Defending champion relieved at hilly time trial; Movistar boss not happy with lack of balance Reigning Vuelta a España champion Juan José Cobo (Team Movistar) was present at the presentation of the 2012 route; since he owes his 2011 victory […]

Increase of eight on 2011 shows that “women’s cycling is growing significantly”, claims UCI; top teams and nations must be invited to biggest races The International Cycling Union (UCI) has released the list of 35 registered women’s teams for 2012, […]

Ten summit finishes and only one individual time trial for 67th edition of Spanish Tour; entire course in northern half of the country The route of the 2012 Vuelta a España was officially presented at the Baluarte, the Palacio de […]

Spanish media “leaks” details of Spanish tour route on the eve of the official presentation The 2012 edition of the Vuelta a España will feature no less than ten summit finishes, according to Spanish sportspaper AS. The official route will […]

Sponsor considers walking away as Team NetApp gets the nod ahead of 2011 mountain jersey winner The sound of jaws dropping could be heard all over the cycling World when the Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport announced the four wildcard […]

Acqua & Sapone team of mountain king Garzelli misses out to ambitious young German team The wildcard invitation handed to Team NetApp by Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has come as a big surprise, not least to the German team […]

Rabobank directeur sportif worried about Dutch phenomenon’s motivation as victories become “too easy” Rabobank women’s team directeur sportif Jeroen Blijlevens wants Marianne Vos to ride some men’s races, according to Wielerland.nl. Sunday’s Dutch title race was the World cyclocross champion’s […]

World time trial champion wants yellow in Liège prologue and good GC finish; has finalised spring programme New Omega Pharma-Quick Step signing Tony Martin has finalised his programme for the coming spring, according to biciciclismo.com, with a view to peaking […]

Kannibaal speaks of emotional outpouring after reclaiming his driekleur; expresses concern over health of old rival Bart Wellens The post-race party thrown for Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) in his hometown of Baal reportedly kept the newly restored Belgian champion up past […]

Kannibaal back to his old self in the mud as some champions lose their thrones Sven Nys takes back the jersey that belongs to him After his domination of his own GP on New Year’s Day, it was no surprise […]