Third Ronde Van Vlaanderen success for Belgium’s Boonen
Pozzato and Ballan forced to settle for second and third in sprint Belgian favourite Tom Boonen rocketed to his third Ronde Van Vlaanderen finish in Oudenaarde today, winning a three man sprint at the end of reinvented Classic. The Omega […]
Rabobank to assess Van der Vorst situation after new twist to comeback story
Dutchwoman now says she was previously able to stand prior to ‘miracle recovery’ The Rabobank cycling team has said that it will sit down with Monique Van der Vorst and work out her future plans after a peculiar twist in […]
Dan Martin Interview: Big ambitions for the Ardennes Classics
Garmin Barracuda rider takes more laid-back approach to Indurain and Pais Vasco Following on from a strong fourth place overall in the Volta a Catalunya, Dan Martin is back in action in today’s GP Miguel Indurain, and again from Monday […]
Final countdown to unveiling of new sponsor of 1t4i team
Are merging oil companies the mystery backer? Editor’s note: go here for the latest on this story After several months of waiting, the new title sponsor of the 1t4i team will finally be unveiled this morning The new identity of […]
Mantova Case: BMC Racing Team to support Ballan and Santambrogio
Ochowicz: ‘No action…unless official request to do so’ Although the names of two of its riders cropped up again yesterday in relation to the Mantova doping investigation, the BMC Racing Team has said that it will not prevent either from […]
Russian world track championship rider in hit and run
RusVelo’s Kovalev unsure about participation The Russian RusVelo team faces the possibility that it will lose the services of one of its riders, Ivan Kovalev, as the result of a hit and run accident in Australia. The 25 year old […]
Valverde to miss GP Miguel Indurain, unsure about Pais Vasco
Recovery from injury and Classics preparation highest priorities Still recovering from injuries sustained in his crash during the Volta a Catalunya, Alejandro Valverde will miss Saturday’s GP Miguel Indurain. His Movistar team has confirmed that the Spaniard will sit out […]
UCI confirms derogation given to Katusha to re-sign Kolobnev
Normal contract rules don’t apply due to complexities of case The UCI has this morning confirmed that it has given an ‘exceptional authorisation’ to the Katusha team to re-sign Alexandr Kolobnev, despite the usual rules limiting team size. The Russian […]
Landis appeal against French court ruling to be held in November
Former rider seeking to overturn suspended sentence Appeals lodged by both Floyd Landis and the EdF company against the sentences handed down on November 10th against them will be heard in Versailles next November. French newspaper L’Equipe reports today that […]
Kolobnev to resume professional career with Katusha team
Rider had been fired after testing positive in Tour de France, then cleared by CAS Previously released by the team after testing positive during the 2011 Tour de France, former world championship runner-up Alexandr Kolobnev is returning to Katusha this […]
