Daphny van den Brand powers to Women’s Koksijde World Cup victory
European champion leads from the front to take solo victory ahead of Marianne Vos Daphny van den Brand (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) won her first World Cup race of the season, taking her second victory in the Duinencross in Koksijde, Belgium. The […]
Sven Nys takes Koksijde World Cup in disputed sprint over Kevin Pauwels
Kannibaal closes the door after the Belgian dunes fail to separate the World’s top two Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) won his fifth edition of the Duinencross – the third round of the in Koksijde, Belgium in a disputed sprint finish over […]
Sweden selects Emilia Fahlin and Emma Johansson for Olympic road race
Scandinavian nation puts confidence in its two leading riders eight months before the games; Johansson looking to go one better than Beijing silver With more than eight months to go until the London 2012 Olympic Games the Swedish Cycling Federation […]
Rabobank women’s team signs Tatiana Antoshina and Pauline Ferrand Prevot
Former Russian champion and French prodigy add strength to Dutch team’s on- and off-road squads Rabobank has announced the signing of Tatiana Antoshina and Pauline Ferrand Prevot to its women’s team, on one- and two-year contracts respectively. As a two-time […]
Future of Garmin-Cervélo women’s team in doubt as Egon van Kessel released
Budget reported as halved for women’s arm of WorldTour team; no application for UCI status made yet; Emma Pooley in the dark over future in Olympic year The future of the women’s Garmin-Cervélo team appears to be in doubt as […]
Six cyclocross races for Lars Boom in “compact” winter season
Dutch champion to defend national title but not seek to reclaim rainbow jersey as he targets 2012 Classics Rabobank’s Lars Boom has announced what he describes as a “compact” cyclocross programme for this winter, consisting of just six races. Within […]
Geraint Thomas Interview: “2012 is a massive year and I’m really looking forward to it”
Team Sky rider talks about being focussed on the Olympic track, switching Giro for Tour, and leading out the World champion 2011 was the strongest year yet for Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas as the 25-year-old continues to develop as a […]
Giorgia Bronzini Interview: “We want the same professional contract as the men”
Women’s World champion speaks to VeloNation about the inequality in the sport and the unity of the Italian team Women’s world champion Giorgia Bronzini spoke out recently in an interview with la Gazzetta dello Sport, where she complained of the […]
BigMat joins FDJ as name sponsor in 2012
French ProTeam to be called FDJ-BigMat as extra funding allows team to reinforce its place in the top division Just days after successfully securing a ProTeam license for 2012, FDJ has added new sponsor BigMat International to its list of […]
Doctor Fuentes to go on trial for Operación Puerto offences
Seven in all to stand trial for endangering riders’ health, including sport directors Manolo Saiz and Vicente Belda Eufemiano Fuentes, the controversial doctor at the heart of the “Operación Puerto” doping ring is to stand trial for “offences against public […]
