Denis Menchov and Robert Gesink to be joint leaders in Dutch team The Rabobank team has announced its line up for next month’s Tour de France, which starts in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. As the only Netherlands’ team invited […]

Rejects all insinuations and accusations Denmark’s Saxo Bank team issued a statement today denying its riders used motorised bikes. Its statement follows rumours that its star rider Fabian Cancellara used a motorised bike and today’s news that the International Cycling […]

Franco Ballerini and Frank Vandenbroucke memories will both be honoured this weekend in their home countries. Italian cycling will remember former national coach Ballerini Saturday at his home town of Cantagrillo with the Franco Ballerini Day criterium. After a service […]

24 hotline to take calls Cyclists and other athletes who suspect others of being involved in doping have been encouraged to come forward and provide information to the UK anti doping agency, UKAD. The initiative, which has been set up […]

The International Cycling Union (UCI) will meet at its headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland, Monday to discuss the possibility that some professionals are using motorised bikes. The idea that there are some professionals using bikes with battery-powered motors surfaced during the […]

Classics specialist could help team through pavé in crucial Tour stage Team RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler was hit by a car during a training ride between Liège and Tongeren at home in Belgium today.  His team said in a statement that […]

Favorites check out decisive stages in the Pyrenees On Monday, Alberto Contador and the brothers Frank and Andy Schleck climbed the Tourmalet from opposite directions and coincidentally met on the top of the 2114-meter high climb. The Tourmalet was the […]

Smaller squad means more work Defending champion Frank Schleck would clearly love to take another victory on home soil in the Tour of Luxembourg, and decided to aim for the race instead of joining his brother Andy and the rest […]

Awaits counter proposal from Omega Pharma At the beginning of May, Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Greg Van Avermaet admitted frustration over his early season lack of results and that he was talking with different teams about his options for 2011 and beyond. […]

Tour of Belgium victory snaps 13 month drought The mercurial Belgian all-arounder, Stijn Devolder, is renowned for his consistently inconsistent racing. In 2008 and 2009, he managed to coerce the stars into alignment for one day each season to provide […]