Merckx in shock over Van Schil's suicide
Eddy Merckx is in shock after the news of his former domestique Vic van Schil committing suicide. Van Schil, who suffered from depression, died on September 30, just a couple of months shy of his 70th birthday. Merckx couldn’t believe […]
Steegmans anticipates fresh start with Radio Shack
2009 was supposed to see Gert Steegmans move his career to the next level, but he has had to defer those plans until he begins with Radio Shack in January. The Belgian rider hasn’t competed in months after his Katusha […]
Evans and others continue end of season campaigns
New world champion Cadel Evans will get to show off his world champions’ jersey for the first time this Sunday when he lines out in the Coppa Sabatini in Italy. “I want to honour the rainbow jersey, even if my […]
UCI adds another arm to anti-doping fight
It’s got the ADAMS whereabouts system to facilitate out of competition testing, has a large emphasis on in-competition examinations and uses the biological passport as a long-running monitoring of riders. Now the UCI has added another element to its anti-doping […]
A better Armstrong in the 2010 Tour
Lance Armstrong says he will go into the 2010 Tour de France better prepared to challenge for an eighth yellow jersey, but he believes reigning champion Alberto Contador will be “very hard” to beat. “I think I will be a […]
Evans says rainbow won’t change Tour plans
Despite being a two-time runner-up at the Tour de France, and now the champion of the World, Cadel Evans is not sure how much impact he has made in a maistream Australian media more familiar with sports like cricket and […]
An American win in Belgium
Tyler Farrar (Garmin) won stage one of the 69th edition of the Circuit Franco Belge. The 25 year-old American won the sprint ahead of Italian Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) and Belgian Tom Boonen (Quickstep) after 214 kilometers from Templeuve to Moeskroen. […]
Hushovd will defend green jersey title
Contrary to recent reports in the media, Cervélo TestTeam rider Thor Hushovd is planning to return to the Tour de France next year to defend the green jersey he won in this year’s race. In the past few days some […]
Silence-Lotto changes name, again – Dekker fired
The Belgian Silence-Lotto team held a press conference today to announce a change in their co-sponsor brand. From 2010 onwards, the team will be known as Omega Pharma-Lotto. The pharmaceutical company will look to benefit from extra publicity with its name on Cadel Evans’ […]
Monte Zoncolan rumoured for 2010 Giro
The stunning climb of the Monte Zoncolan is strongly tipped to return for the 2010 Giro, with the riders set to slug it out once again on what is regarded as one of the most difficult ascents in Europe. Although […]
