Spanish telecommunications giant puts pen to paper on Vuelta rest day While it was confirmed a month ago that the Caisse d’Epargne team was to become Team Movistar from 2011, Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica officially put pen to paper with […]

Could mean reduced rider allocation per team to comply with UCI regulations The RadioShack team has been added to a revised list of teams invited to the Giro di Lombardia, according to la Gazzetta dello Sport; the American team was […]

German team beats rival Cervélo to take early lead HTC-Columbia won the opening stage team time trial in the Tuscan seaside resort of Viareggio. The German-registered team flew around the short 5.45km out-and-back course in a time of 6’21”, 11 […]

Norwegian champion has Melbourne form right where he wants it Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) has withdrawn from the Vuelta a España and will not start Wednesday’s time trial according to Norwegian TV station TV2. The Norwegian champion has returned to […]

Two-time champion leaves some big names at home Italian national coach Paolo Bettini has announced his first ever team for the World Championships, to be held in Melbourne, Australia next month. The two-time World champion from La California, in Tuscany, […]

Former Tour de France champion still unhappy with Cervélo TestTeam selection Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) has not been enjoying his best Grand Tour at this year’s Vuelta a España. Nevertheless after Monday’s stage to the Alto de Cotobello he has […]

Two key stages remain for top two race contenders On today’s stage to Alto de Cotobello, a late attack from Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) saw him seize back the red jersey that he lost to Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on stage 11 […]

Luxembourg champion goes all out to take time in the mountains Having ridden well, but fairly anonymously, so far in this year’s Vuelta, the biggest headlines around Saxo Bank’s Fränk Schleck were those around his younger brother Andy being sent […]

New additions to the ProTour make small changes to the classification ahead of Vuelta results The International Cycling Union (UCI) has released its latest World Ranking. With the Vuelta a España still ongoing the two new Canadian ProTour races, the […]

Lagos de Covadonga winner to join good friend Juanma Garate at Dutch team After four seasons at Quick Step, Carlos Barredo is to join the Rabobank team in 2011. The 29-year-old Spanish climber from Oviedo, who won yesterday’s fifteenth stage […]