Garmin-Slipstream adds new sponsor
Team Garmin-Slipstream has announced they have added Transitions Optical as a team sponsor and will become Team Garmin-Transitions for 2010. Transitions Optical is a leading manufacturer of adaptive eyewear, and the riders will be wearing the Transitions® lenses when they […]
Brard retires
Florent Brard decided to hang up his wheels after not finding a team for 2010, according to Wielerflits.nl. The 33-year-old spent the last two years with Cofidis. His career highlight was his French national road title in 2006. Brard switched […]
Bazzi new Argentinean road champ
Fracondo Lionel Bazzi is the new Argentinean road cycling champion, after previously crowned Pablo Brun was found positive for nandrolone. Brun was retroactively suspended starting May 4, 2009. The national championships were held on March 22. Brun also has to […]
British champion Fleeman still searching for a contract
Just over a month before the start of 2010, British national hill climb champion and former Cervélo Test Team rider Dan Fleeman is still without a contract. The 27 year old was hoping to secure a place on a ProTour […]
Keisse back on top in Gent
Belgian Iljo Keisse and his German partner Roger Kluge took over the lead in the Gent Six Days at the half-way mark. They have a 22-point lead over Swiss team Bruno Risi/Franco Marvulli and are up by one lap over […]
German mountain championships course revealed
The beautiful and (but?) hilly Black Forest will provide the backdrop for the 2010 German hill championships on August 28 and 29. The 9.9km long circuit has its start and finish in Weilheim, with the Velo&Bike-Club Waldshut-Tiengen acting as the […]
Rebellin returns Olympic medal, vows to fight on
Despite vowing earlier this month to fight to keep his Olympic medal, Italian rider Davide Rebellin has now handed back the silver he won in Beijing 2008. He has also made the 75,000 prize he earned available to CONI, the […]
Evans dreams of Tour de France win
It’s been a mixed year for Cadel Evans, his world championship victory contrasting with a disappointing showing in the Tour de France, but the Australian is fully convinced that he can bounce back in next year’s Tour and challenge the […]
Contador happy at Astana, but still has get out clause
With Astana managing to keep its ProTour status this week, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador is set to stay, but he still has a way out if circumstances conspire to keep the Kazakh team out of July’s race. There […]
Kolobnev leaves Saxo for Katusha, two riders replace him
Olympic and World Championship medallist Alexandr Kolobnev has officially been released from the Saxo Bank team that he has ridden for since 2007, despite still having a year on his contract left to run. Unsurprisingly, it has been announced that […]
