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Tour de San Luis: Zubeldia to lead Trek Factory Racing in his earliest-ever season start

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 [...]

2013-12-23T00:00:00+00:00December 23rd, 2013|

Tour de France winner Chris Froome and ten others ink contracts with Team Sky

Sebastian Henao sole newcomer in list, others extend current arrangements Extending what has been four years with the squad thus far, Tour de France winner Chris Froome has inked a deal to remain part of Team Sky into the future. [...]

2013-12-23T00:00:00+00:00December 23rd, 2013|

Pellizotti to remain part of Androni Venezuela after Astana deal fell through

Savio claims pre-existing contract agreement was in place if rider couldn't find a WorldTour team After inking a WorldTour deal with the Astana team last summer and then seeing that agreement unravel in the months since, Franco Pellizotti will once [...]

2013-12-23T00:00:00+00:00December 23rd, 2013|

Carlos Betancur aiming for the Ardennes and the Tour de France in 2014

Young riders’ white jersey “a dream” for Colombian after successful WorldTour debutCarlos Betancur (AG2R La Mondiale) is heading into 2014 full of confidence after a highly successful WorldTour debut this year. The 24-year-old Colombian had impressed in his two years [...]

2013-12-23T00:00:00+00:00December 23rd, 2013|

Video: MTN Qhubeka’s Tour of Rwanda campaign covered in detail in episode three of African Bicycle Dream

Squad looks back on 2013 season and ahead to what it hopes will be first-ever Grand Tour participation At the end of its most successful season to date and weeks before the Giro d’Italia makes a decision about which squads [...]

2013-12-23T00:00:00+00:00December 23rd, 2013|

Team Colombia names Duarte and Rubiano as leaders for Tour de San Luis

Rubiano moving across from Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela, is a past winner of mountains classificationFormer world under 23 champion Fabio Duarte has been confirmed as one of the two leaders of Team Colombia in the 2014 Tour de San Luis, [...]

2013-12-22T00:00:00+00:00December 22nd, 2013|

Cyclocross World Cup: Compton tops returning Vos in Namur

American extends World Cup lead over Harris, who takes solid third placeKatie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) took an impressive victory which was, in her own words, a bit surprising, topping Marianne Vos (Rabo Women) in the UCI Cyclocross World Cup [...]

2013-12-22T00:00:00+00:00December 22nd, 2013|

Cyclocross World Cup: Francis Mourey wins for France in the Belgian mud of Namur

A second crash in two days denies Sven Nys a podium place after a heroic fightbackFrancis Mourey (FDJ.fr) scored what was only his second ever victory in the Cyclocross World Cup, as he rode away from the field in the [...]

2013-12-22T00:00:00+00:00December 22nd, 2013|

Davison aiming for future WorldTour career, hopes to eventually fight for Grand Tour stages

Commonwealth Games gold and Rio Olympics medium term goals Winner of two races at this month’s Mexico track World Cup and then of the Australian madison title with Alex Edmondson yesterday, Luke Davison has said his long term aspiration is [...]

2013-12-21T00:00:00+00:00December 21st, 2013|

Cookson says Independent Commission members are being finalized, WADA also involved in process

Says names will be announced in early 2014, whole process could take a year UCI president Brian Cookson has said that the governing body is moving ever-closer to finalising the Independent Commission which will look into the sport, and that [...]

2013-12-21T00:00:00+00:00December 21st, 2013|

Bpost Bank Trofee: Kevin Pauwels wins in the wind and rain of Essen as Nys slips up

Sanne Cant takes a three-way battle for the women’s raceKevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) soloed away from the rest to take his second victory in a week in the mud and rain of the GP Rouwmoer, in Essen, the fourth race [...]

2013-12-21T00:00:00+00:00December 21st, 2013|

Jonathan Cantwell leads all-Aussie Drapac team to its debut Santos Tour Down Under

New Professional Continental team keen to impress in its first WorldTour eventJonathan Cantwell will lead the ambitious Drapac Professional Cycling team to its WorldTour debut in next month’s Santos Tour Down Under, but the ambitious Australian outfit will bee keen [...]

2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00December 20th, 2013|

Rogers categorically denies ever knowingly taking Clenbuterol, is blaming Chinese food for positive

WADA had previously told governments and event organisers they had a responsibility to ensure clean meatTwo days after it was announced by the UCI that Tinkoff Saxo rider Michael Rogers had tested positive for Clenbuterol after winning the Japan Cup [...]

2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00December 20th, 2013|

Earliest-ever season start for Phinney, who will target time trial in Tour de San Luis

Atapuma and Stetina amongst the overall contenders for BMC Racing TeamThe 2012 world championship runner-up Taylor Phinney will get his racing underway earlier than ever in 2014, with the BMC Racing Team rider confirming today that he will compete in [...]

2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00December 20th, 2013|

Dominant sprinter Kittel and Argos Shimano team-mate Geschke to chase stage wins in Tour Down Under

Four time Tour 2013 stage winner will be one of key names in race The dominant sprinter of this year’s Tour de France, Marcel Kittel, has been confirmed by his Argos Shimano team as leading it in next month’s Santos [...]

2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00December 20th, 2013|

Meares comments on Rogers’ Clenbuterol case, says riders need to take responsibility

Compatriot of suspended Tinkoff Saxo rider expresses frustration Michael Rogers has been supported by some from within the Australian cycling community but five time Olympic medallist Anna Meares believes that the onus is on each rider to ensure that they [...]

2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00December 20th, 2013|
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