Contador wins in Mexico, expects Astana ProTour decision tomorrow
Alberto Contador has been very quiet since winning the Tour de France in July, but the Spaniard was in action on Saturday in the Gran Premio Cancun races in Mexico. The Astana rider beat his compatriots Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) […]
Arvesen headed to Team Sky
Norwegian champion Kurt-Asle Arvesen will race next season for the new British cycling Team Sky. The 34-year-old, who has been with the Danish team headed by Bjarne Riis since 2004, will be rejoining with Sky’s director Scott Sunderland who worked for Riis as […]
Vino wins again with late season form
Team Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov won the 28th Chrono des Herbiers – Chrono des Nations in France. Vinokourov finished in Les Herbiers 1:07 ahead of French time trial champion Jean-Christophe Péraud (Creusot Cyclisme). Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2R) finished third and Belgian TT […]
Davis in talks with Astana
Sprinter Allan Davis told the Australian paper the NewsMail that he’s considering moving to another team in 2010. The sprinter was left off the Tour de France roster after team captain Tom Boonen won a legal battle with race organizer […]
Cavendish continues winning streak in off season
Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) won the award for International Flandrien of the year. Het Nieuwsblad chose the speedy Manxman to follow up Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) as best international professional cyclist of the year. Cavendish, 24, was unstoppable in […]
Hoogerland rode for VDB, Gesink reflects on Lombardy
During yesterday’s Tour of Lombardy Johnny Hoogerland capped off a brilliant end of season with a strong fifth. The perennial attacker pushed the pace up the Ghisallo with his jersey wide open with “pers te VDB” written on his shirt, […]
Fedrigo to stay with B-Box, De La Fuente to Astana
Despite earlier reports, Pierrick Fédrigo has announced that he will stay with BBox – Bouygues Télécom according to France’s L’Equipe. The Frenchman had stated earlier that he wanted to leave the team highlighting the loss of their ProTour license. But […]
Gilbert's end of season streak highlighted
After an exceptional autumn that included victories in the Coppa Sabatini, Paris-Tours, Giro del Piemonte, and yesterday’s Giro di Lombardia, Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) received the prestigious award – Flandrien of 2009. Gilbert was voted the best Belgian professional of the […]
VDB bike auction unnecessary
Saturday the Belgian press reported that Nico Mattan planned to hold an auction for one of Frank Vandenbroucke’s bikes to help pay for the cost of his repatriation. Vandenbroucke’s manager Paul De Geyter has clarified matters saying that, in fact, […]
Lowik to Lotto
Gerben Löwik (Vacansoleil) will be riding for Omega Pharma-Lotto next season, the team of recent Tour of Lombardy winner Phillipe Gilbert and World Champion Cadel Evans. The Dutchman was offered an extension on his current contract with the Dutch pro-continental […]