Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) will be the sixth and final rider representing the Netherlands at the upcoming World Championships to be held in Mendrisio, Switzerland on September 27. National director Leo van Vliet added the strong classics rider to the list […]

Ben Swift (Katusha) ended Edvald Boasson Hagen’s (Columbia HTC) record four win streak at the Tour of Britain by taking out stage seven. The young Brit bested teammate and Italian national champion Filippo Pozzato and overall leader Hagen to the […]

Gesink loses time Juan José Cobo (Fuji-Servetto) won the final mountain stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España out of an eight-man front group containing the top six in the overall, minus Robert Gesink. Alejandro Valverde ended the sprint in […]

New British cycling outfit Team Sky and French team AG2R were on Friday granted Pro Tour licences, allowing them to compete in all of the sport’s big races as of next season, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Friday. The […]

In his column to Dutch paper De Telegraaf Johan Bruyneel explained why he is leaving Astana after two years with the Kazakh team. The return of Alexander Vinokourov after a two-year doping suspension was too much for the Belgian. “When […]

Juan Jose Cobo will race the men’s elite time trial for Spain at next week’s world road race championships after teammate Hector Guerra’s positive test for EPO (erythropoietin), the Spanish cycling federation announced Friday. Guerra was one of three cyclists, […]

Cycling’s world ruling body said Friday it has suspended recently-crowned Tour of Portugal champion Nuno Ribeiro and two of his teammates from racing after they tested positive for doping. Ribeiro and Liberty Seguros teammates Hector Guerra and Isidro Nozal had […]

Recently-crowned Tour of Portugal champion, Nuno Ribeiro, tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) before the race, the rider said here Friday after being notified by cycling’s world ruling body. Ribeiro also won the race in 2003 but […]

World champion track cyclist turned roadie Theo Bos will be leaving his long time-sponsor Rabobank behind next season in favor of finding a ProTour team that will guarantee his entry into the Grand Tours. Best known for the pile-up he […]

Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed a fourth successive stage win to stretch his lead in the Tour of Britain standings to 19 seconds with two stages left to race. The 22-year-old won a sprint finish at the end of the […]