Intermediate bonuses give Marianne Vos the first Maglia Rosa Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) made a dream return from the shoulder fracture, sustained in April’s Omloop van Borsele, with a sprint victory in the opening stage of the 2013 Giro d’Italia Femminile, […]

Sky principal feeling confident ahead of team’s bid for a second straight Tour victory Sky Procycling principal Dave Brailsford declares himself, and his team, relaxed ahead of tomorrow’s Tour de France, which will see the British squad start as defending […]

Movistar captain aiming at the final podium; Spanish team wary of Corsican opening stages Movistar starts the Tour de France tomorrow with the one clear goal of putting Alejandro Valverde on the final podium for the first time in his […]

Argos-Shimano’s German sprinters anxious to put new techniques into action on stage one Argos-Shimano’s German sprinters, Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb, have declared themselves “100 percent ready” and “really excited” respectively, ahead of Saturday’s Tour de France start. The two […]

Opportunity for British champion on first day one sprint stage in half a century Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has had his red, white and blue banded British champion’s jersey for less than a week, but is already looking to […]

Austrian consolation for Norwegian champion after Tour de France disappointment After the disappointment of missing out on BMC Racing’s Tour de France team, Thor Hushovd will have to consolation of debuting his new Norwegian champion’s jersey at the Österreich-Rundfahrt, the […]

US bike company to “create a new team” based on existing squad in 2014 US bike manufacturer Trek has announced that, confirming recent rumours, it has bought out the WorldTour license of the RadioShack-Leopard team from its holding company Leopard […]

CCC Polsat Polkowice, Colombia and NetApp-Endura invited along with Polish National Team With the race just over one month away, the organisers of the Tour of Poland have announced the four teams that have been handed wild card invitations to […]

Incumbent president calls for challenger to explain key pledges made A day after presidential challenger Brian Cookson released his election Manifesto, International Cycling Union (UCI) incumbent Pat McQuaid has come out fighting with a challenge to the Englishman to explain […]

Armitstead, Muccioli, Brand, Numainville, Worrack and De Vocht among the new champions Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) managed to overcome the numerical superiority of Wiggle Honda riders Laura Trott and Dani King in the final lap of the Great Britain championships in […]