Kurt Hovelijnck of Quick Step is back in the arms of the peloton, following a terrible crash during a training ride last year. He was at the Quick Step presentation yesterday, all smiles. Team Manager Patrick Lefevere was quite astonished. “A […]

Luis León Sánchez won today’s Tour Down Under penultimate stage, a gruelling battle over Willunga Hill, ahead of Luke Roberts and Alejandro Valverde. André Greipel was in a group with Lance Armstrong, nine seconds adrift. But Greipel held on to […]

After an off-season full of mind numbing transfer speculation, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has decided it is time to tighten up the regulations with respect to rider transfers between teams. The two most significant transfers this past winter were […]

According to Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) cyclo-cross coordinator Peter Van den Abeele has confirmed the possibility of the Cyclo-cross World Championships being held in the United States in 2013. The decision on a venue […]

Jackson Rodriguez (Androni Giocattoli) climbed his way to a stage win in stage five of the Tour de San Luis today. The Venezuelan’s victory wasn’t enough to unseat Italian Vincenzo Nibal (Liquigas-Doimo) from the top of the general classification, but […]

Wouter Weylandt will finally have the backing of the team in sprints – as long as Tom Boonen isn’t around. Weylandt is fast, as he had proven by winning stage 17 of the 2008 Vuelta a España. But so far […]

Anthony Charteau won the fourth stage over 133 kilometers in the Tropicale Amissa Bongo (Gabon) to keep the overall lead. The Bbox Bouygues Telecom rider won the sprint ahead of Ian MacLeod (MTN) and AG2R’s Julien Loubet. MacLeod now trails […]

Erik Zabel will be opening the 99th edition of the Berlin Six Days, which take place from January 28 to February 2. Zabel did his final race in Berlin last year, but he still has strong ties to the velodrome […]

The Quick Step team officially presented its riders today to the public in Kortrijk, Belgium. In addition to retaining 24 riders, Quick Step also hired three new ones in an attempt to be competitive in just about any race. With […]

Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin was questioned by the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping prosecutor today after being stripped of his Olympic silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Games. The hearing took place in Rome at Olympic stadium. Afterwards Rebellin’s lawyer, […]