Estonian looking to better eleventh place of 2011; white jersey a possibilityThe Cofidis team has announced the names of the nine men that it will be sending to the Tour de France, which starts in the Belgian city of Liège [...]
Doping rumbles from 2007 could have prompted a withdrawalThe Dutch national federation KNWU has received a boost of a renewed sponsorship agreement with Rabobank, its current sponsor, but it has emerged that there was a danger that backer could have [...]
“Garmin-Sharp” registered in time for the Tour de FranceOn the day that Team Saxo Bank announced a co-sponsorship deal with Tinkoff Bank, Slipstream Sports - currently known as Garmin-Barracuda - also has some good news. The team has struck a [...]
Danish bank also re-commits for another year to “Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank”Tinkoff Bank, also known as Tinkoff Credit Systems, was revealed as the new co-sponsor of Team Saxo Bank at a press conference in Hellerup, Denmark, in a deal that [...]
Anticipation building about first ever Australian ProTeam participation in world’s biggest eventPinpointing stage wins as the big target for its first-ever participation in the biggest race in cycling, Orica-GreenEdge has unveiled a promising lineup for the Tour de France team. [...]
Hear from winners in Switzerland, Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and moreThe Sunday before the Tour de France sees many national championships contested across the European nations. As the action wraps up and the new national coloured jerseys are being sewn, [...]
Roche and Lavery net silver and bronzeTiming his final attack perfectly and kicking clear with less than three kilometres to go, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Matt Brammeier soloed to victory today in the Irish road race championship in Clonmel. [...]
Démare takes second as FDJ-BigMat puts youthful sprinting on displaySurviving an early crash, along with wind and rain blanketing much of Europe, Nacer Bouhanni took an eye-opening win in the French national road race championship, outdueling trade team-mate Arnaud Démare [...]
Outsprints Goddaert and Vandousselaere; D’Hoore takes women’s victoryShowing that his preparation for the Olympics is perfectly on schedule, Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) won his second Belgian national road race title in Geel, outsprinting Kristof Goddaert (AG2R-La Mondiale) on a [...]
‘My numbers are all good’: Happy with preparation for track omniumSeveral weeks before he lines out in the omnium races at the Olympic Games, Martyn Irvine is currently competing in the Irish road race championships. Although much of his focus [...]
Orica-GreenEdge transfer remains understated and under the radarHe has relatively few race days so far during the 2012 season, with his season start not occurring until April, but Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) has hit the ground running on his new Australian [...]
First flat French nationals course in years has sprinters salivatingJust as there is a new crop of French sprinting talent beginning to emerge, France’s fast men should get their chance in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux on Sunday in the national road race championship [...]
Danes in for a tough race in HammelAnders Lund (Saxo Bank) takes to the start line in Hammel, Denmark on Sunday with many of his Saxo Bank team-mates to contest the Danish National Road Race Championship, and the Danes are [...]
Former mountainbike specialist beats more experienced road rivalsTaking the victory with a well timed kick and a powerful sprint, Mel Spath grabbed gold at the end of the women’s road race championship yesterday in Clonmel. The Cycleways rider kicked hard [...]
Could the brothers be heading elsewhere in 2013? Both brothers have shown frustration this season with elements of the RadioShack Nissan team and how it is managed; now, if suggestions are correct, Andy and Frank Schleck could be moving to [...]
Multiple CTT record holder grabs gold from Irvine and RocheMichael Hutchinson won’t take part in tomorrow’s Irish road race championships in Clonmel but the In Gear Quickvit rider has already achieved what he wanted to do this week; improve from [...]
Grivko, Kangert and Gruzdev ride to victoryThree Team Astana riders won their respective national titles this week, with two victories taken in the time trial and one on the road. Kazakhstan's ProTeam was able to take home their national time [...]
Armstrong legal team seeking names and addresses of witnesses plus other detailsActing on the date laid out as the deadline for a response to USADA’s charging letter which was issued on June 13th, Lance Armstrong and his legal team have [...]
