Samuel Sánchez celebrating WorldTour contract with BMC Racing Team

Long wait comes to an end: “Sammy will add a high degree of skill and experience to the BMC Racing Team”Describing himself as being like a neo-pro after finalising the agreement, the 2008 Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez has finally found [...]

2014-02-02T00:00:00+00:00February 2nd, 2014|

Bertine: New La Course race is ‘stepping stone towards a women’s Tour de France’

ASO decision hailed by Le Tour Entier co-founder, says success of 2014 edition will increase chances of future stage raceKathryn Bertine has described yesterday’s announcement by ASO of a new women’s event called La Course as being an important intermediate [...]

2014-02-02T00:00:00+00:00February 2nd, 2014|

Costa: ‘I spent the winter with a lot of concentration, working to be in good shape’

Portuguese rider keen to impress in rainbow jersey World road race champion Rui Costa is set to make his debut with his new Lampre Merida team in three days time, lining out in the first edition of the Dubai Tour. [...]

2014-02-02T00:00:00+00:00February 2nd, 2014|

Court order in class action case compels Aaron Brown to provide full details of Kimmage defence fund

Massachusetts judge wants reassurances fund is intact; could demand money is transferred to neutral third partyFurther to the news that Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid have reactivated their court case against the journalist Paul Kimmage, VeloNation has received confirmation that [...]

2014-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2014|

Ponferrada world championships certain to go ahead after Spanish Department of Sports intervenes

Agreement reached with Assembly of Castilla y Leon credited as vital in ensuring race’s futureAny question marks about the future of the 2014 world championships in Ponferrada, Spain, have been dispelled by an announcement today by the UCI guaranteeing that [...]

2014-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2014|

ASO announces women’s La Course race to be held in Paris on final day of Tour de France

Vos, Wellington and Cookson welcome newsA concerted push to try to push Tour de France organisers ASO to have a women’s version of the race appears to have led to some progress, with the French company today announcing that it [...]

2014-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2014|

Verbruggen and McQuaid reactivate legal case against Kimmage

Action continues despite UCI’s decision to abandon suitAlthough Brian Cookson said in October that the UCI was abandoning the legal case it had previously taken against Paul Kimmage, two other parties in that suit – former presidents Hein Verbruggen and [...]

2014-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2014|
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