Under UCI rules, Alberto Contador can’t officially have any discussions about changing teams until such time as he is released from his Astana contract, but Quick Step has confirmed that it has been in talks with the management team of […]

Alejandro Valverde underlined his rainbow jersey credentials by being crowned Tour of Spain champion a week ahead of the men’s road race at the world cycling championships next Sunday in Mendrisio, Switzerland. But the Spaniard’s maiden major Tour win could […]

Last week Norwegian Edvald Boassan Hagen (Columbia-HTC) ruled the streets at the Tour of Britain with four consecutive wins to seal up the overall victory.  A fitting performance from the young rider as he readies for his move to Britain’s new […]

Despite not having raced for UCI points since his Tour de France victory, Alberto Contador has won the UCI World ranking. There were no changes in the teams and nations rankings. Astana and Spain lead in those categories, respectively, with […]

Niels Albert started the 2009/2010 cyclo-cross season with a solo win in Neerpelt on Sunday, beating Czech rider Zdenek Stybar (Fidea)and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Projob). “I raced the day before, so that means I could go from the gun [on Sunday],” […]

Three days following the UCI’s three year extension of AG2r’s Pro-Tour license, the team has announced the signing of three more riders. Julien Bérard, Anthony Ravard, and Kristof Goddaert have all signed a two year contract with the French team. […]

Jens Voigt has returned to decent form following his horrifying crash in the Tour de France. In the smaller “Rund um Sebnitz” race in Germany he finished fourth, beaten among others by Robert Förster (Milram). Voigt was satisfied with his […]

Kai Reus (Rabobank) lost out on his podium at the Tour of Britain by one second, but was still pleased with his win on stage two and four days in the yellow jersey. For a rider coming back from a […]

Belgian captain Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and countryman Tom Boonen (Quickstep) have agreed on the tactics for Sunday’s World Championships. “If the race is hard, then Tom Boonen will ride for me” said the French speaking Wallonian on the Belgian TV […]

Damiano Cunego (Lampre) looks to be the strongest contender for this Sunday’s rainbow jersey in Mendrisio, Switzerland, hoping to improve on his silver medal from last year’s World Championships behind countryman Alessandro Ballan (Lampre). The Italian signaled that he is […]