Early season start should aid BMC Racing Team rider to hit peak form for Giro d’ItaliaAfter previously indicating that he will ride the Santos Tour Down Under as part of his buildup towards the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has now [...]
Czech champion outsprints Rob Peeters in changeable conditions Halfway through his brief 2013/14 cyclocross season, Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has got what he missed out on last winter: a win in an international competition. The Czech champion outsprinted Belgian [...]
Feltrin states that no contract was ever agreed, and that team roster has been finalized Countering a recent Spanish media report that team owner Oleg Tinkov blocked the move of Samuel Sanchez to the Tinkoff Saxo squad, that team’s CEO [...]
Governing body to speak to WADA and others on matter; says positives are investigated on a case by case basisThe UCI has issued an assurance that precautions were taken at this year’s Tour of Beijing to safeguard against riders testing [...]
Marianne Vos takes revenge on Katie Compton after World Cup defeatsSven Nys (Crelan-KDL) won his sixth edition of the Azencross, in Loenhout, just outside Antwerp, at the end of a fast, but muddy contest. The World champion managed to power [...]
US champion overcomes a slow start to widen overall leadKatie Compton (Trek) overcame a slow start on the dry, fast Zolder circuit, to take her fourth straight victory in the fifth round of the 2013/14 Cyclocross World Cup. The US [...]
Dutch champion extends overall lead with third season victoryLars van der Haar (Rabobank) took his third victory in the 2013/14 World Cup as he jumped away from a large group in the closing stages of the final lap of the [...]
Saxo Tinkoff rider speaks about best and worst moments from 2013 Although he’s now 38 years of age and is about to begin his fourteenth pro season, Nicki Sørensen has planned a busy 2014 schedule with not one but two [...]
Oleg Tinkov said to have gone back on verbal agreement Having been previously linked to an expected move to the Tinkoff Saxo team in 2014, Samuel Sanchez’s frustrating past few months appear to be continuing after a reported veto to [...]
Pauwels recovering from a cold, Van der Haar nursing sore ribs, Wellens supports Jim Aernouts for Boxing Day raceFormer world champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) isn’t ready to take a backseat to riders such as Lars van der Haar (Rabobank) and [...]
Ivan Velasco also reported to be coming back, bringing Spanish team to 20 ridersThe Spanish professional continental team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA announced on Christmas morning the signing of Luis Leon Sanchez, after months of rumors connecting the team and rider. [...]
Another climber signs up after race alterations tilt the 299km to their favourThe names on the Milan-Sanremo start list have shifted slightly over the last several years, as race organizers have continued to increase the undulations in the race’s finale. [...]
WorldTour race starts in just 28 days, countdown continuesWith there being a strong likelihood of several sprint finishes at next month’s Santos Tour Down Under, the Lampre-Merida team has opted to have a fastman lead the squad for the WorldTour [...]
Rabobank-Liv/Giant design graduate creates four jerseys for season-long competitionIris Slappendel (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) received an early Christmas present from the International Cycling Union (UCI) in the shape of the announcement that she has won the competition to design the leaders jerseys for [...]
Swedish rider hoping to rediscover spark from 2012After a sparkling 2012 season, Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) was expected to be a top lieutenant for Vincenzo Nibali in his first year with the Kazakh squad, while also aiming to expand on the [...]
Dutchman savours Amstel Gold contribution to Kreuziger’s successAnnounced this week as remaining with Team Tinkoff Saxo for an additional season, Karsten Kroon has said that he is determined to reach and hold strong condition throughout 2014. The aim may sound [...]
Russian rider out until 2017 Months after it was confirmed that he had failed not one but two doping tests for EPO, the Russian rider Alexander Serebryakov has been given a four year ban from the sport. On April 8th [...]
Climbing specialist gets protected status in early-season Australian raceGetting his season off to an early start, the Spanish climber Haimar Zubeldia has been given a green light by the new Trek Factory Racing Team to captain the squad in the [...]
