ASO also announces invites for Paris-Nice and Critérium du DauphinéTour de France organisers ASO have named the four teams that will be given wildcards to this year’s race, confirming that French teams Bretagne – Séché Environnement and Cofidis, the Swiss [...]
Valverde to lead Spanish WorldTour team in cycling’s top event, both riders will then ride Vuelta a España Although Nairo Quintana finished second in his first Tour de France last July and underlined his talent and strong early-season form by [...]
Star-studded line-up for first edition of new raceWorld road race champion Rui Costa (Lampre Merida) and time trial champ Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quick Step) have both been confirmed amongst a glittering start list for the Dubai Tour, which begins [...]
Former Giro chief on women’s cycling, redeveloping the men’s calendar and the need to shorten the three Grand Tours Former RCS Sport COO Michele Acquarone has said that while he was still part of that company, provisional efforts had been [...]
2013 Tour de France runner-up already in winning formHe finished second in his first-ever Tour de France last year and now Nairo Quintana has showed that he is already in strong form in 2014, winning his first UCI race of [...]
Italian media claims Slovakian prodigy could earn 3.3 million euro per year He’s underlined his status as one of the strongest riders in cycling despite his youth, turning 24 yesterday, and now Peter Sagan has been linked with a lucrative [...]
Orica GreenEdge rider wants third Australian success prior to heading to EuropeHaving won the Australian road race championships earlier this month plus his third Santos Tour Down Under today, Simon Gerrans has said that he is focussed on a third [...]
BMC Racing Team rider shrugs off questions about retirement, suggests he’ll likely ride race againHe came to the Santos Tour Down Under with the race primarily acting as part of his buildup for the Giro d’Italia, and he leaves with [...]
Italian says RCS Sport sacking has damaged his reputation and he can’t find workA month and a half after he lost his job at RCS Sport and confirmed that he planned to take legal action over the sacking, Michele Acquarone [...]
Evans finishes just one second off ochreSimon Gerrans and André Greipel both made history on today’s final stage of the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide, with the former becoming the first rider ever to win three editions of the [...]
Malori beats under-geared Phinney in time trialTour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana roared into the race lead at the Tour de San Luis yesterday, the climber finishing a solid sixteenth in the stage five time trial and overhauling previous GC-topper [...]
Evans fades in final kilometre, loses overall lead to GerransPlaying things perfectly on the final climb of Willunga Hill, Simon Gerrans (Orica GreenEdge) bided his time as race leader Cadel Evans burned his matches in pursuit of eventual stage winner [...]
Trek Factory racing celebrating third stage win in race, Movistar leader looking good for GC winFour days after he picked up his first victory with the Trek Factory Racing team, Colombian rider Julian Arredondo grabbed his second when he won [...]
Today’s race against the clock likely to be crucial to final outcome He was sick earlier in the race but Nairo Quintana blazed back into form on yesterday’s fourth stage of the Tour de San Luis, racing to a dominant [...]
Belkin team leader half a minute back in Tour Down Under but remains determined Team Belkin’s Robert Gesink may be over half a minute adrift of the ochre leader’s jersey in the Santos Tour Down Under, but the Dutch climber [...]
WorldTour race building up towards exciting finale; Old Willunga Hill to be crucial to outcomeHaving clocked up fourteen stages in the race in the past, André Greipel today grabbed Lotto Belisol’s first victory of the season when he placed first [...]
BMC Racing Team rider roars into race lead after solo victoryCadel Evans gave a clear reminder of the ability which earned him a world championship jersey plus the 2011 Tour de France title when he roared to a super solo [...]
Former race director says Yellow Fluo team should have had to sit out the race after 2013 doping positives Previous Giro d’Italia race director Michele Acquarone has questioned the logic of the wildcard selections made by race organiser RCS Sport, [...]
