Sparkassen winner to Columbia
The winner of yesterday’s Sparkassen Münsterland Giro, Aleksejs Saramotins, will be riding for Team Columbia-HTC next season. The 27 year-old Latvian signed a contract with the ProTour team one day before the start of the German semi-classic, and quickly rewarded […]
Gesink ready for Lombardia, Horner returns
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) will be hoping to capitalize off of his top form in his final races of the season, the Giro dell’Emilia and Giro di Lombardia. Lombardia, dubbed the race of the falling leaves, is the last of cycling’s […]
An American win in Belgium
Tyler Farrar (Garmin) won stage one of the 69th edition of the Circuit Franco Belge. The 25 year-old American won the sprint ahead of Italian Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) and Belgian Tom Boonen (Quickstep) after 214 kilometers from Templeuve to Moeskroen. […]
Silence-Lotto changes name, again – Dekker fired
The Belgian Silence-Lotto team held a press conference today to announce a change in their co-sponsor brand. From 2010 onwards, the team will be known as Omega Pharma-Lotto. The pharmaceutical company will look to benefit from extra publicity with its name on Cadel Evans’ […]
Evans to miss Tour?
Newly crowned world champion, Cadel Evans, will be missing next year’s Tour de France if it’s up to Herman Frison, team manager at Silence-Lotto. After a poor performance in this past edition of the Tour, Evans refocused his season on […]
Rock Racing: 'Here to Stay'
Michael Ball, owner of the controversial Rock Racing team, took another step in his conquest to dominate the world of cycling by introducing his team’s new product lines including bikes, equipment, and isotonic sports drinks. The Rock and Republic owner […]
Sicard reflects on Worlds victory
Romain Sicard became the first Frenchman to ever win the U23 World Championships yesterday in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The newly crowned World Champion, who will ride for the Basque formation Euskatel-Euskadi next season, was interviewed by L’Equipe about his history making performance. […]
Pro-Tour to India?
Several days ago the 2010 UCI Pro-Tour calendar was revealed, significant changes included moving the Tour of California to May and the emergence of two new Pro-Tour races in Canada. More changes are to be expected as the newly re-elected […]
Bye Bye Twiggo
Despite having a contract that runs through 2010 it looks like Britain’s Bradley Wiggins wants to terminate his contract with American team Garmin-Slipstream. After scoring a fourth place in July’s Tour de France, the lanky rider seeks a stronger team […]
Bozic wants out?
Peter Jansen resigned from his duty as Vacansoleil team doctor during the second week of the Veulta. The doctor cited bad management by team manager Daan Luijckx as his reason for leaving. Yesterday afternoon the doctor confirmed that both parties […]