USA Cycling announces teams for Cyclocross World Championships

Katie Compton and Jeremy Powers lead elite teams to Hoogerheide USA Cycling has announced the teams that it will be sending to the Cyclocross World Championships, in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, on February 1st and 2nd, with the elite teams led by [...]

2014-01-13T00:00:00+00:00January 13th, 2014|

Luis León Sánchez answers his critics with Tropicale Amissa Bongo stage one victory

Rejected Spanish rider takes the first professional race of 2014 for new teamHaving been rejected by the Belkin team with a year remaining on his contract, Luis León Sánchez answered his critics with victory in the opening stage of the [...]

2014-01-13T00:00:00+00:00January 13th, 2014|

Gerrans outsprints Evans, Porte and Meyer to take second Australian road race championship title

Orica GreenEdge rider’s success follows on from his 2012 win plus that of team-mate Durbridge last yearGrabbing the green and gold jersey despite suffering a broken hip in August, Simon Gerrans delivered on his promise to be in strong early-season [...]

2014-01-12T00:00:00+00:00January 12th, 2014|

Evans on Australian championships: “It has gone better than I expected, that is for sure”

BMC Racing Team rider pleased with early season form, buildup to Giro appears on track Lining out in what was his earliest start to the season since 2005, Cadel Evans went frustrating close to starting things off with a win. [...]

2014-01-12T00:00:00+00:00January 12th, 2014|

Sven Nys dominates Belgian Cyclocross Championships to take ninth driekleur jersey

Sanne Cant takes fifth straight title in attritional women’s raceSven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink) won his ninth Belgian national cyclocross title on the tough, attritional course at the Waregem Hippodroom, and now trails Roland Liboton by just one championship in the [...]

2014-01-12T00:00:00+00:00January 12th, 2014|

Cooke blasts ‘cheap tactics’ of Christina Watches team in claiming agreement with Horner is close

Australian says several possibilities are being explored at presentResponding to media reports stating that Chris Horner is moving ever-closer to signing a deal with the Christina Watches team for this season, the rider’s representative Baden Cooke has described that team [...]

2014-01-12T00:00:00+00:00January 12th, 2014|

Powers takes control early and wins American cyclocross championship

Compton makes her tenth title running look easyJeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) broke his mold a bit on his way to a second American cyclocross national championship, as he pushed the pace early and eventually wore down Ryan Trebon (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld), who took [...]

2014-01-12T00:00:00+00:00January 12th, 2014|

Committed to riding Tour rather than defending Giro title, Nibali starts in Tour de San Luis

Rider will be joined in ‘remarkable race’ by Astana team-mates Scarponi and KessiakoffHaving made a definitive decision not to defend his Giro d’Italia title but rather to target the Tour de France, Vincenzo Nibali will nonetheless debut in the same [...]

2014-01-11T00:00:00+00:00January 11th, 2014|

Video/report: Elvin wins second Australian women’s road race title, Ewan takes Under 23 gold

Highlights from today’s races Making history when she became the first woman in two decades to take two consecutive national road race titles, Gracie Elvin outsprinted Lauren Kitchen (NSW) and last year’s Subaru National Road Series winner Katrin Garfoot (QLD) [...]

2014-01-11T00:00:00+00:00January 11th, 2014|

Samuel Sanchez concedes it is difficult for him to secure a team at this point

Rider still searching for a contract; says final time trial in Vuelta a España could prove crucial, despite shortnessThe new year has started, the 2014 racing season is about to get underway for many in the peloton, but Samuel Sanchez [...]

2014-01-11T00:00:00+00:00January 11th, 2014|

Valverde believes he can podium at both Tour de France and Vuelta a España

The 2009 Vuelta champion satisfied with route unveiled today: “There are difficulties with eight summit finishes”Giving a thumbs up to the route unveiled today by the Vuelta a España organisers, Alejandro Valverde has said that the nature of the course [...]

2014-01-11T00:00:00+00:00January 11th, 2014|

Andy Schleck: “The advantage is that I’ll have Fränk on my side in the Tour.”

Fränk Schleck hungry to get racing after an 18-month suspension and lay-offAndy Schleck (Trek Factory Racing) looks ahead to 2014, having had two disappointing seasons in the years before. 2012 saw the Luxembourg former Tour champion sit out most of [...]

2014-01-11T00:00:00+00:00January 11th, 2014|

Alberto Contador: Vuelta route “gives spectacle and what people want”

2008 and 2012 winner may return to his home race in 2014 but Tour de France has priorityAlberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) was not present at the presentation of the 2014 Vuelta a España route, as he was at his team’s first [...]

2014-01-11T00:00:00+00:00January 11th, 2014|

Gesink believes Santos Tour Down Under will suit his characteristics

Dutchman satisfied with work done during a winter based in Girona Confirmed this week as leading the Belkin team in the race, Robert Gesink has said that he believes he should be one of the challengers in the Santos Tour [...]

2014-01-10T00:00:00+00:00January 10th, 2014|

Feature: Linus Gerdemann feeling good about his comeback to cycling – “I am optimistic…I think I can perform well”

German rider speaks about his return to the sport with MTN Qhubeka, aiming for Giro and moreGetting back to the pro peloton after a season out of competition, 2007 Tour de France stage winner and yellow jersey wearer Linus Gerdemann [...]

2014-01-10T00:00:00+00:00January 10th, 2014|

Budget of three million Swiss Francs reported for Cycling Independent Reform Commission

Anti-doping probe will study Armstrong affair and other doping-related mattersThe UCI has allocated a budget of three million Swiss francs (€2.4 million/$3.3 million) for the Cycling Independent Reform Commission it announced on Wednesday, setting out the amount it will pay [...]

2014-01-10T00:00:00+00:00January 10th, 2014|
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