Team Saxo Bank racks up national championships
The Danish Saxo bank team picked up several national championship jerseys over the weekend. In their home race twelve riders lined up in the town of Sønderborg to defend Nicki Sørensen’s win from last year. The 196 kilometer course around […]
Boonen takes Belgian road championships
On the 234.6km course in Aywaille, Belgium Quick-Step’s Tom Boonen took his first Belgian road championship title. The big sprinter bested Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and Kristof Goddaert (Top Sport Vlaanderen-Mercator) out of a 15-man group. The Quick-Step team worked well […]
Bouet signs with AG2r La Mondiale
Maxime Bouet signed with the AG2r La Mondiale team for 2 years. The 22-year-old Frenchman moved to his current team Agritubel in 2008 after riding strong as an amateur. Already with five professional wins to his name, the young rider […]
Van Impe on the mend
Team Quick-Step’s Kevin Van Impe won’t be taking the start line in this weekend’s Belgian National Championship. The winner of the Dwars door Vlaanderen 2009 is recovering from an injury to the vastus medialis muscle of his left leg, which […]
Silence-Lotto looks to Evans in Tour
Belgian team Silence-Lotto will again look to Australian Cadel Evans for the overall win when the Tour de France starts on July 4 in Monaco. Evans will have a strong team to support his bid to win the overall after […]
Contador brings home national championship title
Tour de France favorite Alberto Contador won the Spanish national time trial championship today, a 47.8km course between Torrelavega and Cuevas de Altamira. He clocked a time of 1hr 04min 40sec beating Luis Leon Sanchez by 37 seconds and Ruben […]
Saxo Bank signs new co-sponsor
The Spanish holiday resort “Playitas” which is operated by the travel services company “Apollo” will be a new co-sponsor for Team Saxo Bank with a signed agreement that runs until the end of 2010. The sponsorship means, among other things, […]
Team Type 1 Wins Race Across America, Betters Team Record
Team Type 1 rolled onto the Annapolis, Md., City Dock early Friday morning as champions of the eight-person team division of the Race Across America (RAAM). The athletes on Team Type 1 – all of whom have Type 1 diabetes […]
Ricco to ride for Ceramica Flaminia
Italian Riccardo Ricco, who is currently serving a doping ban, was reported by Tuttosport to contract with the Irish-Italian cycling team Ceramica Flaminia. Ricco was suspended in October 2008 by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) after he tested positive for […]
GB cycling coach Sutton to snatch up Garmin and Barloworld riders?
In an interview with BBC Sport, Great Britain’s cycling coach Shane Sutton says he is expecting four leading Brit’s to join Team Sky. Team Sky, sponsored by media organization BSkyB, is set to launch for 2010 and intends to create […]
