At the recent Quick Step training camp in Calpe, Spain top riders had their hearts monitored 24 hours a day by eminent cardiologist Professor Pedro Brugada according to dhnet.be. Riders have apparently spent the entire camp with a patch, no […]

Bbox-Bouyges Telecom’s Thomas Voeckler has been one of France’s top-ranked riders for several years. A stage victory in the Tour de France as well as wins in the Etoile de Bessèges, Tour du Haut Var and the Trophée des Grimpeurs […]

Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced that the steel structure for the 2012 Olympic Velodrome was completed this week. Construction on the Velodrome began last March, and was one of the last of the ‘big five’ Park venues to break […]

Double French champion Nicolas Vogondy has been forced to take a break from cycling due to heart issues. During pre-season tests cardiac arrhythmias were diagnosed in the Bbox Bouyges Telecom rider, and doctors have told him that he must undergo […]

South African rider Daryl Impey has just finished his first race with the RadioShack team and is now back in Europe, preparing for the first Classic of the year. He is hoping to ride strongly there, both for its own […]

Psyched after a very strong 2009 season, Vacansoleil rider Johnny Hoogerland has racked up an impressive amount of training kilometres as he prepares for what could be a very big year for him. The 26 year old Dutchman has covered […]

In a press release today, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced that the Third Section of the Provincial Court of Almería, Spain, has rejected an appeal by Spanish rider Carlos Roman Golbano challenging the Whereabouts Information System instituted by the […]

The American formation BMC Racing is gearing for its Spring campaign in Europe this week at their training camp in California. While part of the team – including World Champion Cadel Evans and US Champion George Hincapie – have already […]

The Bbox Bouygues Telecom team presented their 26 rider line-up today in Boulogne-Billancourt, France at the headquarters of their main sponsor. Last summer the telecommunications company announced that they would be ending their sponsorship of the team after continuing their […]

Tour of Poland organisers have chosen International Holocaust Remembrance Day to announce that stage 6 of this year’s race will start from Oświęcim, “the City of Peace” where the Nazi’s built the Auschwitz concentration camps in World War II. The […]