Many races in Germany have suffered from the doping scandals, but the Bayern Rundfahrt is still going strong. The route announcements for the 31st edition show the difficulty of the race. Full details won’t be announced until December 5, but […]

Dutch National cyclo cross champion Lars Boom wants to defend his title on January 10 in Heerlen. The race in Sint-Michielsgestel on January 3 should warm him up for that. Boom, riding for Rabobank, is focusing his efforts on the […]

Zdenek Stybar finished on the podium no less than 12 times in 13 races this season, but today in Hasselt, Belgium, he finally came out on top. Stybar beat his Telenet-Fidea teammate Kevin Pauwels and dominator Niels Albert in the […]

Austrian Christian Pfannberger won’t have to worry about doping controls anymore. The Austrian Cycling Federation announced that the suspended Katusha rider will get a lifetime ban for his two doping offenses. Herbert Kocher, financial referent of the ÖRV (Austrian Cycling […]

With today being the final deadline of submission of documents to the UCI, the backers of the Astana team have pledged €15 million ($22 million) to the team for the 2010 season. “Samruk-Kazyna (state holding) has provided UCI with a […]

The prospects of Bradley Wiggins moving to Team Sky for 2010 appeared all but finished yesterday with the news that Alberto Contador intends staying with the Astana team next season. However the new British squad is strongly rumoured to have […]

Bart Wellens and Sven Vanthourenhout are ready to return to the Belgian cross scene. Wellens will return to the World Cup race in Koksijde on November 28, while Vanthourenhout starts already this weekend in Hasselt and Hamme-Zogge. Wellens suffered from […]

CONI wants a damage payment from Davide Rebellin, after the latter was caught for doping with EPO. Rebellin tested positive after the Olympic Games, where he won the silver medal. The medal has to be returned, the results are rewritten […]

What has already been known for some time  is now officially signed from all parties: The brothers Martin and Peter Velits move from Milram to Columbia for next season.  The powerful Slovakian twins will be  a real asset for the […]

Iban Mayoz is moving from Xacobeo-Galicia to Footon-Servetto for the 2010 season. The Spaniard is the 16th signing for the team. Mayoz could not count on being signed from Xacobeo, for which he raced for two seasons. Mayoz has no […]