Riccò battling to salvage career with CAS appeal against doping
Controversial Italian calls on court to overthrow his twelve year ban Handed a twelve year ban from the sport in April, Riccardo Riccò has decided to fight that sentence and is taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for […]
Greipel ‘really excited’ about second Tour, has leadout train he requested
German ready to push for more stage successes When he spoke to VeloNation during the Presidential Tour of Turkey, André Greipel sounded less than certain about what support he would have in the Tour de France. With GC contender Jurgen […]
Cunego choses Vuelta/worlds combination over Tour de France
Italian gunning to win rainbow jersey four years after taking silver Absent from today’s announcement of the lineup of the Lampre-ISD team for the Tour de France, Damiano Cunego has structured his season around trying to become world road race […]
Tour de France: Martin Velits replaces injured Vandenbergh on Omega Pharma Quick Step team
Tour debut means twin brothers will compete together in race Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Martin Velits will join his twin brother Peter on the already-announced lineup for the Tour de France, marking a very rare occasion for siblings to […]
Petacchi and Scarponi head twin Lampre-ISD challenge at Tour de France
Sprints and climbs targeted by Italian team, Lloyd also selected Six-time stage winner and 2010 Maillot Vert Alessandro Petacchi has been confirmed as heading the Lampre-ISD team’s sprint ambitions for the Tour de France, with the 38 year old showing […]
Jonathan Vaughters Interview: New backer, July targets and chasing Giro-Tour double
Garmin-Sharp team manager speaks in final countdown to Tour de France While at least one other team has had a month to forget, the past few weeks have been good ones for the Garmin-Barracuda team. The American squad took the […]
Rabobank extends with Dutch cycling but also voices reservations
Doping rumbles from 2007 could have prompted a withdrawal The Dutch national federation KNWU has received a boost of a renewed sponsorship agreement with Rabobank, its current sponsor, but it has emerged that there was a danger that backer could […]
Brammeier grabs third successive Irish road race title in Clonmel
Roche and Lavery net silver and bronze Timing his final attack perfectly and kicking clear with less than three kilometres to go, Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Matt Brammeier soloed to victory today in the Irish road race championship in […]
Video: Irvine hoping for success in Irish road race championships, on course for Olympics
‘My numbers are all good’: Happy with preparation for track omnium Several weeks before he lines out in the omnium races at the Olympic Games, Martyn Irvine is currently competing in the Irish road race championships. Although much of his […]
Spath beats Horgan and Dillon to win Irish road race championships
Former mountainbike specialist beats more experienced road rivals Taking the victory with a well timed kick and a powerful sprint, Mel Spath grabbed gold at the end of the women’s road race championship yesterday in Clonmel. The Cycleways rider kicked […]