Australian champion profits from tough finale to outsprint GreipelHe’s been trying to mimic the buildup and results of his superb early season in 2012, when he won the Australian road championships, the Santos Tour Down Under and then Milan-Sanremo. Simon [...]
Earle to replace injured Sutton on Sky squad for Santos Tour Down UnderFears that Giovanni Visconti could end up missing sizeable chunk of the season appear to have been assuaged somewhat by the news that he has been successfully operated [...]
Dutch squad’s management and top riders lay out goals for 2014Heading into year two of the project, the Belkin Pro Cycling team will today detail its ambitions for the 2014 season at its team launch at the Nederlands Instituut voor [...]
Top five finish in Tropicale Amissa Bongo proves MTN Qhubeka rider is in good shapeRiding his first professional event since he crashed out of the 2012 Vuelta a España, Linus Gerdemann showed last week that he has managed to regain [...]
American TT specialist enjoys best winter to dateWith both riders feeling that their form is sufficiently good to be in the hunt for success in their first race of the year, Taylor Phinney and new signing Darwin Atapuma are hoping [...]
Belkin’s other top riders list Classics and sprint goals on day of team launch Having finished a strong sixth overall in the Tour de France in 2013, Bauke Mollema had made clear that the same race will be the priority [...]
New Giant Shimano team clocks up first victory of the seasonThe dominant sprinter from last year’s Tour de France showed that he means to continue in the same fashion this season, with Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) speeding home to his [...]
Decision could be made right up until start time on Tuesday’s opening leg of raceRace organisers of the Tour Down Under are bracing themselves to call off Tuesday's first stage into the Barossa Valley at the last minute, should the [...]
Belgian commits to riding Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders in 2015He’s been below his top level for the past two seasons but Philippe Gilbert have given his supporters hope that he might yet return to his 2011 level. The Belgian [...]
Will team put another in place of banned Italian?One day after the Italian Olympic Committee CONI announced that Alessandro Ballan had been given a two year ban over his links to the Mantova doping affair, his BMC Racing Team has [...]
Team waiting to hear if it will get Tour de France wildcardHaving decided to apply for an invite to the Tour de France this year rather than the Giro d’Italia, the NetApp Endura team have thanked Giro organisers RCS Sport [...]
Fiorenzo Aegean Bonazzi given four year ban in connection with Mantova doping investigationFormer world road race champion Alessandro Ballan has been handed a two year doping ban by the Italian anti-doping tribunal (TNA), starting today, due to his part in [...]
Lampre Merida sprinters Modolo and Richeze aiming for stage victoriesEach committed to racing hard but also saying that they don’t feel pressure to get a specific result, 2004 Giro d’Italia winner Damiano Cunego and Classic specialist Filippo Pozzato are the [...]
African team clocks up first win of the season on rollercoaster dayAwaiting a wildcard which never came, the MTN Qhubeka team learned today that it would miss out on the Giro d’Italia, its big goal for the season. The Grand [...]
Wildcards also named for Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-Sanremo and Il LombardiaPassing over the candidature of some highly-tipped teams such as MTN Qhubeka, Giro d’Italia organisers RCS Sport have gone for teams with a strong Italian slant in choosing three wildcard places for [...]
“We found raising his arms helped to reduce frontal profile and cut drag”Double Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and Specialized’s engineers have come up with a bike position that they believe will be faster and more efficient for the [...]
Adelaide rated hottest city on earth earlier today The contrast between a cold European winter and the sweltering conditions of Australian summer have been accentuated for the riders arriving in advance of the Tour Down Under, with Adelaide currently experiencing [...]
Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox celebrates securing wildcards to four RCS Sport races Bolstered by its second consecutive Giro d’Italia wildcard, Team Colombia has said that it is determined to leave its mark on the race this coming May. Last year Fabio [...]
