Eneco Tour: André Greipel wins Eneco Tour stage 2 in bunch sprint
Yet another victory for the Gorilla André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won the second stage of the Eneco Tour, between Sint Willebrord, Netherlands and Ardooie, Belgian. The big German outsprinted yesterday’s stage winner Robbie McEwen (Katusha) and defending race champion Edvald Boasson […]
UCI responds to biological passport cover up claims in Wall Street Journal article
Governing body denies failing to act on recommendations made by expert panel, claims WADA has full confidence On August 7th the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article alleging that the International Cycling Union (UCI) was failing to act on […]
Jurgen Van Den Broeck: “It’s not easy when you become public property”
Tour de France fifth place finds the weight of a cycling-crazy nation quite heavy OmegaPharma-Lotto’s Jurgen Van Den Broeck is coming to terms with what it means to achieve the best Belgian Tour de France finish in a generation. His […]
Daniel Martin solos to win Tre Valli Varesine
Irishman holds Tour of Poland form to escape in uphill final kilometre Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions) won the 90th edition of the Tre Valli Varesine – the three valleys of Varese – after attacking his breakaway companion Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF) in […]
Eneco Tour: Svein Tuft reigns in the rain to spoil the locals’ day in Netherlands prologue
Canadian champion denies the Dutch over a wet 5km Svein Tuft (Garmin-Transitions) won the rain-affected prologue of the Eneco Tour around the streets of Steenwijk, Netherlands. A late starter, the Canadian champion blitzed around the 5km course to finish 6 […]
UCI ProTour: Fourteen teams chasing eight licences for 2011
UCI receives plethora of applications for a seat at cycling’s top table The International Cycling Union (UCI) ProTour Council has released details of the applications for licences received by the August 15th deadline. Of the eighteen ProTour licences currently held […]
Stefan Schumacher returns to racing this month with Team Miche
German returns from doping ban with the team that gave Michael Rasmussen his return Stefan Schumacher has signed a contract with the Italian Miche team for the rest of the season as the German makes his return to the sport. […]
Transfer News Roman Kreuziger to Astana for two years
Czech rider becomes first big name to replace Alberto Contador in Kazakh team Czech rider Roman Kreuziger has signed a two-year contract with Astana, according to a statement from the Kazakh team. The 24-year-old becomes the first big name rider […]
Transfer News: Roger Kluge quits Milram for Skil-Shimano
Track specialist to join Dutch team as German team set to fold German rider Roger Kluge is to leave Milram after just one year and head for the Dutch Skil-Shimano team. The German team looks set to fold at the […]
UCI World Ranking little changed after Vattenfall Cyclassics
Single day race makes little difference to classification led by Tour winner With no riders at the top of the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Ranking featuring in yesterday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics, the change to the classification is negligible. Race winner […]