American loses bid to prevent arbitration hearingLance Armstrong’s attempt to overturn the US Anti Doping Agency’s charges against him in the Federal court system proved unsuccessful today, with Texas judge Sam Sparks ruling in favour of the agency and dismissing [...]
Movistar leader beats Joaquim Rodríguez in photo finish as Contador announces his returnAlejandro Valverde (Movistar) won the third stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España, between Faustino V and Eibar, on the Alto de Arrate, as the race hit the [...]
More deals and negotiations for 2013Last year’s Tour of Flanders winner Nick Nuyens has been reported as being set to leave the Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank squad that he has competed with for the past two seasons. Belgian media say [...]
Tour de France winner will ride Tour of Britain and worlds road race, but miss time trialIn the wake of reports that Katusha, Omega Pharma Quick Step, the BMC Racing Team and several others are interested in signing Mark Cavendish, [...]
Frenchman quickest in bunch gallop into HamburgWorld under 23 champion Arnaud Démare got the better of older, more experienced competitors in yesterday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, the FDJ-BigMat rider beating Andrei Greipel (Lotto Belisol), Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Nissan), Tom Boonen (Omega [...]
German sprinter takes maiden Grand Tour victory as day long breakaway pulled backJohn Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) proved to be the fastest sprinter in the peloton at the end of the second stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España, between Pamplona and [...]
Rabobank rider beats Hanka Kupfernagel as the chasers watch Marianne Vos Iris Slappendel (Rabobank) took the biggest victory of her career as she outsprinted former World time trial and cyclocross champion Hanka Kupfernagel (RusVelo) to win the Open de Suède [...]
Six teams said to be interested in ManxmanWith a crucial meeting due to take place shortly with Dave Brailsford about the next step of his career, speculation is mounting that Mark Cavendish will leave Team Sky after the first year [...]
Australian states Rabobank team had wanted to retain himAlthough his palmares currently do not approach those of Peter Sagan, Australian rider Michael Matthews has said that he believes he can challenge the Slovakian rider in future editions of the Tour [...]
Paolo Tiralongo also injured in disastrous first stage for Team AstanaA crash in the second half of yesterday’s Vuleta a España opening team time trial spelled disaster for Team Astana as four of its riders came together and crashed. In [...]
Spaniard not too concerned by time lossAlthough his Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank team placed seventh in today’s time trial, finishing behind the Movistar, Omega Pharma – Quickstep, Rabobank, BMC Racing, Sky and Lotto Belisol squads, Alberto Contador considers himself satisfied [...]
Tony Martin and Zdeněk Štybar led off course after Belgian team one of the fastest at halfwayOmega Pharma-Quick Step’s poor luck in this season’s Grand Tours continued in today’s Vuelta a España opening team time trial in the Navarran city [...]
Canadian continues winning August with biggest ever victoryDavid Veilleux (Europcar) took the biggest victory of his career as he the took as solo win in the Tre Valli Varesine in Luino, on the banks of Lake Maggiore. The 24-year-old French-Canadian, [...]
Castroviejo into the first red jersey in 16.5km Pamplona test as Rabobank denied at the lastThe Movistar team shocked the 2012 Vuelta a España as it took victory in the opening, evening team time trial around the streets of the [...]
Astana captain talks career, comebacks, highlights and successorsLeaving sport at the summit is something few riders manage to do. Five time Tour de France winners Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel all endured at least one defeat before [...]
German Gorilla looking to improve on third place of 2010 in his home ClassicLotto-Belisol is banking on tomorrow’s Vattenfall Cyclassics finishing in a sprint, where the Belgian team hopes that André Greipel will prevail. The German sprinter finished in third [...]
Five-time Tour winner eying the two favourites but expects others to challenge Miguel Indurain is predicting a hard fought contest for the general classification of this year’s Vuelta a España, which starts with a team time trial in his home [...]
Frenchman hoping for successful return to home-based setupAfter two years with the Garmin-Sharp team, Frenchman Christophe Le Mével is set to return to competing with a team from his home country following the news that he has signed a contract [...]
