Sunday’s Paris-Tours will be the final races for Aart Vierhouten (Vacansoleil) and Marcus Ljungqvist (Saxo Bank). Vierhouten stops after 14 years as a pro, while Ljungqvist rejected offers from his team manager Bjarne Riis as well as from the Radio […]

Belgian Tom Boonen is known best for his performances in the cobbled Classics like Paris-Roubaix, a race he has won three times, but he’s also regarded as one of the top sprinters, and the former green jersey winner continues to […]

Hope is about faith that comes alive when paired with realistic evidence. If caught without a contract at this late date, chances are reality is looking rather hopeless. Do not despair. Rumors are transversing the globe about who is going […]

One of the final races of the European road cycling calendar, the 103rd edition of Paris-Tours, will take place this Sunday with great speculation. A race known as the “Sprinters Classic” hasn’t quite lived up to its name in recent […]

It may be back to his roots for former triathlete Lance Armstrong. His coach Chris Carmichael indicated that the seven-time Tour de France winner would race the Ironman Hawaii in 2011, thereby hinting at an end of Armstrong’s road career […]

A day after losing his overall lead to Oscar Sevilla, Michael Rasmussen fought back with a second place finish in the Vuelta a Chihuahua. The Danish rider was only beaten by Spaniard Daniel Moreno (Caisse d’Epargne) but Sevilla remained in […]

The Dutch Skil-Shimano squad is making a strong effort to get Dominique Cornu on its roster, while Saxo Bank is one step further, as they snatched up Aussie talent Richie Porte for two years. Cornu is a time trial specialist […]

Sixteen riders have so far been confirmed for the new Team Sky project and while it will be a little longer before the full lineup will be known, another important element of the squad’s development has been confirmed. The British […]

With a staggering 85 wins on its books thus far in 2009, the Columbia HTC is heading to two Italian Classics this weekend in a positive frame of mind. Kim Kirchen, Craig Lewis, Thomas Lovkvist, Maxime Monfort, Marco Pinotti, Morris […]

Benefiting in part from the participation of Lance Armstrong in the race, the Tour Down Under has been named as the best Tourism Event in 2009. A record 760,500 people attended the race this year, making it a massive success. […]