Bruyneel says Armstrong will race Tour Down Under
RadioShack team manager Johan Bruyneel has named seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong amongst the starters in the team’s debut race, the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia. Armstrong began his comeback from a three-year retirement in the […]
Albert gets win number 10 in Dottignies
World Champion Niels Albert continued his successful season today by taking his 10th victory of the year in Dottignies. Frenchman Francis Mourey finished second and Italian Enrico Franzoi third. Today’s race is the warm-up for Albert’s much anticipated return to the […]
Tour of Missouri hunts for corporate sponsors to survive
Funding for one of America’s biggest cycling events, the Tour of Missouri, has been cut by the state’s Tourism Commission. That means that if the race is to hold its fourth edition next year, organizers must secure corporate sponsors to […]
Six Day races fading in Germany
German Six Day racing has been hit hard in recent times with one of its oldest races, the Dortmund Six Day, announcing earlier this year that it would be cancelled due to financial problems. The race that was scheduled for […]
Bertagnolli remains at Androni
Despite interest from Lampre and Astana, Leonardo Bertagnolli has decided to remain with Gianni Savio’s Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team for next season. Next year the team will ride under the name Androni Giocattoli. Bertagnolli, 31, joined the team just before […]
Confident Albert returns to 2008 crash site
Niels Albert had a horrible crash during the warm-up for the 2008 Superprestige cross in Asper-Gavere, Belgium. He was out for six weeks but still came back to become world champion. On Sunday, Albert will be back without any thoughts […]
Katusha core heads to Turkmenistan
Team Katusha is set to begin their work for next season at a training camp in Asgabat, Turkmenistan from the 22nd to the 28th of November. Team boss Andrei Tchmil along with sport directors Dmitri Konychev and Gennady Mikhailov will […]
Flecha's 2010 will be all or nothing
Juan Antonio Flecha is riding for Team Sky next season, with a similar racing schedule to the one he had at Rabobank. But this time he hopes to win a big one. “I hoped I’d already have a Classics win […]
Merckx says Contador will stay with Astana
Cycling legend Eddy Merckx is the latest to comment on Alberto Contador’s team situation, telling www.wielermagazine.com at Gerrit Plieger’s Cycle Show he heard from a reliable source that the Spaniard has already signed with the Kazakh team for two years. Rumors […]
Blijlevens takes over as Vos’ team manager
Dutch former sprinter Jeroen Blijlevens will return to the elite peloton in 2010, becoming the new manager of Marianne Vos’ team, currently known as DSB Bank-Nederland Bloeit. He will succeed the outgoing Arthur van Dongen, who is leaving the team […]
