IG Markets steps in as title sponsor for Sigma Sport-Specialized in 2012
British Continental team looking to step up a level next year British Continental team Sigma Sport-Specialized has secured Contracts for Difference (CFD) provider IG Markets as title sponsor for 2012. The company is perhaps best known as a co-sponsor of […]
Pat McQuaid: “2011 has been a very successful year”
UCI president looks back and sees a year of great racing, free from major scandal, and with positive developments in emerging markets and women’s cycling International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid looks back on 2011 as a very satisfying […]
Sven Nys: “I’m not worn out yet!”
35-year-old proves that there’s life in the old dog yet with yet another double-winning weekend Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) continues to defy those that would write him off in the Belgian media. The 35-year-old Kannibaal van Baal has been dominating the […]
Ivan Basso starts a blueberry farm in his home town
Former Giro d’Italia champion prepares to return to his roots post retirement Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale) is making preparations for his life after cycling, la Gazzetta dello Sport reports. The two-time Giro d’Italia winner is starting a blueberry farm in his […]
Bad weekend for Kevin Pauwels sees him lose World number one spot
Two fifth places, and two crashes, for Sunweb-Revor rider as Sven Nys storms to both victories No sooner had Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) taken the lead in the International Cycling Union (UCI) cyclocross ranking for the first time in his career, […]
Sven Nys takes race of attrition in the Druivenveldrit in Overijse
Many riders crash on technical course as the Kannibaal shows his class Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) made it two wins in two days as he took yet another commanding victory in the Druivenveldrit in Overijse, Belgium. The cannibal managed to escape […]
Jérôme Coppel: “For 2012 the objective remains the same”
French hope is proud of his Tour de France finish but realises that the number of favourites abandoning helped his chances Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) remains one of the big hopes for the future of French cycling and, after his fourteenth […]
Sven Nys cruises to victory in the Fidea Scheldecross
Kevin Pauwels surprisingly off the pace; Katie Compton makes victory look even easier in women’s race Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) cruised to a third victory in the Fidea Scheldecross, on the banks of the river Schelde, just across from the city […]
USA Pro Cycling Challenge adds new cities to 2012 race
Denver time trial finale for second edition of Colorado stage race The USA Pro Cycling Challenge has announced the host cities for the 2012 edition of the race. After the success of the first edition of the race, which is […]
Stybar and Wellens to sit out the weekend’s races as Albert dreams of his comeback
Stars to miss Scheldecross and Druivenveldrit; races likely to come down to Nys/Pauwels duel once more The coming weekend’s Scheldecross and Vlaamse Druivenveldrit will be without some of the sport’s biggest stars, as Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) and Bart Wellens […]
