French national champion Dimitri Champion, 26, has inked a deal with the AG2r La Mondiale for two years. The French team, run by Vincent Lavenu, already boasts a youthful line-up with 12 of his riders aged 25 and younger. “I […]

Today Australian Matthew Goss (Saxo Bank) out-kicked compatriot Allan Davis (Quick-Step) for the win in the 89th running of Paris-Brussels. Finishing third was Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) who finished third in the Belgian national championships earlier this year. This was […]

Columbia-HTC welcomes back to racing Judith Arndt, as the number-one women’s team takes on the Rund um Die Nurnberger Altstadt World Cup on Sunday. Arndt broke her arm in the Giro d’Italia Femminile in July, and after recently riding in […]

Two-time world champion Paolo Bettini will be joining Italian team director Franco Ballerini in Mendrisio, Switzerland as an assistant director at this year’s world championships. Since his retirement in 2008, Bettini has limited his involvement in cycling to commentary on […]

Today’s thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España will be held without it’s stage 10 winner Simon Gerrans (Cervelo TestTeam). The Australian, who will be moving to Team Sky next season, was placed 65th on general classification. Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R), […]

Reigning American time trial champion David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream) snatched the overall lead in the Tour of Missouri today by winning the race’s fifth stage individual time trial around the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Zabriskie finished with 30 seconds ahead of Sweden’s […]

Ryder Hesjedal became the first-ever Canadian to win a stage in the Vuelta a España, when he outfoxed David Garcia on the top of the Alto de Velefique. Hesjedal tricked Garcia into opening the sprint, then came around easily and […]

Linus Gerdemaan (Milram) will not be starting today’s stage 12 of the Vuelta A Espana. The German team captain has decided he hasn’t fully recovered from his crash in stage 11 to Murcia. He still complains of back pain and […]

Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) could finally claim the top step of the podium in stage four of the Tour of Missouri as he out muscled Thor Hushovd (Cervelo) and Dario Cataldo (Quick-Step) atop “Capital Wall” after three near […]

For the second day in a row, British Team Sky has confirmed rider signings, only this time with an international flavor. The list of new recruits boasts cyclists from eight different countries, and has a combination of experience and young […]