Stage wins a target, although Degenkolb and Kittel will miss the raceAlthough last year’s quintuple stage winner John Degenkolb will not be travelling to the race, the Argos Shimano team has named a dozen riders from which it hopes a [...]
UCI presidential candidate wants to bring ASO and top women riders together for talksAfter recent indications that the Tour de France organisers ASO may be open to considering a female equivalent of the race, UCI presidential candidate Brian Cookson has [...]
Italian leads Astana team, Fuglsang heads line-up for San Sebastian Following a long break from competition, Vincenzo Nibali will don a racing number for the first time since May 26th when he heads the Astana selection in the Tour de [...]
Belgian building successful comeback after parasitic infection ruled out Tour de FranceJelle Vanendert will lead the Lotto-Belisol team to the Tour of Poland, which starts tomorrow. The 28-year-old Belgian was ruled out of the Tour de France team with a [...]
Australian would have faced serious sanction if he had made a false signingRemoved from the Australian Olympic Committee’s Athlete’s Commission two days after he admitted to used EPO during the 1998 Tour de France, it appears that earlier this year [...]
Tinkoff Bank departure causes budget uncertainty for team and its planningThe 2012 USPRO road race champion Timmy Duggan is currently looking out for a contract for 2014, with his current deal with Team Saxo Tinkoff due to expire at the [...]
Important success for promising Eritrean rider His talent has long been recognised, his potential long been seen, but Daniel Teklehaimanot made an important breakthrough today when he notched up his first professional victory in a European race. The 24 year [...]
Riis says differences hampered collaboration, says Tinkov’s tweets were also an issueSpeaking after Bjarne Riis today announced that Team Saxo Bank had decided to end negotiations with Oleg Tinkov about his backing of the squad, the Russian businessman has given [...]
Frank, Hushovd, Pinotti and Phinney all hoping fro results in WorldTour raceBMC Racing sends a team of six riders to the Tour of Poland hoping to capitalise on the form shown at the recent Österreich-Rundfahrt. The eight-day race begins with [...]
‘The Armstrong Lie’ to be distributed by Sony Pictures ClassicsThe Lance Armstrong documentary into the Texan’s return to the sport, his attempt to win another Tour de France and then his long, gradual descent into doping limbo has moved a [...]
“We disagree on how the team should be run…I have decided to explore other possibilities”Yesterday’s admission by the press officer of the Saxo Bank company that negotations with Oleg Tinkov were proving ‘difficult’ for Bjarne Riis’ team have been followed [...]
Race winner Van Avermaet rapidly becomes a hot favourite in the pelotonAlexander Kolobnev (Katusha) entered the final stage of the Tour de Wallonie nursing a slight lead in the overall classification, but the Russian seemingly had the team and the [...]
Irishman confirms that he’ll be targeting Vuelta a España and world championshipsTour de France stage winner Dan Martin has indicated that he is doubtful for this Saturday’s Clásica San Sebastián due to the illness which hit him in the final [...]
BMC rider gets Mur de Thuin victory as Kolobnev has bike troubleGreg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) took his second Tour de Wallonie overall victory in the last three years, after winning in 2011, with a final stage attack and triumph [...]
World champion and Tour de Wallonie winner head to Spanish Classic with confidencePhilippe Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet will be joint leaders of the BMC Racing Team in Saturday’s Clásica San Sebastián, the first big race to follow the Tour [...]
Says telling his parents he doped was “the worst moment of my life”; Bannan gives full backingFollowing the publication of the French Senate report earlier today and reports that a sample from him was suspicious for EPO, Stuart O’Grady has [...]
No decision yet, despite Twitter declarations that Russian businessman will walk awayThe team of Alberto Contador appears still to be uncertain of the position of Oleg Tinkov as co-sponsor, with confusion existing about whether or not he will continue as [...]
Former Tour de France champion on the comeback trail after Giro d’Italia injuryBradley Wiggins is set to make his return to the peloton this weekend, as he takes his place in Sky Procycling’s six-man line up for the Tour of [...]
