Urges UCI to work with USADA in Armstrong case, Parisotto wants impartial enquiry of UCI if evidence is thereAs the file into sanctions against Lance Armstrong is being finalised, former UCI anti-doping chief Anne Gripper has given her backing to [...]
New rainbow jersey meets the press It was, for many months, the toughest year of his career. Handed a multi-million Euro contract last winter when he moved to the BMC Racing Team, Philippe Gilbert began the season with a huge [...]
No sprinter for French WorldTour team at the end of “a good year”FDJ-BigMat will line up at next week’s Tour of Beijing without a conventional sprinter, but will be looking to take glory in other ways in a race that [...]
Swift rules himself out, leaving team with just five ridersClearly in strong form after winning the GP Ouest France - Plouay and taking silver in the world road race championships, Edvald Boasson Hagen is seeking to keep the momentum going [...]
Triple world champion retires from cyclingAn effort to get Oscar Freire to delay his retirement has proven unsuccessful, with the Euskaltel-Euskadi team’s advances to the triple world champion not convincing him to change his mind. Freire told VeloNation prior to [...]
Former WADA president speaks on doping, Landis, USPS and a range of topicsIt’s been just over two weeks since it was established, but a fund to help the currently-unemployed journalist Paul Kimmage mount a legal defence against Pat McQuaid and [...]
Hesjedal, Nibali, Contador, Cavendish and Rodriguez speakSpeaking about their impressions thus far of the event as well as giving key thoughts about next year’s route, five of the top riders who were at this month’s Giro d’Italia presentation have talked [...]
Rabobank calls at least two witnesses in case over rider’s expulsion while leading 2007 TourThe ongoing Michael Rasmussen case will go before the courts again on November 12th, when several witnesses will be called to give evidence. Rasmussen is suing [...]
Frank, Cummings and Lodewyck also earmarked as protected ridersTaylor Phinney will have a chance to hammer out any residual frustrations from his near miss in the recent world championship time trial when he lines out next week as ome of [...]
Tour of Britain winner has chance to show what he can do at WorldTour levelFollowing weeks of rumours, Team Sky have officially confirmed the signing of Jonathan Tiernan-Locke to the team, finalizing a two year deal with the Briton. The [...]
Australian team motivated to end first season on a highOn a high after winning a stage and taking the King of the Mountains classification in his debut Grand Tour, this year’s Vuelta a España, Simon Clarke heads to the Tour [...]
Defending champion accepts lack of time trial makes things tougher for himTony Martin has pledged to do his utmost to try to defend his Tour of Beijing title despite the fact that the race against the clock, which was the [...]
Argos Shimano seeks to step up a level, Lotto Belisol registration slightly delayed The UCI has confirmed that all bar one of the current ProTeams [those with a licence to ride WorldTour events – ed.] have applied for registration in [...]
Former rider commanded to pay 10,000 Swiss Francs to McQuaid and VerbruggenThe UCI, current president Pat McQuaid and former president Hein Verbruggen have secured a judgement against Floyd Landis in the Eastern Vaud District court in Switzerland, relating to a [...]
Champion System team to make WorldTour debut in raceAs confirmed yesterday, Andy Schleck’s withdrawal from the Binche-Tournai-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke has not interfered with his plans to ride the Tour of Beijing. The race organisers have today announced his participation, as [...]
Former Giro winner states Italian cycling is in the doldrumsThe retired champion rider Francesco Moser has criticised the current state of Italian cycling, saying that there is a dearth of strong riders from the country, that Vincenzo Nibali is over-rated [...]
Briton confirms winning Giro d’Italia is a career targetAfter three years of domination by Philippe Gilbert in the competition, Tom Boonen has this year been named the Flandrien of the year. The Het Nieuwsblad-organised competition is run to determine the [...]
Belgian ends the season as he started it; operation necessaryJürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) has ended the 2012 season as he started it, suffering a fracture. The latest is a busted collarbone incurred in a crash in Binche-Tournai-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke. The Belgian, [...]
