of New Zealand has been abandoned this year due to the increased costs of drug testing on the race, the UCI has explained [...]
British online cycle retailer to support Wiggle-Honda for the next three yearsFive weeks after announcing the creation of Dream Team Professional Cycling, British online cycle retailer Wiggle has been unveiled as its title sponsor. The new women’s UCI team, which [...]
Distance of original 1913 event to be ridden on anniversary date of May 25thAs part of the celebrations to mark 100 years of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, race organiser Flanders Classics is to run an amateur ride of 324km, the [...]
Suspension will be served in off season; 2011 Giro winner will be free to race again on January 1stMichele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) was handed a three-month ban by the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping tribunal, after if found him guilty of [...]
103 years of history rated by a panel of 100 journalists to exorcise 12/12/12Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has put together a ‘Universal Classification’ of the first 103 years of the race, to “exorcise the World’s end, as predicted by [...]
Could revenue-generating reform of cycling damn events such as Paris-Nice and Tour de Suisse? After a new presentation to the media in recent days has led to another upsurge in attention for those behind the World Series Cycling proposal, a [...]
Says he made it clear women’s race would be unable to continue with demands that UCI must do testing The race director of the Tour of New Zealand has spoken of his frustration with the forced cancellation of the women’s [...]
Kwaremont/Paterberg circuit remain for Oudenaarde finale; early loop pays tribute to race historyFlanders Classics, the organiser of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, has announced the route of the 2013 edition of Vlaanderens Mooiste (Flanders’ most beautiful) to be run on March [...]
Russian team reacts with anger and surprise at denial of UCI WorldTour registrationAfter taking 24 hours to digest the news, the Katusha team has reacted with anger and surprise at the International Cycling Union (UCI) decision to deny it registration [...]
Young American says she’s ambitious to learn and improveUtah rider Tayler Wiles has committed herself to working hard for the Specialized lululemon team leaders in her first year with the squad, but has said that she also hopes to be [...]
“I think that the best riders must ride the best races”It’s been a stressful number of months for Team Saxo Tinkoff CEO Trey Greenwood, who spent a long time waiting to learn if the squad would manage to hold on [...]
Team leader and world number one Joaquim Rodriguez: ‘I prefer not to say anything’Following the unexpected news yesterday that it would not be given a WorldTour licence, the Katusha team may be facing a wait before it knows the specific [...]
Norwegian champion supported by British team’s Classics hopefuls in WorldTour openerTeam Sky has announced the seven-man line up of riders to start the Santos Tour Down Under, the opening race of the 2013 WorldTour, between January 22nd and 27th. The [...]
Belgian champion recovering from intestinal infection that saw him spend three days in hospitalTom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is making good progress in his recovery from the intestinal infection that saw him hospitalised earlier in the month, Sporza reports. The [...]
