More black for the WorldTour peloton; white sleeve should help with identificationTrek Factory Racing presented its 2014 team and kit at the Roubaix Velodrome, the site of its big star rider, Fabian Cancellara’s victory last April, in front of 1,200 [...]
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 [...]
Team says being ambitious is a priority, rather than using San Luis and Down Under as training Although January races are very early in the season and key targets such as the Ardennes Classics and the Grand Tours are still [...]
Tom Boonen and Mark Cavendish hoping for better at their main targetsOmega Pharma-Quick Step is hoping that it can carry on in 2014 where it left off last year, as it looks toward the coming season. The multinational Belgian squad [...]
Peter Sagan, Ted King and Peter Stetina among those confirmed for US raceThere will be nine WorldTour ProTeams at the start of the Amgen Tour of California, race organiser AEG has announced, as International Cycling Union (UCI) rule changes allow [...]
Talks still ongoing for a title sponsorThe organisers of the first-ever women’s Tour of Britain have confirmed that they are still looking for a title sponsor for this year’s race, but that they are exploring several possibilities. Even if a [...]
2011 Tour de France winner not making up numbers; will take on Porte, Gerrans, Goss and others on SundayCadel Evans has made clear he is not simply riding Sunday’s Australian road race championships to build his condition, but rather believes [...]
MTN Qhubeka riders named for 2.1 ranked African event Linus Gerdemann and John Lee Augustyn will next week begin their buildup back to what they hope will be successful returns to the peloton this year, with both riders confirmed today [...]
Sprint finishes settle each race, attention now turns to weekend road races Garmin-Sharp rider Steele Von Hoff blazed in ahead of the field to take the Australian elite criterium championship title in Ballarat today, finishing two seconds ahead of the [...]
Katusha’s lineup revealed for upcoming WorldTour raceA team almost entirely composed of Russian riders and led by the 2013 Giro d’Italia stage winner Maxim Belkov has been confirmed for the Santos Tour Down Under, which will get underway in twelve [...]
AS releases what it says are details from Saturday’s launch of raceTwo days before the official launch of the route of the 2014 Vuelta a España, Spanish newspaper AS has leaked what it claims are the full details, including eight [...]
Danish team manager under pressure since Tyler Hamilton’s 2012 bookBjarne Riis, the now-former owner of the Tinkoff-Saxo team, has been suffering from pressure and breakdowns for more than a year, which will be outlined in a documentary on Danish TV [...]
Moser shows off vocal cords, Sagan, Basso and others also in attendanceIt’s aiming to set itself apart from other teams on the bike, and it did it off the bike as well yesterday evening. The Cannondale Pro Cycling team eschewed [...]
Two more teams confirmed for first World Tour raceHe’s won the Tours of California and Oman plus the Grand Prix Montréal and Québec; now Robert Gesink will take on the Santos Tour Down Under in his first competitive event of [...]
Team aiming to be first German squad to ride Tour since 2010 Previously thought to be vying for a place in the Giro d’Italia, the NetApp Endura team will instead focus on riding its first-ever Tour de France this July, [...]
Kerby and Crooks take under 23 gold medalsGetting its national championship campaign off to a superb start, the riders from the Orica GreenEdge team took gold, silver and bronze in the Australian TT champs today. Michael Hepburn defeated Luke Durbridge, [...]
Rider had twice served suspensions for cocaine use, returned to take four wins in 2013 Last January he roared back into the headlines when he outsprinted Peter Sagan to win the final stage of the Tour de San Luis, successfully [...]
Three commission members finalised and named, goal is to compete work by end of 2014Almost a year after the UCI under Pat McQuaid shut down the Independent Commission charged with investigating it, new president Brian Cookson has today announced the [...]
