USA Pro Challenge: Sagan gets a hat-trick into Fort Collins

van Garderen has uneventful day in yellow with one stage to goPeter Sagan (Cannondale) was his usual calm, cool, and collected self as he weathered a couple minor storms inside the final kilometre and then sprinted to his third stage [...]

2013-08-24T00:00:00+00:00August 24th, 2013|

Low cortisol levels see Bos prevented from starting Vuelta a España by his Belkin team

MPCC rules block rider; levels can be a sign of cortisone use One of the fastest sprinters due to take part in the Vuelta a España, Theo Bos, will not line out in today’s opening stage of the race due [...]

2013-08-24T00:00:00+00:00August 24th, 2013|

Cycling Australia president Klaus Mueller to resign from position

Will stand down in September; says role has become ‘almost full time,’ and he can’t continueHaving been in the role of president of Cycling Australia since November 2009, Klaus Mueller has announced that he will step down from the position. [...]

2013-08-24T00:00:00+00:00August 24th, 2013|

Van Garderen said TT slump two years ago worried him prior to yesterday’s race against the clock

USA Pro Challenge leader says he’s learned a lot and improved greatly since 2011; looking good for overall victoryThird in 2011, second last year and now firmly in the driving seat; Tejay van Garderen is looking increasingly likely to take [...]

2013-08-24T00:00:00+00:00August 24th, 2013|

Double Tour de France stage winner Costa inks one year deal with Lampre Merida

Portuguese rider gives much-needed vitality to Italian squadTwo time Tour de Suisse champion Rui Costa is regarded as one of the most promising riders in the sport and now, after racing as part of the Caisse d’Epargne/Movistar structure since 2009, [...]

2013-08-24T00:00:00+00:00August 24th, 2013|

Women’s Transfer News: Anna van der Breggen to Rabobank; Lauren Kitchen to Hitec Products

Dutch prodigy snapped up by the biggest team; Aussie battler in swap for Emilia FahlinWith more teams defining the shape of their 2014 rosters, it has been announced that 23-year-old Anna van der Breggen is to join the Rabobank-Liv/GIant team, [...]

2013-08-23T00:00:00+00:00August 23rd, 2013|

Van Garderen upbeat about his chances after taking over USA Pro Challenge lead

BMC Racing Team rider promises to remain focussed, aiming for strong time trialHaving taken over the race lead in the USA Pro Challenge with a strong ride on yesterday’s mountain stage to Beaver Creek, Tejay van Garderen knows he has [...]

2013-08-23T00:00:00+00:00August 23rd, 2013|

USA Pro Challenge: Tejay van Garderen cements overall lead with Vail time trial victory

Race leader beats Andrew Talansky by just four seconds as Janier Acevedo slips awayTejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) strengthened his overall lead in the 2013 USA Pro Challenge with a close victory in the uphill time trial between Vail and [...]

2013-08-23T00:00:00+00:00August 23rd, 2013|

Pinot fired up to recover from Tour disappointment with strong Vuelta a España ride

Talented Frenchman wants a stage win, will play GC by earOne year after winning a stage and finishing in the top ten in what was his debut Tour de France, Thibaut Pinot has said that he’s fully motivated to perform [...]

2013-08-23T00:00:00+00:00August 23rd, 2013|

Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga to join Argos-Shimano in 2014

Two young Americans attracted by development opportunities at Dutch ProTeamArgos-Shimano has announced the signing of young Americans Lawson Craddock and Chad Haga for 2014, with both riders being given two-year contracts. Craddock (pictured) has spent the last three seasons at [...]

2013-08-22T00:00:00+00:00August 22nd, 2013|

Philippe Gilbert to lead BMC Racing to Vuelta a España despite recent crash injury

World champion currently unable to pedal with power as he heads towards rainbow defencePhilippe Gilbert will start the Vuelta a España at the head of the BMC Racing Team, despite still suffering from the aftereffects of a crash on the [...]

2013-08-22T00:00:00+00:00August 22nd, 2013|

Voigt rues missed chance at USA Pro Challenge, but vows to attack again

“I thought it might work out, so I was a little bit mad with the world in general”Caught just 2.5 kilometres from the end of yesterday’s third stage of the USA Pro Challenge after being off the front for almost [...]

2013-08-22T00:00:00+00:00August 22nd, 2013|

Following board’s rescinding of McQuaid nomination, Chassot resigns as president of Swiss Cycling

Tour de Romandie director was one of strongest supporters of Pat McQuaid on board, says a ‘small coup’ occurredHaving seen his support for Pat McQuaid overturned by the other board members of Swiss Cycling, the federation’s president Richard Chassot has [...]

2013-08-22T00:00:00+00:00August 22nd, 2013|

Vanendert seeking to return to his top level in the Vuelta a España

Belgian rider feels like he’s on the road back after withdrawing from Tour de France squad with a parasiteHaving been forced to drop out of the Critérium du Dauphiné due to a parasite and missing the Tour de France as [...]

2013-08-22T00:00:00+00:00August 22nd, 2013|
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