Belgian teams favoured for Ardennes Classics; French teams miss out; Team Type 1 invited to both Race organiser ASO has announced the teams that have been invited to its two Ardennes Classics, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, which will run […]

World under-23 champion takes a simple win after an aggressive race of breaks and attacks; Adrie Visser takes first ever women’s race Arnaud Démare (FDJ-BigMat) sprinted to his second victory of the season in Le Samyn, at the end of […]

Rider had taken product containing HCT for medical reasons, not for performance; UCI appeal unsuccessful The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has decided to uphold the decision of the Russian Cycling Federation (RCF), to reprimand and fine Alexandr Kolobnev […]

Half of those invited from the home nation; keen to impress in RCS Sport’s first race of the year Saturday’s Strade Bianche will be the first of this year’s races run by Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport. The 190km course […]

Cyclocross World champion honoured after his triumphant win in the sand dunes of northern Belgium Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has been made an honorary citizen of the Belgian town of Koksijde, following his victory in last month’s World cyclocross championships. It […]

Polish National Team to ride WorldTour race again, along with Colnago-CSF Inox, Team Type 1 Sanofi and Caja Rural; no Polish trade teams eligible The Tour of Poland – the Tour de Pologne – has announced four of the five […]

Méditerranéen and Haut-Var victories put British rider far ahead in the season’s first ranking Victories in the Tour Méditerranéen and Tour du Haut-Var earlier in the month have given British rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura Racing) an early lead in the […]

BMC Racing the team to beat with last year’s winner, Montalcino Giro stage winner, and huge Classics pedigree Philippe Gilbert will start this Saturday’s Strade Bianche race, wearing number one as defending champion, at the head of the BMC Racing […]

Ernst & Young report “shows that cycling is in a healthy position and resisting the effects of the current global economic downturn”; many races not so lucky however A report from auditors Ernst & Young, commissioned by the International Cycling […]

Young Australian fast man takes Rabobank’s long-awaited first win of 2012 Michael “Bling” Matthews (Rabobank) won the Clasica de Almeria at the head of a bunch sprint, to take his – and his team’s – first victory of the season. […]