The German Milram team has had their fair share of injuries this season, and just as Fabian Wegmann returns to competition for the Ardennes Classics, Dutchman Wim Stroetinga will now be out with injury.  Stroetinga broke his right hand after […]

Team Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck will begin his spring Classics campaign this Sunday on an emotional high. The 30 year old had a double cause for celebration on Thursday, celebrating his birthday and also the birth of his first child, […]

Last week VeloNation reported that Cervélo TestTeam rider Heinrich Haussler was back on his bike after an injury to his quadriceps tendon knocked him out of commission for the spring Classics.  Now he has a tentative plan to come back […]

Gilberto Simoni has signed with the Lampre-Farnese Vini team to take part in what will be his final Giro d’Italia.  The Italian won the race two times, in 2001 and 2003, with a total of seven podium finishes.  Last October […]

Saxo Bank’s veteran Fränk Schleck was given the best possible birthday present he could have today by his wife Martine Schmid, when she gave birth to the couple’s baby girl.  Baby Schleck surprised her parents and demanded to be delivered […]

RadioShack’s Lance Armstrong is likely to continue racing his bike beyond the 2010 season, according to Belgian paper La Derniere Heure.  The seven-time Tour de France winner was expected to retire from professional cycling after this year, but a contact […]

Tour de France favorite Alberto Contador finished up today’s first stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León safely in the peloton, but admits it wasn’t as calm as he would have liked. “It has been a very nervous stage […]

Italian Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) has had a major setback to his 2010 season today after crashing in today’s Brabantse Pijl.  He was making his way through the caravan of cars after a wheel change 30 kilometers into the race, […]

Now that the cobbled Classics have passed, HTC-Columbia will change out their lineup for spring for the Amstel Gold Race this Sunday.  Austrian Bernhard Eisel was their man for the past several weeks, but the team will now look to […]

Team Katusha’s Kim Kirchen was forced to sit out today’s Brabantse Pijl due to a saddle sore that has been giving him problems since the E3 Prijs.  Now the infection has also put his participation in this weekend’s Amstel Gold […]