Former American road champion finished after “most difficult season of my career”Timmy Duggan (Saxo-Tinkoff) announced his retirement from professional cycling on his personal website late Monday, finishing a career that began in 2005. The 31-year-old spent nine years in the [...]
Riis, Tinkov, Contador, Roche and Seier Christensen comment on plans to build world’s number one team Changing his position on the team as a result of a multi million Euro sale to Oleg Tinkov, Bjarne Riis plans to work more [...]
Dane had hoped to lead at Giro d’Italia, will ride for Nibali in Tour de France insteadJakob Fuglsang (Astana) has not often been shy about expressing his interest in assuming leadership roles at his team’s biggest races. During his time [...]
Boasson Hagen scheduled to try for victory number three in the race’s fourth editionThe Tour of Norway has announced details of the first four of its five stages, with the race to be run in its usual spot on the [...]
Australian getting stage race campaign underway early in order to hit peak form for Giro d’ItaliaHaving set the Giro d’Italia as his big personal season goal, Richie Porte has decided to get his 2014 season off to an early start, [...]
New main sponsor to be announced soon, team says delay in applying for Giro d’Italia invite is not a problemCommenting on its absence from the initial list of eight teams in the running for one of the wildcard places in [...]
Tinkoff takeover of team expected, but he says he’s staying put despite past disagreements Although his relations with Oleg Tinkov have been strained at times since this year’s Tour, particularly as the Russian publicly blasted him about a lack of [...]
New approach for Irish rider, who also hopes to hit higher level in Tour de FranceHaving been given a green light to line out in the Giro d’Italia next year, Nicolas Roche has pledged to work hard with a new [...]
Former Team Tibco rider moving to Danish team for 2014Irish road race champion Mel Spath will have the chance for more European UCI racing next season after signing a contract to race with the upgraded Team Rytger. The 32 year [...]
Organisation is looking into Dane’s past management of his team Although the anticipated sale of Team Saxo Tinkoff to Oleg Tinkov could in theory mean a change in nationality for the squad to Russia, Anti Doping Denmark (ADD) has said [...]
Dane said to be paid one million euro per year for four yearsAfter a team source yesterday stated that Bjarne Riis will sell the Saxo team to Oleg Tinkov, further information about that deal has been reported in the Italian [...]
Emphasis on racing this time round after 2013 spring training camps didn’t pay offAfter a disappointing Classics season in 2013, Edvald Boasson Hagen and his Sky team are changing things up for next season, hoping to find the right combination [...]
Source states Tinkov has agreed purchase of Riis’ Saxo Tinkoff team Bjarne Riis’ Team Saxo Tinkoff has called a press conference in London on Monday afternoon, stating that it will include ‘important news about the future of the team.’The announcement [...]
Indications that serious talks have been taking place It’s yet to be announced whether or not Oleg Tinkov will continue his backing of Bjarne Riis’ team – or possibly even take over ownership, as has been rumoured – but confirmation [...]
“Going to the Giro would mean Africa's first participation in a Grand Tour. It's an iconic event, one we're not taking lightly”Last January the team agreed with RCS Sport that riding the Giro was probably a little too early but, [...]
Belgian apparently compensated after taking 80% pay cut at Omega Pharma-Quick StepThomas De Gendt has come to an agreement with Vacansoleil-DCM general manager Dan Luijkx over the issue of his unfulfilled contract, the Dutch team reports. The 27-year-old Belgian was [...]
Former Euskaltel-Euskadi rider hoping to gel quickly with more diverse Kazakh squadIn a difficult free agent market, Mikel Landa was one of the first riders swept up after the Basque team Euskaltel-Euskadi closed down, a prime indication of the potential [...]
Katusha rider happy to work for teammate Rodríguez but aiming for the Ardennes and la VueltaDani Moreno (Katusha) is looking back on the best season of his career to date, as he looks ahead to the 2014 season. The 32-year-old [...]
