Rodriguez, Di Luca to begin racing for Katusha in the Challenge Mallorca
Pozzato’s season start also confirmed As the start of the season rapidly approaches for the riders in the peloton, the big guns from various teams are finalising their racing programmes. The schedules will be tweaked as the season goes on, […]
Bianchi to relaunch the Chiorda brand
Frames raced to victory in top races by Felice Gimondi and Marino Basso The former racing brand of riders such as Felice Gimondi and Marino Basso, the Chiorda, will shortly be relaunched by the Bianchi company after a long absence. […]
Rodriguez, Di Luca and rest of Katusha team building towards big season
Russian ProTeam squad could make breakthrough this year World number one Joaquim Rodriguez, Filippo Pozzato, Alexandr Kolobnev and Vladimir Karpets have been working with the rest of the Katusha team at the squad’s training camp in Calpé, Spain, clocking up […]
Cérvelo and Canyon reach settlement over patent dispute
Frame manufacturers find common ground The court battle between Cervélo and Canyon in relation to the patent for the latter’s Maximus Seat Tube has reached a resolution, with both sides coming to an amicable conclusion after what they said was […]
Paris-Roubaix organisers remove three sectors of cobblestones, add five new ones
Changes made to layout of Hell of the North Classic Rejigging the race route in order to preserve the distance to be covered on the cobblestones, Paris-Roubaix organisers ASO have announced the net addition of two additional sectors of pavé […]
Tour de France wildcards to be decided at the end of January?
Early selection would curtail traditional push for results Normally teams vying for a place in the Tour de France have several months to show they deserve selection, using ASO-organised events such as the Tour of Qatar, Tour of Oman, Paris-Nice, […]
Armstrong’s spokesman says 2009 Astana salary was donated to his foundation
Higgins says Texan didn’t keep the cash Following the news that Lance Armstrong was indeed paid to race in 2009, accepting a salary from the Astana team as per UCI rules despite saying he was unpaid, his spokesman has said […]
World records ratified for Sarah Hammer and US team pursuit squad
Hammer’s coach and husband talks about new records and future targets Eight months after smashing individual and team pursuit records, US riders Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Dotsie Bausch have received notice from the UCI that the new world standards […]
UCI states that Armstrong did receive a salary from Astana in 2009
Says there’s no difference to Di Luca situation; Texan had previously said he was racing for free Having said this week that the Katusha team would have to pay Danilo Di Luca a salary for him to race with the […]
Vuelta 2011 very much for the climbers, but lacks explosive finale of 2010
Detailed look at the stages that make up this year’s Spanish Tour With just one individual time trial but a total of ten days listed as mountain stages, it’s clear that the route of the 2011 Vuelta a España announced […]
