Silence-Lotto thinks of Contador to replace Evans
Marc Sergeant, manager for Silence-Lotto - soon to be called Omega Pharma-Lotto, is on the lookout for a new general classification rider now that Cadel Evans has left the team. “Last Monday Cadel traveled to Australia. Then his manager informed us […]
Valverde has no problem riding with Contador
Alejandro Valverde has come out in support of fellow Spaniard Alberto Contador coming over to his Caisse d’Epargne team. After being tipped as a Grand Tour winner for years, Valverde finally won the Vuelta a España earlier this year. Valverde […]
Deignan extends with Cervélo TestTeam through 2011
Philip Deignan has extended his contract with Cervélo TestTeam through 2011. The Irishman took the biggest win of his career this year in the 18th stage of the Vuelta a España. Deignan beat Liquigas rider Roman Kreuziger on a day […]
Klöden pays 25,000 euros to end T-Mobile case
Andreas Klöden, soon to join up with Lance Armstrong’s new RadioShack team, has paid a 25,000 euro financial settlement to the Bonn prosecutor’s office in Germany, putting an end to an ongoing doping investigation against him. Klöden, who was being […]
Lefevere awarded 500,000 euros in slander case
The end of the cycling season hasn’t stopped Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevere from winning, although today his battle was won in the courtroom rather than on the cobblestones of the Spring Classics. Lefevere was awarded 500,000 euros in compensation […]
Armstrong auctions a bike for each Tour win
Lance Armstrong is auctioning seven of his Trek bikes at Sotheby’s on Sunday, one for each of his Tour de France wins, with six of the bikes having been turned into works of art by famous artists like Damien Hirst. […]
Team Sky fortifies with Barry, Pauwels, and Sutton
Team Sky has announced three new signings today on the Sky Sports News Channel. Canadian Michael Barry (Columbia-HTC), Belgian Serge Pauwels (Cervélo TestTeam), and Australian Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream) have all come on board the new British squad. Team Principal Dave Brailsford […]
Evans thinks 2010 Tour route suits Contador
Reigning World Champion Cadel Evans is looking forward to next year’s Tour de France, especially with the elimination of the team time trial that saw the Australian lose valuable time to the race favorites. But according to an interview with […]
Bellis to return home soon
The GB cycling team has said that Olympic cyclist Jonny Bellis’ condition has continued to improve and is now able to communicate. “Jonny is doing really well since the last update and is communicating by writing messages on a white […]
ISD signs two from Barloworld
Former Barloworld riders Diego Caccia and Paolo Longo Borghini have been signed by the ISD team for 2010. Team manager Angelo Citracca is expecting the pair to ride in support of the team leaders. “We needed to strengthen the team […]