Armitstead, Muccioli, Brand, Numainville, Worrack and De Vocht among the new championsLizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) managed to overcome the numerical superiority of Wiggle Honda riders Laura Trott and Dani King in the final lap of the Great Britain championships in Glasgow, [...]
British challenger symbolically chooses place of original UCI foundingBrian Cookson officially launched his election Manifesto in Paris, France, today, for his bid to become the next President of the International Cycling Union (UCI). The Englishman, who is currently the President [...]
Champion System rider content with form in advance of today’s raceAiming for what would be a record fourth consecutive Irish road race title, Matt Brammeier has said that he believes he is in good shape in advance of what is [...]
Results and comments from around the world, including Hushovd, Sagan, Kwiatkowski, and JungelsOn a busy Sunday of racing, with men's national road race championships happening all over the world, VeloNation grabs the results and the comments from many of the [...]
Devolder breaks away to his third Belgian championshipMark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) nailed his first British road racing championship in an untraditional fashion, as the Manx Missile was riding without much of a team to back him up. And Cavendish [...]
FDJ rider in day long break, then plays it right in final kilometreArthur Vichot (FDJ) grabbed a surprising victory in the French national road race championship, surprising Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Tony Gallopin (Radioshack-Leopard) in a three-man finale. [...]
Hushovd and Frank notable absentees; Evans more confident in Giro-Tour doubleBMC Racing will hit the Tour de France presentation podium with a squad of familiar faces, and will be captained by the face with bushy eyebrows and a dimpled chin. [...]
Norwegian had been pushing hard to be included in squadHaving previously complained that he didn’t know if he would be riding the Tour de France or not, Thor Hushovd has now been told the BMC Racing Team’s decision on the [...]
Rider’s mentor speaks about issues 2012 Tour de France winner has faced plus decision not to target yellow againHaving long been a guiding figure in Bradley Wiggins’ life, British Cycling coach Shane Sutton has said that he is ‘devastated’ that [...]
“Almost everyone at the time was taking performance enhancing substances”Jan Ullrich has admitted to doping during his career with the help of Eufemiano Fuentes. Ullrich’s comments appear in a publication by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The 1997 Tour de France champion [...]
McNamara and Costelloe net second and third in big sprint to the lineLast year she won through a perfectly timed surge from a small breakaway group; this time round, she shrugged off the burden of being defending champion and sped [...]
Team Sky rider lays out programme for rest of season, says Tour requires giving up too muchCiting the sacrifices he had to make to get into prime condition for last year’s Tour de France, the 2012 winner Bradley Wiggins has [...]
Riders encouraged to give the team more time, but also told they can make enquiries with other squadsTeam Blanco is expected to shortly announce its backing by the Belkin electronics company, unveiling new kit in time for the Tour de [...]
Says Froome is the unquestioned favourite; retirement is not in the cardsBradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) expressed his belief in the Team Sky leader at the Tour de France, Chris Froome, calling him the favourite to win the race and calling [...]
“The UCI will not use the courts to silence whistle-blowers, journalists or other dissenting voices”UCI Presidential election candidate Brian Cookson has said that if he becomes UCI President in September, that the governing body will be less litigious in his [...]
Russian team targeting Tour de France successPreviously second overall in the Giro d’Italia and twice third in the Vuelta a España, Joaquim Rodriguez will aim for his first three week victory as leader of the Katusha team in next week’s [...]
Prodigious Luxembourg rider clocks up third victory of the seasonTalented 20 year old Bob Jungels has continued to gain momentum as a rider, adding the elite Luxembourg time trial title to his previous haul of national championship medals. Jungels’s success [...]
RadioShack Leopard team owner must repay remainder of loanLuxembourg businessman Flavio Becca has lost a court case taken by former employee Johan Bruyneel, and as a result will have to pay back almost a million euros plus interest. The claim [...]
