Tour of Poland to commemorate Auschwitz 65 years on
Tour of Poland organisers have chosen International Holocaust Remembrance Day to announce that stage 6 of this year’s race will start from Oświęcim, “the City of Peace” where the Nazi’s built the Auschwitz concentration camps in World War II. The […]
Tour of California appeals for volunteers
Race organiser AEG Sports is looking for more than 4,500 volunteers to help out with the running of this year’s Amgen Tour of California. The majority will be to serve as volunteer course marshals, to provide support to the 75 […]
RadioShack team announces Tour de France long list
With the Tour de France more than five months away, RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel has announced a list of 14 names for the race, according to bicicilismo.com. The long list will be cut down to a final team of nine […]
Lance Armstrong to Criterium International; misses first clash with Contador
Lance Armstrong has made a change to his early season racing schedule, according to marca.com, who cite the RadioShack team as a source. He is now to ride the Criterium International on Corsica on March 27th and 28th. This precludes […]
UCI confirms temporary ProTour registration for Lampre-Farnese Vini
Italian team Lampre-Farnese Vini has finally been granted ProTour registration by the International Cycling Union (UCI) but only until the end of March. The team already holds a ProTour licence, which can be awarded on a multi-year basis, but the […]
Hoogerheide leaves clear favourites for Cyclocross Worlds
The final World Cup race of the 2009/10 season was the last rendezvous before the coming weekend’s World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic. Three, or possibly four, names identify themselves as the outstanding favourites for the men’s race; names that have […]
Contador: 'More motivated than ever' for 2010
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador eventually decided to see out his contract and stay with Astana for 2010. Despite this, with a new manager, new bike sponsor and a raft of new riders it seems like a new team. […]
Lance Armstrong: 'If I were Alberto Contador I wouldn’t be afraid'
One year on since the beginning of his second comeback, Lance Armstrong is as confident as ever about his chances in this year’s Tour de France. Nevertheless, despite the previous war of words, the American was complimentary about his biggest […]
Paris-Nice 2010 route announced: 'suits Alberto Contador' says Gallopin
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has announced the route of this year’s Paris-Nice race, set to run between March 7th and 14th. The course – made up of a prologue and seven stages – will cover 1285.5km between Montfort-l’Amaury just […]
2010 Flanders presented, Devolder disappointed
The route of the 2010 Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) was presented in Gent, Belgium yesterday. This year’s race will cover 262km, climbing 15 hills, between Brugge (Bruges) and Meerbeke. As is usual the opening kilometres differ from last […]
