Belgian legend says it depends if Tour of Lombardy winner has desire Eddy Merckx gives Philippe Gilbert higher chances to do well in the Tour de France than Jurgen van den Broeck, despite the latter having two top 15 finishes […]

The 34-year-old is too young to retire Former cannibal Nys had a tough start to the season and many had written him off. Younger riders like Zdenek Stybar, Niels Albert or Kevin Pauwels seemed to have the upper hand on […]

Feels he may have spent too much time at Skil-Shimano Floris Goesinnen moves to the Australian Drapac Porsche team for the 2011 season, after four and a half years with Skil-Shimano. The Dutchman was also in talks with Willems Veranda, […]

Italian team takes German from folding Milram team The Italian Liquigas team has snatched up Dominik Nerz, the 2009 U23 German Champion, from the folding Milram team. It is the second time that Liquigas boss Roberto Amadio tried to get […]

Czech rider injured himself while running on beach in Mallorca Zdenek Stybar had hoped that a training camp in the cycling Mecca of Mallorca would get him back on the winning track in the cyclocross competition. Instead, a mishap while […]

Andy is five years younger, but doesn’t seem to see himself without his older sibling Andy Schleck is five years younger than his brother Fränk, but sees himself retiring together with his older sibling. Fränk started his career three years […]

Diabetes team steps it up in 2011 Team Type 1, a team that has several riders with diabetes, has received confirmation that its application for the Professional Continental Status with the International Cycling Union (UCI) was accepted. The American outfit […]

Swiss rider still hasn’t announced new team Fabian Cancellara left Saxo Bank and mentor Bjarne Riis after five years and all signs point to the Luxembourg Pro Cycling project as his next team. Cancellara notes that the signing of Alberto […]

Host nation gets second stage victory in final stage Burkina Faso’s Abdoul Aziz Nikiema won the final stage of the Tour du Faso, but Frenchman Julien Schick was not dislodged from his overall lead that he held since stage four. […]

Czech rider takes eighth victory of the season Zdenek Stybar survived a strong final attempt by Kevin Pauwels to win the second round of the Superprestige series in Zonhoven, Belgium. Pauwels came home less than five seconds after Stybar, who […]