Former Dutch professional Bart Oegema passes away
Ex-rider was only 27 years old Former professional cyclist, Bart Oegema, passed away on Tuesday according to Wielerland.nl. Oegema, only 27 years old, retired in 2008 from cycling and moved on to a new career in health care. There is […]
Canadian Olympic legend, Clara Hughes, to return to cycling
Winner of six medals at the Winter and Summer Olympics hopes to add to her tally in London in 2012 The 38 year old multisport champion Clara Hughes plans to return to competition in 2011 in hopes of adding to […]
Leopard-Trek announces excellent line-up for Ruta del Sol
Luxembourg’s team will head to Andalucia with a squad full of potential winners The freshly presented Leopard-Trek team announced its roster for February’s Vuelta Ciclista a Andalucia-Ruta del Sol (February 20-24), and it’s a squad capable of riding for the […]
QuickStep's Patrick Lefevere: "To put it brutally, I'm only in need of an Iljo Keisse without problems."
QuickStep manager at his wit’s end in regards to embattled rider The Iljo Keisse saga has slowly become the biggest doping judicial process debacle in history and now, and now, at the most contentious time of all, it seems that […]
Koos Moerenhout enjoys retirement celebration at Rotterdam Six
37 year old bows out with goosebumps and a ceremonial win in Rotterdam In the midst of the Rotterdam Six Day on Friday, Dutch hardman, Koos Moerenhout, celebrated his retirement as part of a ‘Friends of Koos’ omnium, which he […]
2011 Vuelta a Cuba cancelled
Unclear when the difficult two-week stage race might return The two-week classic stage race, the Vuelta a Cuba, will not take place in 2011. The president of the Cuban Cycling Federation, Jose Pelaez, noted at a press conference that the […]
Matteo Tosatto impressed with organization and team spirit at Saxo Bank-SunGard
Italian veteran ready to embark on fifteenth professional season At this point in the career of 36 year old, Matteo Tosatto, it would seem that very little could surprise or prove a new experience for the rider valued highly for […]
Garmin-Cervelo's Travis Meyer: "I really want to have a crack at trying to get some results."
Young Australian looking forward to 90-100 race days in 2011 and chances to get results The 21 year old Travis Meyer recently completed his neo-pro season for the Garmin-Transitions team and is looking forward to much more in 2011. His 2010 […]
Ronde van het Groene Hart cancelled, while Köln-Schuld-Frechen's future looks bleak
Dutch one day race fails to find sponsor, while German classic’s future looks grim The Ronde van het Groene Hart will not take place in 2011. The young Dutch one day race, featured for the first time in 2007, was […]
Vacansoleil's Daan Luijkx believes that Mosquera will escape sanctioning
Team manager defends his signing While the fate of Ezequiel Mosquera still hangs in the balance while he waits for a ruling on his positive test for Hydroxyethyl starch at last year’s Vuelta a Espana, his Vacansoleil team is ready […]
