Van der Poel steals the show on first elite stage with second place, Walsleben secures thirdIt was a clean sweep of the podium for the BKCP-sponsored cyclocross team in the elite men’s Scheldecross race in Antwerp on Saturday, part of [...]
Squad pushing hard for increased backing for 2015, aiming to have both Pro Continental and Continental teamsHaving finally retired this year after 21 seasons as a professional, 42 year old Niko Eeckhout is taking up a management and coaching role [...]
2013 champ will continue to focus on the Tour de France and look to boost the credibility of the sportChris Froome (Sky Procycling) will continue to target Tour de France titles, hoping that if he can repeat in 2014, it [...]
“He is still desperately trying to control the narrative. The problem for him is not many are listening”Fourteen and a half years after he contributed to the pressure which caused Christophe Bassons to pull out of the Tour de France, [...]
Spaniard will target Presidential Turkey, but squad needs to first secure an invite after two controversial yearsDays after saying that he will likely have to ride for a Continental team in 2014, the 2011 Vuelta a España winner Juanjo Cobo [...]
No major concerns despite decision of Rapha to exit sponsorship at end of 2014 seasonFar from being pressurised by yesterday’s news that Rapha will wind down its backing of his team after the 2014 season, Rapha Condor JLT manager John [...]
Czech rider expected to be good in helping the team’s GC riders but also in his own rightThe Czech climber Frantisek Padour has become the twentieth and final rider on the NetApp Endura roster for 2014, with the deal being [...]
“I think that all championship races should be about the strongest guy on the day fighting for the win, not the luckiest”The first big road cycling race of the new year traditionally takes place in Australia, with the country’s national [...]
Title sponsored team disbands, but clothing company signs with women’s off-road squadThough it got out of the game as the title sponsor of a professional cycling team at the end of this year, Champion System continues to support pro cycling [...]
One worker of every kind reportedly moving from Sojasun to CannondaleOn vacation with his family and perhaps contemplating the phase of his life after professional cycling, Jean-Marc Marino (Sojasun) got an unexpected call from former Sojasun manager Stéphane Heulot, telling [...]
“The pacemaker already has had to save my life several times through an enormous electric shock”Suffering ill health at fifty years of age, former Tour de France King of the Mountains Gert Jan Theunisse has had a pacemaker fitted after [...]
Manxman unhappy with changes to race routeWhen he won the race at just 24 years of age with a missile-like hunt-down of Heinrich Haussler, it appeared that several Milan-Sanremo victories seemed possible for Mark Cavendish. However the Briton has now [...]
Olympic champion says Sudinfo + report is incorrectResponding to a report stating that he had accused Astana CFO Aidar Makhmetov of hacking his email with the purpose of provoking a corruption case against him, Alexandre Vinokourov categorically denied the claims [...]
Top Specialized riders Contador and Cavendish hit the wind tunnel, Nibali thinking of Milan-SanremoAmerican-based bicycle manufacturer Specialized continues its partnership with McLaren, which spawned the Specialized McLaren Venge, utilized in particular by former world champion Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).Three [...]
No news yet about biological passport caseJonathan Tiernan Locke has joined his Sky team-mates at the squad’s first training camp of the winter, travelling to Majorca to rack up kilometres in advance of a season he still doesn’t know if [...]
Third time unlucky for former Giro d’Italia winner; must also pay over €38,000 in fines and costsDanilo Di Luca has today joined Lance Armstrong in a very select – and dubious – group, being one of the few riders to [...]
Kiwi had been a regular at the race in recent years; Lotto Belisol team-mate De Clerq also off bikeHe’s competed in the Santos Tour Down Under every year since 2008 but Greg Henderson will be forced to miss the upcoming [...]
Former Giro d’Italia director says he is confident he will be cleared over timeTwo days after it was reported that Giro d’Italia race director Michele Acquarone had been fired by employers RCS Sport as the result of an ongoing fraud [...]
