MCipollini-Giordana sending all of its champions to Qatar
New women’s superteam starting the season with all its top riders The new MCipollini-Giordana team will start its first ever race at the Tour of Qatar next month and will send all of its former World champions to the Gulf […]
Tour of Qatar announces provisional start list
Battle of the sprinters continues on the desert roads of the Middle East The Tour of Qatar starts with an individual prologue time trial for the first time in its nine-year history, having begun with a short team time trial […]
UCI confirms phasing out of radios at St Wendel conference
Management Committee meets at World cyclocross venue to settle season’s business The International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee met at the venue of the cyclocross World Championships in St-Wendel, Germany today. The purpose of the meeting was to confirm the […]
Tech News Round Up: UCI lowers price of frame approval, Mavic, Rotor and Sidi
Governing body makes approved sticker cheaper; A look at and what the teams are riding Welcome to the first ever edition of VeloNation’s tech news round up, bringing you the big news from the cycle industry and what the top […]
Alberto Contador maintains innocence and announces intention to appeal against any suspension
Embattled Tour de France champion speaks at specially arranged press conference Alberto Contador has announced that he intends to appeal against the suspension handed down to him earlier this week, and continued to maintain his innocence of any doping offence […]
Is Andrea Guardini the next Italian superstar?
21-year-old Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter has a near perfect record in his first full season It may be a little premature to say it, less than a month into his first full season as a professional, but in Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter […]
OmegaPharma-Lotto riders hit the wind tunnel
Belgian riders visit Mercedes facility in England, as used by McLaren Formula 1 team Three riders from the OmegaPharma-Lotto have visited the Drag2Zero facility at the Mercedes Benz Formula One wind tunnel, as used by the McLaren Formula 1 motor […]
Richie Porte sees possible Contador suspension as “a pretty big opportunity”
Rolf Sørensen sees it as a benefit to Danish cycling The possible ban of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador could be seen as a disaster for his new Saxo Bank-SunGard team. After the loss of Fränk and Andy Schleck […]
World Cyclocross Championships circuit: Mud or Ice?
Sub-zero nights and sunny days make the weekend’s surface tough to predict This weekend’s World Cyclocross Championships are going to be tough, everyone is agreed on that. What nobody can quite decide though, is what the surface of the course […]
UCI clarifies position on Alberto Contador case
One-year ban is “interim decision” and nothing yet confirmed The International Cycling Union (UCI) has released a statement clarifying its position on the case of Alberto Contador and the widely reported news that the Spanish Cycling Federation was to penalise […]
