Jérôme taken to hospital with infection
Bbox Bouygues Telecom rider Vincent Jérôme has been rushed to the hospital to treat a staph infection, reports hbvl.be, and will miss several weeks of training as a result. The infection is a result of a series of crashes that […]
Stybar wins in Spain
Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) continued his incredible season by adding the fifth cyclo-cross World Cup in Igorre, Spain to his palmares. The 23-year-old Czech soloed in for the victory dropping Belgian Champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and World Champion Niels Albert (Bkcp-Powerplus) […]
Saxo Bank and 'Survival Camp' leader Christiansen part ways
After ten years of successful work with Bjarne Riis, former elite soldier and team advisor B.S. Christiansen told TV2 Sport he has decided to leave his post in order to focus on his job as coach of SAS League club […]
Iljo Keisse joins Boonen at Belgian Powerhouse
The rumor that embattled track cyclist Iljo Keisse would ride for Belgium’s Quick Step in 2010 became reality on Saturday after the two parties struck a one-year deal with an option for a second year. Keisse spent the past months […]
Regensburg appeals strengthening of cyclists's rights in Germany
The city of Regensburg decided end of November to appeal a decision by the Bavarian Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Higher Administrative Court) that strengthened the rights of cyclists. The Higher Court had ruled in August in favor of Klaus Wörle, a member of […]
Increase of teams at Tour de France
The 2010 Tour de France will likely have 22 teams at the start line in Rotterdam on July 3. Tour director Christian Prudhomme was not non-committal about increasing the current 20-team limit at a press conference in Rotterdam yesterday. But […]
Hermans misses first camp with Armstrong
23-year old Ben Hermans has had an accident at home that will prevent him from attending the first meeting of his new RadioShack team. A broken foot sustained in an accident in his kitchen means that he will have to […]
Pereiro denounces Astana, contemplates retirement
Oscar Pereiro, the winner of the 2006 Tour de France, announced today at a press conference that he has sued the Astana team for breach of contract. He signed a contract with the Kazakh team on 12 November but is […]
Wynants is best roadie crosser in Zilvermeer
Quick Step rider Maarten Wynants proved to be the fastest of the roadmen in the fun cyclocross race organised by teammate Tom Boonen and director Wilfried Peeters. The event was organised in aid of the charity Move to Improve. Wynants, […]
Nys robbed in Mallorca hotel
Cyclocross riders Sven Nys and Sven Vanthourenhout had cash and laptops stolen from their hotel rooms in Mallorca, where they were staying prior to this weekend’s World Cup race in Igorre, Spain. “When they were downstairs having a drink in […]
