BMC and Radio Shack continue shopping spree
Norwegian Alexander Kristoff will be leaving his current team, Joker-Bianchi, for Team BMC. The 22 year old had offers from Columbia-HTC and Garmin-Slipstream, but ended up choosing for the American Pro-continental BMC Racing Team, who earlier bulked up its roster […]
Gerrans nails stage victory in Vuelta
Australian Simon Gerrans won the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain here on Tuesday, as controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde retained the leader’s golden jersey. The 29-year-old Cervelo rider outpaced three others cyclists, Ryder Hesjedal of Canada, Denmark’s Jakob […]
Cavendish, again!
Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) took out stage one in the Tour of Missouri, beating out Argentinean Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Cervelo). Cavendish, 24, outkicked Haedo and Hushovd on the run in to St. Louis […]
Annoyed Evans loses jersey to Valverde
In the exciting mountainous stage nine of the Vuelta a España, Alejandro Valverde took over the golden leader’s jersey from Australian Cadel Evans. Gustavo César Veloso won the race solo, with Valverde sprinting to third place and an eight-second time […]
Tour of Missouri begins today
One of the up and coming races in the United States, the Tour of Missouri, starts today and runs until September 13th. The race will field a spectacular battle between the two best sprinters of this year’s Tour de France, […]
Blythe to Silence-Lotto
Adam Blythe, an upcoming British talent, has inked a one year deal with Silence Lotto. The 19 year old is currently a stagiair with the Belgian team and normally rides for their development team, Davo-Lotto. Blythe had a succsful season […]
Contador, Should I stay or should I go?
Even after the departure of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador continues to consider leaving the Astana team despite his contract for two more seasons. “I might ride for a Belgian team. In two weeks I will […]
Van Goolen leaves Saxo Bank
After two year with Saxo Bank, Belgian Jurgen Van Goolen will ride the next two seasons for Silence Lotto. Van Goolen, 28, was dissatisfied with his non-selection for the Vuelta A Espana. Van Goolen, a strong climber who finished 16th […]
Dream start for Vacansoleil
Dutch Pro-continental cycling team Vacansoleil has proven that it’s been a worthy recipient of one of the Vuelta A Espana’s wild cards. The team’s Slovenian sprinter, Borut Bozic, won stage six leaving Tyler Farrar (Garmin) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) in […]
Spartacus does it again!
Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) has won the sixth stage of the Vuelta A Espana, a 30km individual time trial in Valencia. He finished in a time of 36’41 leaving David Millar (Garmin) and Bert Grabsch (Columbia) 32 and 36 […]