Liege officially unveils 2012 Tour de France Grand Depart
Belgian city to host race prologue for second time in eight years The Tour de France’s 2012 Grand Depart was officially unveiled in the Belgian city of Liège today by Christian Prudhomme, director of the race and Andre Gilles, the […]
Team Sky to defend lead at next round of Revolution Championship
Six-Day stars in attendance for first ever three-man Madison The next round of the Revolution Championship, the second of this season, will take place this Saturday at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. The competition is currently led by Team […]
IOC visits completed London 2012 velodrome
6000 seater track still on course to be first completed Olympic venue IOC Coordination Commission Chairman Denis Oswald visited London’s 2012 Olympic velodrome today, as work was completed on the 250 metre track. The velodrome, which will have a total […]
Etape du Tour organiser announces entries open
Two events to be restricted to 6000 riders each The organiser of the Etape du Tour has announced that entries have opened for this July’s events. Because of the usual huge demand for places on what is arguably the reference […]
Andy Schleck: “My relationship with Bjarne Riis is not the same”
Rider still speaks with his former mentor but relations have cooled Having spent his entire career with Bjarne Riis team, first CSC and then Saxo Bank, Andy Schleck’s relationship with his long-time mentor has cooled considerably. The Luxembourg rider has […]
Spanish newspaper leaks what it says is 2011 Vuelta a España route
Diario de León claims to have exclusive race route and pre-empts official presentation The official presentation of the 2011 Vuelta a España will be made by race organiser Unipublic on January 12th. The course will be presented in the Costa […]
Three former World champions to new women’s MCipollini-Giordana team
Guderzo, Cooke and Bastianelli join forces in formidable new squad Tatiana Guderzo, Nicole Cooke and Marta Bastianelli, the World champions of 2009, 2008 and 2007 respectively, will be joining forces in the jersey of the new MCipollini-Giordana team, according to […]
Iljo Keisse: “It’s good to be an active Quick Step rider again”
Belgian track star will ride with the team until the end of the year, and hopes to sign for longer after ban is overturned Having been given the good news that he is cleared to race in this month’s Six-days […]
HTC-Highroad announces Tour Down Under team
Team aims to retain the overall race as Mark Cavendish chases stage wins On the back of the news that Mark Cavendish is to ride January’s Santos Tour Down Under, HTC-Highroad has announced the rest of the team that will […]
Pegasus Sports to be Professional Continental in 2011
Team fails in its bid to become first ever Australian team at the sport’s top table but is hopeful for the future With the announcement of the first four ProTeam licences today, four teams learned that their applications had been […]