The 2009 Vuelta champion satisfied with route unveiled today: “There are difficulties with eight summit finishes”Giving a thumbs up to the route unveiled today by the Vuelta a España organisers, Alejandro Valverde has said that the nature of the course [...]
Rider will be joined in ‘remarkable race’ by Astana team-mates Scarponi and KessiakoffHaving made a definitive decision not to defend his Giro d’Italia title but rather to target the Tour de France, Vincenzo Nibali will nonetheless debut in the same [...]
Course leaked by AS confirmed; race to avoid Madrid with Santiago de Compostela finishThe organiser of the Vuelta a España, Unipublic, has presented a balanced and varied route for the race’s 69th edition, to be run between August 23rd and [...]
More black for the WorldTour peloton; white sleeve should help with identificationTrek Factory Racing presented its 2014 team and kit at the Roubaix Velodrome, the site of its big star rider, Fabian Cancellara’s victory last April, in front of 1,200 [...]
Team says being ambitious is a priority, rather than using San Luis and Down Under as training Although January races are very early in the season and key targets such as the Ardennes Classics and the Grand Tours are still [...]
Distinctive products visibly different to much of the competition, team claims performance advantagesThe Garmin-Sharp team has today officially announced a partnership with the Swedish company POC. Former Giro d’Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal used the company’s sunglasses in 2013 and now [...]
Anti-doping probe will study Armstrong affair and other doping-related mattersThe UCI has allocated a budget of three million Swiss francs (€2.4 million/$3.3 million) for the Cycling Independent Reform Commission it announced on Wednesday, setting out the amount it will pay [...]
German rider speaks about his return to the sport with MTN Qhubeka, aiming for Giro and moreGetting back to the pro peloton after a season out of competition, 2007 Tour de France stage winner and yellow jersey wearer Linus Gerdemann [...]
90-strong peloton for windy Emirate peninsular raceRace organiser ASO has announced the list of fifteen teams set to take the start of the sixth edition of the Ladies’ Tour of Qatar, which will kick off the women’s season in the [...]
Dutchman satisfied with work done during a winter based in Girona Confirmed this week as leading the Belkin team in the race, Robert Gesink has said that he believes he should be one of the challengers in the Santos Tour [...]
2011 Tour de France winner not making up numbers; will take on Porte, Gerrans, Goss and others on SundayCadel Evans has made clear he is not simply riding Sunday’s Australian road race championships to build his condition, but rather believes [...]
Talks still ongoing for a title sponsorThe organisers of the first-ever women’s Tour of Britain have confirmed that they are still looking for a title sponsor for this year’s race, but that they are exploring several possibilities. Even if a [...]
MTN Qhubeka riders named for 2.1 ranked African event Linus Gerdemann and John Lee Augustyn will next week begin their buildup back to what they hope will be successful returns to the peloton this year, with both riders confirmed today [...]
Katusha’s lineup revealed for upcoming WorldTour raceA team almost entirely composed of Russian riders and led by the 2013 Giro d’Italia stage winner Maxim Belkov has been confirmed for the Santos Tour Down Under, which will get underway in twelve [...]
Peter Sagan, Ted King and Peter Stetina among those confirmed for US raceThere will be nine WorldTour ProTeams at the start of the Amgen Tour of California, race organiser AEG has announced, as International Cycling Union (UCI) rule changes allow [...]
Sprint finishes settle each race, attention now turns to weekend road races Garmin-Sharp rider Steele Von Hoff blazed in ahead of the field to take the Australian elite criterium championship title in Ballarat today, finishing two seconds ahead of the [...]
Tom Boonen and Mark Cavendish hoping for better at their main targetsOmega Pharma-Quick Step is hoping that it can carry on in 2014 where it left off last year, as it looks toward the coming season. The multinational Belgian squad [...]
AS releases what it says are details from Saturday’s launch of raceTwo days before the official launch of the route of the 2014 Vuelta a España, Spanish newspaper AS has leaked what it claims are the full details, including eight [...]
