Rider starts legal moves, team says he invalidated his contractThe Christina Watches Onfone team and Danish rider Michael Reihs look set for a legal clash over a dispute relating to the latter’s unpaid salary. According to Sporten TV2, the rider [...]
Probenecid confirmed as banned substance in questionHaving been incorrectly reported by many media as having tested positive for EPO, the Finnish rider Matti Helminen has been confirmed as failing a test for a completely different substance, and has appealed to [...]
American finds new team after SpiderTech C10 dissolution One month after the SpiderTech C10 team unravelled, American road race champion Timmy Duggan has secured a new place for the 2013 season, and will join the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team [...]
Early start for world road race champion could pave way for Sanremo winOne day after 2010 Tour de France winner Andy Schleck was said to be competing in the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under, another major name in world cycling [...]
Brailsford says team is not ‘afraid to look beyond the arena of cycling’ for staffIn the wake of the resignation of Bobby Julich from Team Sky after an admission of using doping products during his career, the British team has [...]
“As far as the UCI claiming that it acted on evidence, that is a preposterous stance”Australian anti-doping expert Michael Ashenden has responded with scepticism to the planned UCI confidential hotline for riders, saying that while the principle would be a [...]
Riders from UCI or USA registered teams to be eligible for USPRO nationalsUSA Cycling (USAC) has announced the creation of a formal women’s professional team structure for the 2013 US national calendar. The initiative, which USAC describes as “groundbreaking”, will [...]
Governing body seeking to build bridges in advance of USADA reportResponding to complaints that it didn’t do enough when people in the past tried to highlight doping problems, the UCI has released a letter it has sent to professional riders [...]
Retired sprinter becomes the latest name to add his support to his home county’s campaignMalcolm Elliot has become the latest name to lend his support to the county of Yorkshire’s bid to host the Grand Depart of the 2014 Tour [...]
British rider vents her frustration with her own Worlds race, as well as the state of the women’s sportIn part two of our interview with Emma Pooley, the former World time trial champion continues to reflect on the end of [...]
German rider had aided Kittel and Degenkolb while at Argos-ShimanoHaving spent the past two years working for Marcel Kittel and then in 2012 also assisting John Degenkolb in his successful sprint results, German rider Roger Kluge has decided to seize [...]
2010 Tour winner changes programme to get career back on trackConscious that he only raced 28 days in 2012 and had his quietest season since turning professional, and also that he will be short of form as a result, Andy [...]
German lead out man will ride for himself in the cobbled ClassicsOne of the tallest riders in the peloton, Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Belisol) has made a living eating up late-race kilometres in support of sprinter André Greipel. The German is on [...]
Vacansoleil-DCM and Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela to continue with historic company in 2013Bianchi is to “focus on the WorldTour” after ending its association with Professional Continental team Colombia-Coldeportes after one year. The South American team, which will be known simply as Team [...]
Traditional early spring Italian stage race expands to five stages in four daysThe 37th edition of the Giro del Trentino is scheduled to start in Lienz, Austria, and the concise, hilly stage race has expanded from four stages to five, [...]
Olympic silver medal and Giro d’Italia white jersey stand out in Colombian’s best year to dateRigoberto Urán has declared himself “very happy” with his 2012 season; his second at Team Sky. With all eyes on the team’s British stars - [...]
Former World time trial champion talks about her reasons for signing with Bigla as she looks back at 2012Emma Pooley has been one of the top riders in the women’s peloton for several years but, as news broke that her [...]
Rejected offer of $1 million was a fraction of what is claimed by insurance companyAfter previously insisting that it would not settle in a new case brought by SCA Promotions against its client, Lance Armstrong’s lawyers are said to have [...]
