British sprinter finds late-season form to give himself a belated birthday presentAdam Blythe (BMC Racing) took a belated 23nd birthday present, a he won a rainy edition of Binche-Tournai-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke as he outsprinted the remains of the depleted peloton [...]
“My real comeback will be next year when I will be in good shape”Andy Schleck finally made his return to racing today, but while he didn’t finish the Binche-Tournai-Binche Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke, he was upbeat about things afterwards and felt [...]
Extensive renovation begins on famous 1600 metre Wallers to Hélesmes sectorOne of Paris-Roubaix’ most iconic landmarks will make its return to the Queen of the Classics next year, after extensive renovation work has been carried out to one of its [...]
US team adds considerable international experience as it expands programme for next yearTeam Tibco-To The Top has announced the signatures of Shelley Olds, Claudia Häusler and Chantal Blaak for next season, as it looks to expand its programme into 2013. [...]
Visa requirement means change of mind impossibleBradley Wiggins’ chance of winning the season-long UCI WorldTour has ended, with the Briton bumped down to second place at the weekend by Il Lombardia winner Joaquim Rodriguez and being unable to take part [...]
“Ale-Jet” Petacchi leads blue-fuchsia team as it seeks vital end-of-season ranking pointsLampre-ISD will be led by Alessandro Petacchi in next week’s Tour of Beijing as the ble-fuchsia team hopes to close a disappointing season with some success. The Italian team [...]
2008 Olympic champion makes trip on back of runner-up slot in Il LombardiaFocussed on building up its UCI points and making sure of a renewed WorldTour licence for 2013, the Euskaltel Euskadi team is sending two of its strongest riders [...]
Andersen believes he’ll bounce back and will be a future Tour de France winnerFinally due to return to competition today after almost four months out of action due to injury, Andy Schleck will follow up his participation in the Binche-Tournai-Binche [...]
Midweek Semi-Classic keeps Mur de Huy finish but quits Charleroi after 15 yearsThe Belgian town of Binche - which will play host to tomorrow’s Binche-Tournai-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke race - is to host the start of la Flèche Wallonne in 2013, [...]
“This course could suit the Escarabajos”, says Claudio CortiThe ambitious Colombia-Coldeportes team likes what it sees in the route of the 2013 Giro d’Italia, which was unveiled in Milan, Italy, yesterday, and hopes for an invitation to its debut Grand [...]
Former rider and top coach to continue development of World champion Marianne Vos’ teamRabobank has announced the arrival of Koos Moerenhout and Ruud Verhagen to its women’s team, replacing current directeurs sportif Jeroen Blijlevens and Eric van den Boom, as [...]
Case “limited to false accusations... does not concern other opinions of Mr Kimmage”The International Cycling Union (UCI) has issued a statement regarding its initiation of legal action against journalist and former rider, Paul Kimmage, in which it seeks to clarify [...]
Could proposal see partial restructuring of sport go ahead?Previously seen as a mechanism to walk away from the UCI and its control of the sport, the proposed breakaway league is now reported to have undergone a shift in position and [...]
Australian back in Europe after six seasons in North AmericaAustralian Rory Sutherland has inked a two-year deal with Bjarne Riis' Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank squad after serving as leader of the UnitedHealthcare team since the 2010 season. The 30 year old [...]
Worlds silver medallist and sixth place to Norwegian team in place of Emma JohanssonRachel Neylan and Rossella Ratto will both be riding for Hitec Products in 2013, the Norwegian team has announced. Both riders were part of the race winning [...]
Riders ready for step up to pro ranks after extremely promising yearSet up as essentially a British team with some foreign riders, Team Sky has shown that it is planning for more multi-national success by signing two of the best [...]
Riders weigh up what race, and route, mean to themHaving seen details of the testing, taxing route unveiled for next year’s Giro d’Italia, some of the world’s top riders have given their impressions of the Giro as an event and [...]
Christensen, Tanner and Haedo earmarked to chase stagesAfter backing Alberto Contador to victories in the Vuelta a España and Milano-Torino, Rafal Majka gets a chance to show what he himself can do, leading the Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank team [...]
