Australia dominates home World Cup
Cycling Australia has been pushing hard to get back up to speed against arch-rivals Britain. Its riders showed they mean business with a dominant performance at their home World Cup in Melbourne, where Australia won eight out of the seventeen […]
Vaughters says Wiggins wants out
Garmin-Slipstream manager Jonathan Vaughters told BBC Sport that star rider Bradley Wiggins has expressed the desire to ride for the British Team Sky. “He has let it be known to me that he’d like to be with Sky,” Garmin manager […]
Italian junior dies in road accident
Anthony Orsani, the Italian junior time trial champion, died in a road accident today near Firenze. He was out on a training ride when he collided with a car traveling the other direction. The car was finishing a passing maneuver, […]
Evans Aussie cyclist of the year
Cadel Evans was chosen as the Australian cyclist of the year for the third time in his career, after 2006 and 2007. Evans received the Sir Hubert Opperman ‘Opp’ medal at the Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards ceremony in […]
Stybar does the double
Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) has won this afternoon’s Superprestige in Hamme-Zogge, capping off a successful weekend that also included a win in yesterday’s GP Hasselt. The young Czech proved to be too strong in the final sprint against Belgian champion Sven […]
Riders protest Wellens’ return
Bart Wellens had hoped to make his return in Saturday’s World Cup at Koksijde after suffering with cytomegalovirus, a viral infection that kept him off the bike for months. Several of his colleagues aren’t as thrilled about his return and […]
PSK Whirlpool-Author continental in 2010
The Czech PSK Whirlpool-Author is returning to continental status following their inability to secure additional sponsorship for next year. The former team of Danilo Hondo had their sights set on remaining Pro-Continental, but lacked the funds to continue at the […]
Wiggins soap continues
Jonathan Vaughters, the team manager for the Garmin Slipstream team, has denied yesterday’s L’Equipe report about Bradley Wiggins signing for Team Sky. The back and forth about whether Wiggins will leave the team while still having a contract has been going on […]
Three more for Footon-Servetto
The Footon-Servetto team has signed three more riders for its 2010 lineup. The UCI ProTour team has added Spaniards Vidal Celis (Barbot) and Iban Mayoz Etxeberria (Xacobeo Galicia), as well as Portuguese National road race champion Manuel Cardoso (Liberty Seguros) […]
Wiggins to Sky after all?
French sports paper L’Equipe wrote in its Saturday edition that Bradley Wiggins will join the new British Team Sky for 2010. The Briton has a contract still with his Garmin Slipstream team, but after finishing fourth in this year’s Tour […]
