Sven Nys shows Niels Albert Who’s Mr Superprestige on the dunes of Zonhoven
Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) defiantly showed Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) who is Mr Superprestige as the Belgian champion won yet another race-long duel with the younger World champion. Despite Nys better skills on the sand-dune course, Albert managed to repeatedly close the […]
Emma Pooley signs for Bigla as Swiss team looks to grow in 2013
No UCI registration could mean no World Cups or Giro for former World TT champion however Emma Pooley has ended speculation about her immediate future by signing for the Bigla Cycling Team, making her the last big name from the […]
Niki Terpstra unofficially closes the 2012 season with Amstel Curacao Race victory
Dutch champion outsprints local champion Marc de Maar in Caribbean race Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) brought the 2012 European road season to its usual unofficial close with victory in the Amstel Curacao Race on the Netherlands Antilles Island of […]
Helen Wyman wins European cyclocross championships
British champion outsprints Sanne van Paassen to take the blue and yellow stars jersey Great Britain’s Helen Wyman added the title of European champion to her national crown as she outsprinted the Netherlands’ Sanne van Paassen on the Ipswich, England, […]
Vinokourov and Kolobnev Liège file sent to the UCI for investigation
Includes email exchange that allegedly proves payment of €150,000 to secure Monument victory A file containing an email exchange between Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) and Alexandr Kolbnev (Katusha), which allegedly proves that the former paid €150,000 to the latter for allowing […]
Bradley Wiggins: “It would be hard to live my life as it is for ever.”
Britain’s first Tour de France winner struggles with the celebrity that his achievement has brought Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) is Britain’s first ever Tour de France winner and – after after winning the time trial at the London 2012 Games […]
Joaquim Rodríguez negotiating to stay with Katusha through 2014
WorldTour winner wants to keep “Spanish block” together; tired of answering Armstrong questions Joaquim Rodríguez is in current negotiations that should commit himself, and his Spanish teammates, at the Katusha team until the end of 2014. Despite the team being […]
UCI confirms first eight WorldTour ProTeams for 2013 season
First wave of Professional Continental teams also named after files received by deadline The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the first eight team to have been registered in the 2013 WorldTour. Along with auditor Ernst & Young, teams with […]
Armstrong scandal causes Drenthe region to withdraw support from Vuelta 2015 start
Southern Netherlands city of Breda still wants to host a stage of the Spanish Tour In the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, the Netherlands province of Drenthe has withdrawn its financial support from the country’s hosting of the […]
Sven Nys proves that he’s the undisputed Koning van de Koppenberg again
Ninth title for the Kannibaal of cyclocross; Helen Wyman takes her second in women’s race Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) seized back the crown that was taken from him last year, as he proved once more that he is the Koning van […]
