Beppu saga continues as he fails to show for Skil-Shimano photoshoot
The immediate future team of Fumiyuki Beppu continues to be in doubt as he failed to turn up to the Skil-Shimano team photoshoot on Monday. The Japanese rider has signed a contract for 2010 with Lance Armstrong’s RadioShack team, but […]
Hot and cold women's nationals in the north and south hemispheres
With the cycloross season nearing its climax, it was national championships weekend all over Europe this week. Colder than average temperatures meant that many courses were under snow; there was too much in Great Britain and Ireland though, and both […]
Sven Nys: “Cyclocross must not lose its charm”
One day on and Sven Nys is still concerned about the incident in the Belgian Championships that saw big rival Niels Albert brought down by a spectator. The World Champion sustained a broken rib, which could compromise the remainder of […]
Klaas Vantornout wins Otegem Cross
Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) won the national cyclocross in Otegem today, escaping alone to win 18 seconds ahead of Kevin Pauwels (Telenet-Fidea) and Dieter Vanthourenhout (BKCP-Powerplus). The race serves as the championship for the province of West-Flanders, but is also known […]
Nederland Bloeit to Qatar without Vos
Marianne Vos’ Nederland Bloeit team will be heading to February’s Tour of Qatar without its leader, according to wielermagazine.com. The team will instead be led by Loes Markerink and Loes Gunnewijk, two strong Dutch riders recently signed from the disbanding […]
Tour de France stage 1 to pay homage to Merckx
The details of the finish of stage 1 of this summer’s Tour de France have been announced in a joint presentation from Tour organisers ASO and the Brussels local authorities, according to hln.be. The stage will take in 224km between the […]
Bastianelli’s Rainbow Year was the worst of her life
For 2007 World Champion Marta Bastianelli, 2008 should have been her best year in cycling, instead it turned out to be her worst. A positive test for banned substance fenfluromine – an amphetimine derivative, often used as a weight loss […]
Lack of passport stops Kristoff Down Under
New BMC Racing signing Alexander Kristoff will be prevented from taking the start of his first ever ProTour race by the International Cycling Union (UCI) because of having no data on his biological passport, according to feltet.dk. The 22-year-old Norwegian […]
British Cyclo-cross Nationals postponed due to snow
As reported on VeloNation yesterday, the snowy weather in the UK has made the prospect of organising the National Cyclocross Championships at Sutton Park, Birmingham very difficult. The decision has been made today to postpone this weekend’s event until the […]
Snow puts British cross nationals in doubt
Weather conditions across the United Kingdom could cause this weekend’s British Cyclocross Championships to be postponed, according to British Cycling. The championships are due to be held at Sutton Park, Birmingham on Sunday, but heavy snow could make the venue […]
