Danilo Di Luca wants to return to Giro d’Italia in 2011
Italian rider agrees to ride without a salary for Russian Katusha team After returning to the top level by signing for the ProTeam Katusha, 2007 Giro d’Italia winner Danilo di Luca is aiming to head back to the Italian Grand […]
Nys’s off day at Belgian nationals most likely due to flu
Rider felt very ill yesterday evening Defending champion Sven Nys was an unexpected withdrawal from yesterday’s Belgian national cyclo-cross title, being clearly off the pace during a contest won by Neils Alberts. The 34 year old has been riding very […]
Xavier Florencio signs with Geox-TMC for 2011
Spanish squad training in Tarragona, launch on January 31st The former Clásica de San Sebastián winner Xavier Florencio has finally picked up a team for 2011, leaving it late to secure a ride with Geox-TMC for this season. The 31 […]
Fuglsang hoping for top ten finish in Tour de France
Danish TT champ will be a protected Leopard-Trek rider at Tour Third overall in last year’s Tour de Suisse, Jakob Fuglsang will begin his first season with Team Leopard-Trek as one of the protected riders. He may have ridden for […]
New jersey, new backers for Skil-Shimano
Red becomes green for 2011 Stepping up in backing at the same time as it increases its ambitions, the Skil-Shimano team has announced that four new sponsors have come on board for the 2011 season. In order to reflect what […]
Breschel back training, could return to racing sooner than expected
World championship runner-up making good return from injury Originally fearful that knee surgery in November could stop him from riding the Classics – or even bring an end to his career – Danish rider Matti Breschel has been able to […]
Bennati and Cunego fighting to return to their best
Italian stars want a more successful 2011 Former Giro d’Italia race winner Damiano Cunego and multiple stage victor Daniele Bennati are on different teams this season, but have identical goals: namely, returning to the winner’s podium in the biggest races. […]
Bruyneel complains date of his suspension ‘makes no sense at all’
Comments after CAS refuses his appeal against February 1st start date Following the news that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had refused his appeal relating to his two month suspension, Team RadioShack general manager Johan Bruyneel has complained that […]
Riis talks of fresh start and team’s motivation to succeed in 2011
Saxo Bank shows off new team kit Saxo Bank-SunGard team owner Bjarne Riis heads into 2011 facing the biggest changes of his time running the team, due to the departure of so many key riders at the end of last […]
Merckx doubts Contador, believes in Gilbert and expects Schleck to win the Tour
Former world number one gives his thoughts heading into a new season Belgian legend Eddy Merckx previously stated that he hoped that Alberto Contador was innocent of doping, but now appears a little more doubtful about the Spaniard’s case. In […]
