Former Festina, Astana and FDJ-BigMat manager steps in after lack of results in French teamYvon Sanquer has taken over the helm at Cofidis, the French team has announced. The former manager and directeur sportif of Festina, Astana and FDJ-BigMat has [...]
“It is a medical thing: the rest is for her to tell.”Seven months after it signed former paralympian Monique van der Vorst to the team in what appeared to be a miraculous recovery from paralysis, the Rabobank team has today [...]
Lampre-ISD rider faces UCI disciplinary procedure in addition to CONI hearing over alleged links to FerrariThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that it has commenced disciplinary proceedings against Lampre-ISD’s Leonardo Bertagnolli, just as the rider announced his retirement from [...]
UCI points system under the spotlight once againAfter voicing his disappointment with not being selected for the Tour de France and also saying that a return to Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank could be on the cards, Jakob Fuglsang appears [...]
Controversial Italian calls on court to overthrow his twelve year banHanded a twelve year ban from the sport in April, Riccardo Riccò has decided to fight that sentence and is taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. [...]
German ready to push for more stage successes When he spoke to VeloNation during the Presidential Tour of Turkey, André Greipel sounded less than certain about what support he would have in the Tour de France. With GC contender Jurgen [...]
China now has fifth most days in UCI’s flagship series behind France, Italy, Spain and SwitzerlandThe Licenses Commission of the International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to grant the new Tour of Hangzhou race a four-year license to be part [...]
Three captains but two objectives for Italian green and blue teamThe Liquigas-Cannondale has become the final team to announce its nine-man roster for the Tour de France, which starts on Saturday, June 30th. The green and blue Italian team will [...]
Filippo Pozzato and Oscar Gatto chasing summer success after an unlucky spring campaignWith its biggest race of the year, the Giro d’Italia, out of the way, the Farnese Vini-Selle Italia team heads to the Österreich-Rundfahrt and the Tour of Qinghai [...]
Gillow, Hosking, Spratt to London in women’s eventsA Tour de France champion, two Milan-Sanremo winners, a three-time world time trial champion, and a Paris-Roubaix victor – these are the five men set to represent Australia in the upcoming summer Olympic [...]
Italian gunning to win rainbow jersey four years after taking silverAbsent from today’s announcement of the lineup of the Lampre-ISD team for the Tour de France, Damiano Cunego has structured his season around trying to become world road race champion [...]
Tour debut means twin brothers will compete together in raceOmega Pharma Quick Step rider Martin Velits will join his twin brother Peter on the already-announced lineup for the Tour de France, marking a very rare occasion for siblings to race [...]
Sprints and climbs targeted by Italian team, Lloyd also selectedSix-time stage winner and 2010 Maillot Vert Alessandro Petacchi has been confirmed as heading the Lampre-ISD team’s sprint ambitions for the Tour de France, with the 38 year old showing solid [...]
“It's a crazy situation that I can't understand,” states former team pursuit gold medalistOlympic gold medallist in 1984, Mike Turtur has said that Jack Bobridge and Michael Hepburn are at a crucial point in relation to their Olympic ambitions, with [...]
Jalabert choosing from a mixture of sprinters and attackersLaurent Jalabert has preselected seven riders for the French Olympic team, as reported Monday by L’Equipe. The list contains a variety of sprinters and veteran attackers who may be suited to the [...]
Giro, Tour de France and Olympics part of the South African’s big yearDaryl Impey’s dream season continues after being named in the Orica-GreenEdge Tour de France line up at the weekend. The South African made his Grand Tour debut earlier [...]
Garmin-Sharp team manager speaks in final countdown to Tour de FranceWhile at least one other team has had a month to forget, the past few weeks have been good ones for the Garmin-Barracuda team. The American squad took the Maglia [...]
Dane to miss Tour this year, twelve months after riding for Contador in the race It’s late June and ‘all roads lead to Liege’ and le Tour – but only if you’re a World Tour team. A man who has [...]
