Team Type 1's Davide Frattini breaks collarbone
Team Type 1 new recruit Davide Frattini has had a run in with bad luck during a training ride on Saturday near Varese, Italy. The 31-year-old came away with a broken collarbone and a hematoma on his right hip. “Crashed on […]
Lance Armstrong to ride Amstel Gold
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is set to ride the Amstel Gold Race in April, according to wielerflits.nl. In an interview with Dutch TV programme NOS Studio Sport – to be broadcast tomorrow evening at 20:30 CET on the […]
Vos and Van Den Brand throw down nationals gauntlets
On the final races before the Dutch National Championships in Heerlen next weekend, World champion Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) and current Dutch champion Daphny Van Den Brand (ZZPR.nl) both took the opportunity to stake their claim as favourite. The pair […]
Bianchi and Vitesse team up for 'Passione Celeste'
Bianchi corporate and racing PR and media relations will now be managed by the Italian-based communication & marketing agency Vitesse for the next two years. The partnership began the first of the year and will run through 2011. The bicycle […]
Aernouts takes Michielsgestel Cross as Boom flops
Rabobank’s Bart Aernouts won the Grote Prijs Richard Groenendaal in the Dutch town of Sint-Michielsgestel. The Belgian was the best of an otherwise almost entirely Dutch field, while the majority of his compatriots were racing in Tervuren. He managed to […]
RadioShack's Leipheimer outlines his 2010 program
Team RadioShack’s Levi Leipheimer has announced the key races he will be using for his build-up to the 2010 Tour de France via his Twitter account today. Leipheimer’s tweets outline the use of week-long stage races to gain form for […]
Katusha announces 2010 roster, minus Swift, Markov and Serov
The Russian Katusha team has released a roster of 27 riders for the 2010 season. Notable absentees on the list, according to wielerflits.nl, are are Alexei Markov and Alexander Serov. Up until now there has been no news of the two Russians […]
Stybar takes Tervuren in style
Zdenek Stybar dominated the cross race in Tervuren today. He rode most of the race solo, not taking into account the company by the many riders he lapped. Sven Nys came in second, Kevin Pauwels was third. Jonathan Page narrowly […]
Henderson takes second Geelong stage
Greg Henderson won the sprint of a three-man break in the second stage of the Geelong Tour in Australia. Henderson beat Chris Sutton and Daniel Braunsteins, just ahead of the chasing peloton. The latter was brought home by Graeme Brown, […]
Fränk Schleck gets married to start the New Year
Team Saxo Bank’s Fränk Schleck married his fiancée Martine Schmid on New Year’s Eve. According to Wort.lu, it was a small ceremony that was held in Mondorf in front of his family and close friends. The couple will be holding […]
