Alejandro Valverde’s attempt to overturn his ban on racing in Italy has failed and the rider will be unable to compete in the country until May 10, 2011. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has yet to officially announce the […]

Astana team manager, Yvon Sanquer, had agreed to waive the ProTour team’s right to participate in Paris-Roubaix this April. The team announced that they had previously discussed the situation with race organizers, the Amaury Sports Organization, and wanted to clarify […]

HTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish looked poised to go for the sprint in the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, when the Manxman hit to pavement hard with less than 10 kilometers left in the stage. At first it looked as if Cavendish […]

He’s now a rival manager to his former team leader, but Johan Bruyneel has admitted that Alberto Contador’s all-round abilities make him very difficult to beat. The Belgian was speaking after the end of Paris-Nice, which was won by Contador […]

Now in his sixth season as a professional, Nicolas Roche appears to be moving on to a new level with his best-ever early season performance. Yesterday he finished eleventh overall in Paris-Nice, adding fourth on the final stage to earlier […]

Polish under-23 World Championship silver medalist Kacper Szczepaniak has attempted suicide following the announcement late last week of a positive doping control for EPO. According to Sportwereld, Kacper’s brother Pawel, who also tested positive for the substance after winning the […]

The director of the Amstel Gold Race, Leo van Vliet, has announced the final wild card selections that will be a part of the twenty-four teams to participate in the Dutch Spring Classic. The last four wild cards were given […]

Rebecca Much took the overall title of the Tucson Bicycle Classic Sunday after starting the final stage trailing by seven seconds. “I just kept thinking that if I can win this stage I can win the overall,” she said after […]

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling veteran Karl Menzies secured the first ever overall win for the new US team when he finished 3rd in Sunday’s final stage to win the omnium (points) at the Tour de Murietta. “The guys had another good […]

Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) has won the 216 kilometer fifth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico today which took place from Chieti to Colmurano. The determined Italian was the fastest in a leading group of four on the stage’s uphill drag to the finish. […]