According to Het Laatste Nieuws, one of Frank Vandenbroucke’s bikes will be auctioned in order to help pay for the costs of his repatriation to Belgium. He did not have insurance to cover the cost of transportation from Senegal. Close […]

Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) beat Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in a two-up sprint to win the final big race of the 2009 cycling season, the 242km Giro di Lombardia. Gilbert sprinted from the front and made the decision a little more exciting; he […]

The 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré will include the famous slopes of Alpe d’Huez for the first time in its history. In the race from June 6 to 13, 2010, Alpe d’Huez will see the passage of the penultimate stage, […]

Bradley Wiggins (Garmin Slipstream) defended the overall lead on the final stage of the Jayco Herad Sun Tour – the lead that he had taken over in yesterday’s time trial. Jonathan Cantwell finally took a stage victory by outsprinting Michael […]

Jan Ullrich visited Eufemiano Fuentes two dozen times between 2003 and 2006. The BKA (German FBI) revealed the extent of Ullrich’s treatment, according to information obtained by the Spiegel news magazine. Between February 2005 and May 2006, Ullrich flew to […]

More details have been released about the findings of the autopsy performed on cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke. The medical examiner concluded that the Belgian star died Monday in Saly, Senegal of natural causes from a pulmonary embolism as previously reported. “To be […]

The National Racing Calendar (NRC) for 2010 was announced today by USA Cycling. The calendar features 27 events in what will be its 14th season, and has added three new events, the Basking Ridge Twilight Grand Prix, the Richmond Twilight […]

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bart Ouvry, confirmed that the body of Frank Vandenbroucke was released by Senegalese authorities Thursday. Vandenbroucke was found dead Monday at a hotel in Saly, Senegal. The Senegalese court has opened an investigation […]

Tomorrow’s Giro di Lombardia, “the race of the falling leaves”, could see 2007 and 2008 winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) match the record in the race of an Italian legend. Alfredo Binda – who was once paid to NOT ride the […]

Lance Armstrong’s new team has cleared another hurdle ahead of next season’s campaign, to focus on an eighth Tour de France title for the Texan. First came the news that Team Astana had released Armstrong’s long-time Directeur Sportif Johan Bruyneel; […]