Belgian under no illusions as to his team standing after an underwhelming 2013Thomas De Gendt will be targeting the Giro d’Italia in his first season with Omega Pharma-Quick Step next year, as he joins the Belgian team after the demise [...]
Yonamine (Taiwan KOM) beats Tiffany Cromwell to women’s title Attacking in the closest kilometres of what is arguably cycling’s toughest climb, the Iranian rider Rahim Emami raced home well clear at the end of the Taiwan KOM Challenge in Asia on [...]
Experienced domestique and two developing sprinters remain with blue-fuchsia-green squadLampre-Merida has announced the contract extensions of Matteo Bono, Davide Cimolai and Maximiliano Richeze for 2014, making Bono the second longest serving member of the blue-fuchsia-green team behind Damiano Cunego. While [...]
Vice-president steps up as only candidate to replace Brian CooksonBob Howden has been elected as president of British Cycling (BC), after the governing body’s National Council meeting in Crewe, Cheshire. The Yorkshireman has been a board member of BC for [...]
Danish fans growing weary of tell-all autobiographies from former doping riders?It seems that the people of Denmark growing weary of tell-all autobiographies from former doping riders, or at least turning out to meet the authors, as Danish newspaper BT reports. [...]
Double Vuelta stage-winning Frenchman can’t wait for the 2014 season to startWarren Barguil (Argos-Shimano) can’t wait for the 2014 season to start, the Frenchman writes in his column in sportspaper l’Equipe. The 23-year-old neo-pro took two stages in this year’s [...]
“I’m happy to be here and support it, and hopefully my presence can have a positive effect on the race”Although he’s got the best palmares of those on the race, in terms of WorldTour performances, Simon Clarke was playing down [...]
Australian rider part of Taiwan KOM challenge, will race to 3275 kilometres above sea level tomorrowStarting tomorrow as the best-known women rider attending the Taiwan KOM Challenge, a gruelling race which takes the riders up a 85.2 kilometre climb to [...]
Prudhomme: “Utrecht fits perfectly into the Tour”Although the Tour de France has tended to alternate the years starting inside and outside the country, that pattern has confirmed to have been broken with a 2015 start in the Dutch city of [...]
Italians returning to the “foundations of the team” after scandals of this yearThe Vini Fantini-Selle Italia team will return in 2014, initially known as “Yellow Flou” - or “Giallo Fluo” in Italian - as negotiations with potential name sponsors continue. [...]
With PhD almost completed, Briton will knuckle down again as part of Lotto Belisol teamRegarded for several years as one of the top riders in women’s road racing, Emma Pooley voluntarily took a slight step back in 2013 when she [...]
“The day will arrive when someone will put lead in our pockets because we’ve found that God made man too light”Detailing countless anecdotes, nuggets of information and snippets of trivia about the riders and the racing from 100 editions of [...]
Both Australians confirmed with squad through 2015Mitchell Docker and Leigh Howard have both extended their contracts with Orica-GreenEdge for another two years, the team has announced. Both Australian riders have been part of the Australian ProTeam since its inception in [...]
Spanish rider prepares for his first season at British team after an entire career at EuskaltelMikel Nieve is preparing himself for an entirely different way of life as he joins Team Sky, having ridden for Euskaltel-Euskadi for his entire professional [...]
Former pro rider battling to avoid off multi-million dollar payout Currently trying to fend off a looming Qui Tam case which could see he and others forced to pay up to 100 million dollars in damages, Lance Armstrong and his [...]
Australian team to ride its first ever WorldTour eventDrapac Professional Cycling was one of 16 teams to have its Professional Continental registration confirmed by the International Cycling Union (UCI) yesterday, making it the only Australian team in the sport’s second [...]
Belgian Classics king considers a return to the Tour de France after two-year absenceAfter his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevere stated last month that Tom Boonen was considering a return to the Tour de France, the former Belgian [...]
Feels that Froome didn’t deliberately attack Wiggins during raceMore details have emerged about Mark Cavendish’s lack of satisfaction during his time with Team Sky, with the Briton opening up about the isolation he felt during the 2012 Tour de France [...]
