British rider brings stage race experience as American team goes ProContinental The UnitedHealthcare team has added more European experience with the acquisition of British climber Charly Wegelius, as it looks to step up to Professional Continental level in 2011. The […]

Ted King and Timmy Duggan to add American flavour to Italian team Liquigas Pro Cycling, to be known as Liquigas-Cannondale in 2011, has announced the signing of seven more riders to complete its 29-man roster. The acid-green and blue team […]

Belgian champion out to win the race he has never started before The Kermiscross in the village of Ardooie, just outside Roeselare in West Flanders, is one of the very few races that has never been taken by Sven Nys […]

Former Belgian champion crashes and ruptures a kidney in his last professional race The Sluitingsprijs Putte Kapellen was supposed to be a happy occasion for 2003 Belgian champion Geert Omloop (Palmans-Cras). The “Closing race” brought the curtain down on the […]

Second medal near-miss in eight days represents a good end to a quiet year for the Olympic champion For Nicole Cooke, fifth in Sunday’s Commonwealth Games road race was her second near miss in just over a week, after her […]

Dutch team officially opens the way for French rider to join AG2R-La Mondiale The Skil-Shimano team has officially announced the termination of its contract with rider Steve Houanard. The Frenchman had originally signed on for another year with the Dutch […]

Yorkshire rider finally got his chance to hit the big time, and took it Russell Downing was consistently one of Britain’s top performing domestic riders for many years. Performances in the Tours of Britain and Ireland while riding for Continental […]

Former rider to bring British Cycling under-23 academy experience to coach team’s younger riders As part of its expansion in a bid to gain ProTeam status for 2011, the BMC Racing Team has hired Max Sciandri as an assistant director. […]

Young British sprinter continues winning streak to close the Belgian road season Adam Blythe (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the Sluitingsprijs Putte-Kapellen as the 183km race finished in a bunch sprint. The British rider, who recently turned 21, managed to hold on to […]

Three-time winner to sit out race of the falling leaves as Daniele Pietropolli leads the team With Damiano Cunego calling a halt to his disappointing season at last month’s Giro di Toscana, the Lampre-Farnese Vini team will line up at […]