UCI and WADA choices add to confusion about seemingly “suicidal” moves Alberto Contador and the Spanish cycling federation nominated German law professor Ulrich Haas as the judge for Contador’s appeal hearing in front of the Courts Sports of Arbitration (CAS). […]

Wants AFLD to work on this year’s Tour French sports minister Chantal Jouanno has said that she believes Lance Armstrong took banned products during his career, and that he should now admit to having done so. “Lance Armstrong should be […]

Attacking Dutchman stays with current team until end of 2013 Aggressive Dutch rider Johnny Hoogerland will remain part of the Vacansoleil team for a further two years, with the squad confirming today that a deal has been done until the […]

Paris-Roubaix debut causes problems for Australian rider Paris-Roubaix faller Simon Clarke has been diagnosed with a wrist fracture, and underwent surgery yesterday to correct the issue and to speed his recovery. The Australian hit the deck during Sunday’s Classic, and […]

Lack of a racing base means building form is difficult After a difficult day yesterday in Paris-Roubaix, Heinrich Haussler and his Garmin-Cervélo team have come to the difficult decision that the Australian will miss this year’s Tour de France. He […]

Hushovd strong, team fighting bad luck in race The Tour of Flanders didn’t go to plan, but Jonathan Vaughters said this morning prior to the race start that the Garmin-Cervélo team were psyched for Paris-Roubaix. “The guys are motivated; they’ve […]

Mark Cavendish “like a kid” ahead of first Enfer du Nord HTC-Highroad has put its strongest classics team out on the roads of today’s Paris-Roubaix. On paper the team’s leaders would be Milano-Sanremo winner Matt Goss and super-sprinting Manx Missile […]

Belgian team has worst luck ever in Hell of the North Belgian manager Patrick Lefevere’s teams have been a dominant force in the cobbled Classics for the past 16 years.  Starting with Johan Museeuw’s Ronde van Vlaanderen success in 1995, […]

Happy with performance, will wait to decide his future with the race later Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) came into Paris-Roubaix today with a target on his back.  With his performances in the E3-Prijs and the Tour of Flanders, the man […]

Texan may run Chicago Marathon instead Former Team RadioShack rider Lance Armstrong had been expected to compete in the 2011 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, but now appears to have decided not to do it. The 39 year old has […]