Italian champion Giovanni Visconti signs for Team Movistar
Move could see Italian make Tour de France debut in 2012 Triple Italian road race champion Giovanni Visconti looks set to make the step up to a UCI WorldTour team next year following confirmation that he will sign for the […]
HTC Highroad, BMC Racing and Team Type 1 chasing Utah success
Teams detail roles for their riders in race With the prologue of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah now underway, a clearer picture of who is in form will be gained over the next couple of hours. The action […]
Abdoujaparov takes advisory role with Astana, asked to help Kashechkin prepare for Vuelta a España
Reclusive sprinter from Uzbekistan return to pro cycling world In what appears to be a peculiar pairing, the Astana team has signed up former top sprinter Djamolidine Abdoujaparov to help the GC rider Andrey Kashechkin (pictured) to prepare for the […]
Ag2r La Mondiale confirms Vuelta a España lineup, Roche’s backing named
Irishman hopes to bounce back after testing Tour Seventh overall last year, Ireland’s Nicolas Roche will hope to equal or better that performance in the upcoming Vuelta a España, which begins in twelve days in Benidorm. The Ag2r La Mondiale […]
Íñigo Cuesta ends his career at 42 years of age and after riding 17 consecutive Vueltas a España
End of the road for experienced Spanish veteran Ending things with a solid 44th overall in the Vuelta a Burgos, perhaps the oldest rider in the peloton has hung up his wheels after 18 seasons in the pro peloton. Íñigo […]
Tour de Langkawi aiming to attract further UCI ProTeams
2012 race planning ahead of schedule, organisers may push for WorldTour status in future years Having confirmed earlier reports that Garmin-Cervélo and Astana had committed to competing in next year’s Tour de Langkawi, the race organisers are hoping to attract […]
Peter Sagan grabs victory in Tour of Poland, Kittel takes final stage
Martin drops to second overall due to conceded time bonuses Gaining back two seconds in the intermediate sprint plus six in the final gallop to the line, Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) scooped the final overall victory in the Tour of Poland. […]
Bob Stapleton Interview: Full details from HTC Highroad’s shock farewell announcement
Team owner explains how the sport’s most winning team unravelled Although there were some prior signs that things were not progressing as might have been hoped, the news on Thursday that the HTC Highroad team was stopping came as a […]
Dan Martin seizes stage win and overall lead in Tour of Poland
This year’s Tour de Pologne may be less suited to pure climbers than before but defending champion Daniel Martin made the most of today’s hardest leg to take the stage win and the yellow jersey. Martin attacked several times towards […]
Cavendish thanks HTC Highroad, says he’s proud of what was achieved
Manxman comments after news that team will stop Responding to yesterday’s news that the HTC Highroad men’s team will fold at the end of the season, its top sprinter Mark Cavendish has said that he regrets that it will stop, […]