A pink jersey in the northern French race is not the one that the former Italian champion wanted Having been removed from Katusha’s Giro d’Italia line up last week, Filippo Pozzato will instead be riding the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, […]

Small builders group to take on administrative tasks; UCI to offer discount The International Cycling Union (UCI) has signed an agreement with The Framebuilders Collective (TFC), which will “facilitate and reduce the costs to small manufacturers of the approval procedure […]

Miche-Guerciotti rider provisionally suspended pending confirmation Pasquale Muto (Miche-Guerciotti) has tested positive for EPO in a test at the Giro dell’Appennino last month, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has announced. The 30-year-old from Naples finished fifth in the race, as […]

Eight men behind Vincenzo Nibali in Corsa Rosa this weekend Although defending champion Ivan Basso is to sit out this year’s race, the Liquigas-Cannondale team is aiming to keep the Giro d’Italia’s pink jersey in-house through last year’s third place, […]

Race’s leading pair finishes together on final mountain stage Javier Moreno (Caja Rural) secured his overall victory on the final stage of the Vuelta a Asturias, between Oviedo and the Alto del Naranco, but was secure enough in the overall […]

Dutch team hoping to shine after missing out on all three Grand Tours last year The Dutch Vacansoleil-DCM is preparing for its first ever appearance at the Giro d’Italia and, while it doesn’t possess any top favourites for the race, […]

Lars Boom, Oscar Freire and Michael Matthews all expected to shine With an entirely Dutch line up being sent to the Giro d’Italia, to largely concentrate on supporting the sprint talent of Theo Bos, the orange and blue team is […]

“Would not really be correct” for new project to poach team’s Belgian stars Although co-sponsor Lotto has announced that it is to leave and set up a new Belgian cycling project, Omega Pharma intends to carry on with its current […]

Sprinter replaced by climber as team’s race strategy changes Daniele Bennati’s first stage crash in the Tour de Romandie saw the Italian sprinter break four ribs and his collarbone, ruling him out of the Giro d’Italia, which starts in the […]

Dutch sensation wins GPs Elsy Jacobs and Nicolas Frantz with identical top five both times After HTC-Highroad’s victory in Friday night’s Elsy Jacob’s City Trophy team time trial, the rest of the Luxembourg Festival of Women’s Cycling belonged to Marianne […]