Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen is to be added to the International Cycling Union’s (UCI’s) Biological Passport system, despite the fact that he neither rides for a ProTour nor a Professional Continental team. His new team, Miche, as a Continental team is […]

Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) won stage 2 of the Tour of Oman in a bunch sprint in Samail. He beat American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) into second and third place, respectively. Today’s stage win was Bennati’s […]

Jussi Veikkanen (la Française des Jeux) took his team’s second successive stage of the Tour of the Mediterranean in the Provence town of Trets. He took the victory ahead of Big Mat-Auber 93 duo Fabian Baquet and Yohan Mombaerts, but […]

Andre Griepel (HTC-Columbia) took victory in the Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova, the fifth and final race in the Mallorca Challenge. He beat Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Tour Down Under stage winner Manuel Cardoso (Footon-Servetto) into second and third respectively. The HTC-Columbia team […]

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won stage 5 of the Tour of Qatar between Lusail and Madinat Al Shamal, his second victory of this year’s race. The Belgian champion was the fastest of a peloton split once again by strong winds; […]

Yauheni Hutarovich (La Française des Jeux) led home a group of sixteen riders to take a victory in stage 1 of the Tour of the Mediterranean, as he did last year. The Belarusian champion beat Frenchman William Bonnet (Bbox Bouyges […]

Portuguese rider Rui Costa (Caisse d’Epargne) won the Trofeo Deià, the fourth round of the Challenge Mallorca, today. The 23-year-old, who won the Four Days of Dunkerque last year, beat Mallorcan local Joan Horrach (Team Katusha) in a two-up sprint […]

Gerald Ciolek and the Milram team have been dealt another blow today as it has been announced that the German sprinter has sustained a separated right shoulder and a broken scaphoid bone in his wrist, in addition to his broken […]

As Italy prepares to say goodbye to national coach Franco Ballerini, who tragically died in a rally car accident yesterday, tributes were paid by Renato Di Rocco, the chairman of the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI). He also hinted at a […]

Garmin-Transitions rider Steve Cozza has added to the list of riders injured in this year’s Tour of Qatar, crashing in the middle stages of stage 2 and breaking his collarbone. The incident happened as the lead held by breakaway duo […]