Damiano Cunego, Ivan Basso and Alessandro Ballan will lead a strong Italian team at the World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland later this month. Despite Ballan being the reigning World champion, national coach Franco Ballerini expects double Vuelta a España stage […]

The UCI announced on Monday that Italian rider Maurizio Biondo tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition control on August 12. The Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini rider finished second overall in the Tour of Denmark after winning the time trial in remarkable […]

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) won the third stage of the Tour of Britain. The talented Norwegian sprinted ahead of the Italian Michele Merlo (Barloworld) and the Australian Chris Sutton (Garmin). Dutchman Kai Reus (Rabobank) still maintains an 11 second […]

Lars Boom of Rabobank dismantled the break of the day on the final climb in the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España to win solo, ahead of David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia) and Dominik Roels (Milram). The peloton was taking […]

Jan Bakelants (Topsport Vlaanderen) will be riding for Silence-Lotto next year. Manager Marc Sergeant confirmed the young-Belgian’s future after Mathew Goss’s (Saxo Bank) win in Paris-Brussels. Bakelants, regarded as Belgium’s most promising stage-racing talent after winning last year’s Tour de […]

Baden Cooke (Vacansoleil) has signed a one year contract with Bjarne Riis’ Team Saxo Bank in 2010. The 30 year old Australian is looking to play a role in the spring classics and improve on his winless season. After a […]

Sutton followed-up his first stage win with ninth place on day two from Darlington to Gateshead as Dutchman Kai Reus, a former junior world champion, won his first stage since a 2007 crash that left him in a coma. Reus’ […]

Brilliant comeback defense by Valverde Damiano Cunego soloed to his second stage victory in one of toughest days in this year’s Vuelta a España up to La Pandera. He left his six break companions behind at the beginning of the […]

Australia’s Chris Sutton sealed the biggest win of his career by claiming the first stage of the Tour of Britain with a sprint finish victory in York on Saturday. Sutton, the nephew of Great British track cycling coach Shane, held […]

Overall shakes up heavily David Moncoutié soloed to victory in the difficult stage 13 of the Vuelta a España, up to the Sierra Nevada. He whittled down the initial 30-man break and consolidated his lead in the mountains classification. The […]