Liquigas-Doimo says “Come and see”
Team Liquigas-Doimo has decided to open its training camps up to the press in order to dispel any rumours over doping within the team, according to la Repubblica. The team, one of two Italian teams in the ProTour, includes riders […]
Christophe Le Mevel: “Maybe I was too defensive”
Christophe Le Mevel of la Française des Jeux finished 10th in last year’s Tour de France, just 14’25” behind winner Alberto Contador. Importantly for the then 28-year-old, he took the coveted position of best Frenchman in his National Tour. In […]
Belgian coach worried about Niels Albert, tipping Zdenek Stybar
Belgian national cyclocross coach Rudy De Bie is hopeful that World Champion Niels Albert can recover from his broken rib in time to defend his rainbow jersey in Tabor, Czech Republic on January 31st. De Bie, in an interview with […]
Leg cramps cost Katie Compton World Cup, could affect Worlds
Having won the World Cup race in Roubaix last season, in almost identically muddy conditions, Katie Compton (Planet Bike) was a surprise non-starter in Sunday’s race. Instead of racing to a win in the conditions she loves the US champion […]
Belgium announces team for Tabor Worlds
The seven-man Belgian team for the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic at the end of the month has been announced by head coach Rudy De Bie, and – as usual – it is not without controversy. Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) […]
Niels Albert: “Broken rib cost me money and form”
The accident that brought down Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in the previous weekend’s Belgian Championships is still being felt, as the World Champion was forced to resort to painkillers in order to ride yesterday’s World Cup race in Roubaix, France. “After […]
Becker joins Cervélo as Nürnberger Versicherung still unresolved
Former German time trial champion Charlotte Becker has joined the Cervélo TestTeam according to radsport-news.com. The 26-year-old has been a member of the Nürnberger Versicherung team since 2007 and has taken the opportunity to quit the German team amidst the […]
Van Avermaet and Van den Broeck talk up their chances in 2010
After the departure of World Champion Cadel Evans to BMC Racing, OmegaPharma-Lotto’s two domestic Grand Tour hopes have been talking up their chances for the coming season. Jurgen Van Den Broeck finished fifteenth at last year’s Tour de France, 20’50” […]
Dutch win at home in Surhuisterveen Cross
Gerben de Knegt (Rabobank) and Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) – both silver medallists in the Dutch National Championships last weekend – both put their disappointment behind them to win the Centrumcross at Surhuisterveen, Netherlands ahead of Sunday’s World Cup round […]
Schumacher dissatisfied with CAS delays
German rider Stefan Schumacher has expressed dissatisfaction with further delays to his appeal against a two-year ban for doping, according to French sports paper l’Equipe. The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) was originally meant to have reached a decision […]
