‘As soon as you are satisfied with yourself, you’re finished’ Fiorenzo Magni easily distanced Tour de France winner Alberto Contador in a week of birthdays by Grand Tour winners. The Italian, three-time Giro d’Italia winner, celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday […]

Australia’s Pegasus Sports team up to 24 cyclists for next season Australia’s emerging team, Pegasus Sports strengthened itself by signing cyclists Dominique Cornu and Bobbie Traksel. The team announced today that they will join for next season, its first in […]

Freire, Gárate, Sánchez & Barredo form Rabobank’s biggest Spanish group Dutch Rabobank team will start next season with a definite Spanish feel, having in its ranks the greatest percentage of Spaniards in its history. General Manager Harold Knebel told El […]

Nygaard and Andersen admit hiring started before the Tour de France Team Luxembourg’s top brass, Brian Nygaard and Kim Andersen, learnt their trade at Saxo Bank. The percentage of riders in their new team, which will debut in January, gives […]

No needle policy and test for plasticizers World Champion Thor Hushovd met for Garmin-Cervélo’s team orientation last week in the Caymen Islands. Besides beach time and training, Team Manager Jonathan Vaughters explained the anti-doping rules. “The team is good. The […]

Italian sports director will work for Gilbert and Cunego Roberto Damiani will split his season between two teams next year: OmegaPharma and Lampre. The respected Italian sports director is being pulled in two directions. He wants to begin a new […]

Sky’s Brit will skip Giro and train at altitude Brad Wiggins will approach next year’s Tour de France riding high. He explained that he will skip racing the Giro d’Italia and train at altitude with his Sky team. “We’ve changed […]

Classics star refuses to give up on Ronde and Roubaix Swiss time trial and classics specialist, Fabian Cancellara wants to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Giro di Lombardia next year. If he succeeds, he will become only one of four cyclists to […]

Young Italian plans season: podium at Classics, Grand Tour stage win & Italian team Italy’s future classics star, Daniel Oss is planning big for next year. He wants to lead Liquigas to a podium place at one of the cobbled […]

Former World Champion reacts to two-year ban & €35,000 fine stemming from biological passport Spain’s Igor Astarloa refuses to pay a €35,000 fine and maintains he is innocent despite receiving a two-year doping ban. “It seems absurd,” the former World […]