Rodriguez wants to leave Katusha, three year deal reportedly offered

BMC Racing Team denies speculation about contract bidFollowing weeks of uncertainty after the Katusha team was refused WorldTour licence registration for 2013, it seems that the patience of the world number one rider Joaquim Rodriguez has finally ran out and [...]

2013-01-08T00:00:00+00:00January 8th, 2013|

ASOIF says practical reasons saw McQuaid’s position being taken up by Erdener at WADA

UCI now says decision was taken in NovemberFollowing yesterday’s news that Pat McQuaid’s term on WADA’s Foundation Board had ended a year earlier than scheduled, the Association of Summer International Olympic Associations (ASOIF) has said that practicality was behind the [...]

2013-01-08T00:00:00+00:00January 8th, 2013|

UCI confirms McQuaid ends WADA’s Foundation Board term early

Irishman had completed term on separate Executive CommitteeUCI President Pat McQuaid is no longer part of the World Anti Doping Agency’s Executive Committee plus its Foundation Board, with his stint in the latter position ending a year earlier than scheduled.WADA [...]

2013-01-07T00:00:00+00:00January 7th, 2013|

Russell Downing Interview: “Now we’re back in the big time again.”

Yorkshireman returns to the top as Endura merges with NetApp; dreaming of the Tour on home roadsRussell Downing is preparing himself for a return to the top flight of cycling in the coming season, as part of the NetApp-Endura team. [...]

2013-01-07T00:00:00+00:00January 7th, 2013|

Cookson says an Armstrong admission would be meaningless without truthful details

“Let’s not have any false accusations or innuendos”British Cycling president Brian Cookson has given his thoughts about the rumoured possibility of an admission of career-long doping by Lance Armstrong, saying that if the Texan does speak out, that he must [...]

2013-01-07T00:00:00+00:00January 7th, 2013|

Katusha and nine other teams fighting for three Giro wildcard slots, decision tomorrow

MTN Qhubeka backs down for now, accepts 2013 Giro would come too soon for teamStill waiting for the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing that it hopes will oblige the UCI to reverse the decision to refuse its WorldTour licence [...]

2013-01-07T00:00:00+00:00January 7th, 2013|

Evans may retire at end of 2014, says Oman could be first race this season

Australian unsure about how his system will respond to racing Set to turn 36 years of age in February, Cadel Evans has conceded that his career may be approaching a end and that he could hang up his racing bike [...]

2013-01-07T00:00:00+00:00January 7th, 2013|

Argos-Shimano taking strong lineup to Santos Tour Down Under debut

Kittel making his season start along with returning stage winner ClarkeThe Dutch squad Argos-Shimano gets to flash its World Tour license at the door for the first time in 2013 in the Santos Tour Down Under, in the team’s first [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|

Szmyd to miss Giro d’Italia for first time since career began, will instead back Valverde in Tour

Polish climber ready for new directionMoving to the Movistar team after many seasons with Italian squads will lead to a major change in the race programme for Sylwester Szmyd; the Pole will, for the first time in his career, miss [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|

Crowd favourite Voigt confirms he’ll get his season going with Santos Tour Down Under

Says Australian event is ‘perfect and well balanced’Certain to be a big hit with the fans. Jens Voigt has confirmed that he will return to the Santos Tour Down Under this year, joining Andy Schleck and others on the RadioShack [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|

Tour de Langkawi winner Serpa beaten and robbed during Colombian training ride

New Lampre Merida rider has his bike stolenJosé Serpa’s preparations for his first year with the Lampre team have been interrupted today by his mugging while on a training ride near Cúcuta in his native Colombia. The 2012 Tour de [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|

Watson grabs Jayco Herald Sun Tour success as race leader cracks

Summit finish of Arthurs Seat goes to Earle Calvin Watson celebrated his twentieth birthday in some style today, the Jayco VIS Apollo rider jumping from second to first overall in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour and taking the biggest victory [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|

Cyclocross World Cup: Kevin Pauwels wins an off road criterium in Rome

A bad day for Sven Nys sees Niels Albert take control of overall World CupKevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) won a largely uneventful race to take the seventh round of the cyclocross World Cup in Rome, Italy, after breaking away with [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|

Women’s Cyclo-cross World Cup: Vos speedier than Compton in Roma

Compton takes second to secure World Cup titleMarianne Vos (Rabobank) used a searing attack on the third of five fast laps in Rome, Italy to distance Katie Compton (Trek Cyclo-cross Collective) and win the penultimate round of the women’s cyclo-cross [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|

Ballan’s release from hospital imminent, rider continues recovery from bad crash

No date set for return to racingAfter suffering a double fracture to his left leg plus a fractured rib and losing his spleen last month, Alessandro Ballan has moved a step closer to his eventual return to cycling with the [...]

2013-01-06T00:00:00+00:00January 6th, 2013|
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