McQuaid: ‘We need to concentrate on the sport today and not so much the past’Two weeks after Pat McQuaid suggested that an amnesty or truth and reconcilliation commission might be introduced to cycling, the UCI President said today that the [...]
World number one seeks to end incredible run of five straight silvers on a course made for herMarianne Vos has never finished worse than second in a World championship road race. The Dutch phenomenon took the junior race as a [...]
Italian gets small boost after world championship spill Two days after he crashed hard during the elite time trial at the world championships and fractured his collarbone, Marco Pinotti has received some welcome news. Contrary to first expectations, his BMC [...]
2011 winner emulates Nicole Cooke as race finishes in bunch sprint Great Britain’s Lucy Garner has done what only her compatriot Nicole Cooke had managed before her, and successfully defended her junior women’s road race World title. The 18-year-old - [...]
Lawyers unable to find way out Top Classics rider and former world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara looks set to remain with the RadioShack Nissan team in 2013, despite indications that he is dissatisfied with the set-up. Cancellara had a [...]
Release fee and high salary reduce list of contendersAmid rumours that a verbal agreement has already been made, the move of Mark Cavendish to the Omega Pharma Quick Step team is said to be moving closer to being finalized. The [...]
Motivated British rider welcomes opportunity to again ride top racesRussell Downing has said that he is ready to seize the second chance at top-level international racing he has secured, the Briton determined to make the most out of the Pro [...]
July/August races revert to original pre-Olympic slots; Hangzhou returns despite 2012 cancellationThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed the dates of the races that will make up the 2013 WorldTour series, which it refers to as “the best of road [...]
Anti-doping journalist sued by cycling’s governing body Although USADA’s reasoned judgement on the Lance Armstrong case will shortly be delivered to the UCI and WADA and is expected to include serious claims about a 2001 doping positive, the UCI is [...]
Short, sharp Alpine stage into France to mark 15 years since il Pirata’s most devastating attackWith the full 2013 route to be announced on September 30th, Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has released news of the 15th stage, which will [...]
Contador, Basso, Scarponi, Beloki and Manzano amongst witnesses calledThe case has rumbled on since May 2006 but now, finally, it appears that the Operacion Puerto affair might be nearing a conclusion. Grand Tour winners Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and Michele [...]
Swiss climber speaks of new motivation with moveAlmost a year on from his dominant display in the Giro di Lombardia, where he soloed to the biggest victory of his career, Swiss rider Olivier Zaugg has inked a deal to compete [...]
New title sponsorship for current Liquigas Cannondale backerSix years after it began supplying to the team and three after it graduated to secondary backer, Cannondale will take over sole title sponsorship of the current Liquigas-Cannondale squad in January 2013. The [...]
“I knew this time I was going to reach the podium…this sport is cruel”Aside from runner up Taylor Phinney, BMC Racing team riders Tejay van Garderen and Marco Pinotti also contested today’s Elite trial at the world championships and had [...]
Race to be held in Middle East for first time in sprinters’ paradise; 2014 Spanish Worlds under threatThe International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee, meeting in Maastricht, Netherlands, during the World road championships, has awarded the 2016 Worlds to the [...]
Rainbow jersey defence turns around difficult seasonOnly Tony Martin knows what went through his mind during the purgatory of the world time trial championship, but in digging deep and fending off Taylor Phinney by five slender seconds, it’s likely that [...]
American heartbroken, Belarusian elated, both motivated by result after defeat to Tony MartinSometimes they say it's much worse to finish second than third. The bronze medallist looks down from the bottom step of the podium and thanks his lucky stars [...]
Young rider had competed in Tour of BritainOne week after riding the Tour of Britain, Euskaltel Euskadi rider Victor Cabedo has sadly been killed during a training ride in the Castellón provence of Valencia. The 23 year old was riding [...]
