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Radioshack-Leopard relying on youth, plus Cancellara as always in Worlds TTT

Astana bringing many of their Vuelta stage one victors to earn dark horse statusThe team time trial gets World Championships week underway on Sunday in Florence, and as usual, Radioshack-Leopard will ask Fabian Cancellara to provide much of the horsepower [...]

2013-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2013|

Jurgen Van den Broeck making progress with bad knee injury, anticipates return to training in October

Belgian rider hopes to do either Paris-Nice or Tirrreno Adriatico in 2014Despite recent rumours that his career was in danger and that there was a chance that he would not be able to race again, Tour de France GC rider [...]

2013-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2013|

Vacansoleil project likely completely finished with Hiliare Van der Schueren move to Accent Jobs-Wanty

A new title sponsor and possible new signings as former Vacansoleil director joins alternative Belgian pro continental squadAfter previously stating that he needed just another one million euros to ensure that his Vacansoleil squad could continue as a pro continental [...]

2013-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2013|

Cavendish takes a second Tour of Britain stage victory on stage 7

Holds off Viviani and Ciolek into Guildford; Wiggins maintains overall leadMark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) sprinted long and hung on for his second victory of the Tour of Britain, denying previous stage winners Elia Viviani (Cannondale) and Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka) [...]

2013-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2013|

Sean Kelly on Bennett: “I think he definitely has got something…already you can see that the talent is there”

An Post Chainreaction team chief believes Tour of Britain stage winner is ready to move to a bigger squadAlthough he stands to lose the rider from his An Post Chainreaction team if a new contract is found, Sean Kelly has [...]

2013-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2013|

Vande Velde to ride last pro race tomorrow, says doing world team time trial championships is an honour

Garmin-Sharp fired up to push for victory in race against the clockConfirmed today as part of a strong six-man lineup for tomorrow’s team time trial at the world championships, Christian Vande Velde has commented on what will be his last [...]

2013-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2013|

World championships: Tony Martin and team-mates determined to try to repeat team time trial success

“It's tricky and you have to find a good balance between taking risks and not losing time. It will be a really nice worlds”Twelve months after winning gold in both the individual time trial and the team time trial at [...]

2013-09-21T00:00:00+00:00September 21st, 2013|

Yates trumps pro riders on Haytor Hill finish of Tour of Britain, Wiggins retains

Great Britain amateur shows ability with final kilometre surge while Wiggins contains rivalsBiding his time as some of the other climbers fired off attacks on the final climb of Haytor Hill, Great Britain amateur Simon Yates put in a very [...]

2013-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2013|

Froome gets strong support from British team for world road race championships

Armitstead to get full backing for women’s race Tour de France winner Chris Froome’s goal of winning the world road race championship will depend on what level of form he can reach by Sunday of next week, but in terms [...]

2013-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2013|

Former Italian Under 23 champion Agostini tests positive for banned steroid

Cannodale team rider suspended pending B sample analysisCannondale rider Stefano Agostini has been handed a suspension from competition and could incur a lengthy ban from the sport after he returned a positive A Sample. The 24 year old rider, who [...]

2013-09-20T00:00:00+00:00September 20th, 2013|

Former Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Langeveld signs two year contract with Garmin Sharp

Vaughters has high expectations: “Sebastian is a huge talent”Looking to build its Classics team, the Garmin-Sharp squad has inked a deal with the Dutch professional rider Sebastian Langeveld, who won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad two years ago [pictured] and has [...]

2013-09-19T00:00:00+00:00September 19th, 2013|

Tour of Britain: Wiggins sees Caerphilly finale as important test of race leadership

Quintana, Martin and others certain to attack todayBradley Wiggins will face one of the most important tests to his leadership of the Tour of Britain today, with climbers such as Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) and Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana [...]

2013-09-19T00:00:00+00:00September 19th, 2013|

Tour of Britain: Sam Bennett takes stage five on an attacking day to Caerphilly

Irishman goes one better than Kendal at the head of an elite final groupSam Bennett (An Post-Chainreaction) celebrated his call up to Ireland’s World championship team with a victory on stage five, between Machynlleth and Caerphilly, to make up for [...]

2013-09-19T00:00:00+00:00September 19th, 2013|

USA Cycling officially endorses Brian Cookson in UCI presidential election

British candidate “is best qualified to lead the UCI at this critical moment in time”USA Cycling (USAC) has officially endorsed Brian Cookson in the upcoming election for International Cycling Union (UCI) president, it has announced. The current president of British [...]

2013-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2013|

Wiggins on worlds TT chances: ‘Physically I feel I’m ready to go’

Briton fired up for Florence, and also to retain lead in Tour of BritainWith just over a week to go until the elite world time trial championships, Bradley Wiggins has said that he considers he’s in perfect condition to push [...]

2013-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2013|

Axel Merckx ‘still working hard’ to achieve million dollar budget for new Bissell development team

Trek changes involvement in Bontrager team, current Bissell Pro Team stops Axel Merckx has spoken about the future of the current Bontrager team, saying that riding the top US events are one of the strengths of the squad and that [...]

2013-09-18T00:00:00+00:00September 18th, 2013|
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