Many time trials go to defending champions but Italy has a new campionessa With many countries holding their national road races and time trials in the same week, many have got the first part out of the way already. The […]

Leopard Trek’s French rider not in team’s line-up after injury hit season Although the full Leopard Trek team for next month’s Tour is yet to be announced, there is one rider that knows for certain that he will not be […]

Norwegian disappointed to miss out on Team Sky’s team selection As a veteran of five Tours de France, including a stage victory in the 2008 edition, Kurt Asle Arvesen might expect to be on most team’s roster for the race. […]

Tour de France favourite heads to his first races since the Giro d’Italia Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) will take the start of both the time trial and road race of the Spanish championships this week. The races will be his […]

Number will not be removed from national road race in tribute to Wouter Weylandt although fate means it will not be at the start Wednesday’s race in Halle-Ingooigem, Belgium, went ahead without a 108 dossard, according to Sporza. The number […]

Spanish former-rider talks of his life after cycling and his impressions of the sport today Pedro Horrillo was forced to retire at the end of 2009, at the age of 35, after a near-fatal crash in that year’s Giro d’Italia. […]

Experienced domestiques chosen to look after the team’s four veteran team leaders The RadioShack team has announced its nine-rider line up for next month’s Tour de France; the team’s four leaders for the race were announced yesterday, and now the […]

Thailand and South Korea join the list of nations to be viewing la Grande Boucle The Tour de France’s Global popularity continues to grow as more and more countries having the 2011 race on TV. After race owner ASO’s signing […]

Fourteen years with Dutch team for German super-domestique Grischa Niermann has signed a further extension to his contract with Rabobank, taking him through to the end of 2012. The dependable German super-domestique has been riding for the Dutch team since […]

Electronic shifting filtered down to more affordable groupset Shimano has launched a new electronic version of its second level Ultegra groupset. The Japanese components giant released the Di2 (Digital Integrated Intelligence) version of its flagship Dura Ace group at the […]