Aspen start and Monarch Mountain stage finish for Colorado raceThe organisers of the USA Pro Challenge have announced the cities that will host the stage starts and finishes for the 2014 edition, which will run from August 18th to 24th. [...]
World champion’s return scheduled for Zolder World Cup on December 26thMarianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) has undergone successful surgery to remove a small abdominal cyst from her lower back, the World champion’s team has announced. The 27-year-old Dutchwoman went under the knife [...]
Former UCI chief fights back against critics in long statementFormer UCI president Hein Verbruggen has rejected suggestions that the governing body shielded Lance Armstrong from detection, issuing that denial as part of a long statement released yesterday defending his reputation. [...]
Irish rider speaks about Giro start in Belfast, his goals if he rides and a possible new build-up to the Tour Nicolas Roche had the best race of his career in the Vuelta a España, winning a stage, wearing the [...]
Multiple Irish champion aiming to continue in the sport after Champion System’s dissolutionIrish road race champion Matt Brammeier has been left in a nervous position by the collapse of his Champion System team, but appears to be inching closer to [...]
Russian billionaire seems intent on owning his own team, but will it happen for 2014? Although he said after talks with Cannondale failed that it would be 2015 before he had a team in cycling, it appears that there is [...]
Danish rider also considered suicide after 2007 Tour de France ejectionMichael Rasmussen attempted to use his father’s blood for homologous transfusions back in 2004, the former Danish rider has told TV channel DR News. The 39-year-old, whose biography is causing [...]
World champion is Mr Superprestige once more in a final lap duel with big rivalSven Nys (Crelan-KDL) took a repeat of his previous year’s victory to over the sand of Zonhoven, to take his fifth edition of the Superprestige race [...]
British rider leads from the front in muddy Czech raceHelen Wyman (Great Britain) retained the title she had taken 12 months before, at the 2013 European Cyclocross Championships in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Just as she had done at the [...]
Frenchman continues to inspire and to astound scientists After previously setting marks for the hour record and 100 kilometres at over 100 years of age, French inspiration Robert Marchand is at it again; now almost 102 years old, he is [...]
“We all agree that this must be open, transparent and independent in order to advance matters”Speaking after the first month of Brian Cookson’s presidency, the World Anti Doping Agency has confirmed that things have been harmonious with the new UCI [...]
Detailed discussion of year one with Team Saxo Tinkoff The 2013 Vuelta a España was a breakthrough race for Nicolas Roche, with the Irishman winning stage two and then, several days later, taking over the race lead. Both were first [...]
Helen Wyman leads from the front to take a third cobblestone in women’s raceTom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) took what he described as his “most beautiful” victory in the 2013 edition of the Koppenbergcross, on the eponymous Flemish climb in the village [...]
Maassen confirms that UCI contacted Rabobank to speak to team doctor Leinders during raceFormer Rabobank team manager Frans Maassen has provided partial confirmation of Michael Rasmussen’s claim this week that the UCI had known about suspect blood values during the [...]
Spanish team completes lineup with 27 riders, including Valverde and Quintana Rumoured a fortnight ago to be on the way to the Movistar squad, the anticipated move of Luis Leon Sanchez to the team now looks like it won’t happen. [...]
“These are guys who have lied for about ten years and have decided to confess to doping after being exposed”Fellow Canadian rider Francois Parisien has expressed his frustration with the admission this week by Ryder Hesjedal plus the earlier confession [...]
Kannibaal aiming for incredible tenth victory on Flemish hill; Helen Wyman aiming for number threeSven Nys (Crelan-KDL) will start tomorrow’s Koppenbergcross in search of an incredible tenth victory in the race that is centred around one of Flanders’ most iconic [...]
2011 Giro d’Italia winner to lead Kazakh team in his home Grand TourMichele Scarponi has signed a one-year contract with the Astana Pro Team for 2014, the Kazakh squad has confirmed. The 34-year-old Italian has been with Lampre-Merida since 2011, [...]
