Brian Cookson launches presidential Manifesto for “Restoring Trust, Leading Change”
British challenger symbolically chooses place of original UCI founding Brian Cookson officially launched his election Manifesto in Paris, France, today, for his bid to become the next President of the International Cycling Union (UCI). The Englishman, who is currently the […]
Blanco officially becomes Belkin Pro Cycling with sponsor signed through 2015
Blue, white and black team switches to Belkin green for the next two and a half years Blanco Pro Cycling has officially confirmed that, as reported earlier this month, it has signed a two and a half year deal with […]
Movistar targets final podium for Alejandro Valverde with Tour de France team
Nairo Quintana and Rui Costa lead support squad for Murcian’s “biggest ambition this year” Movistar will start the Tour de France on Saturday, June 29th, with the aim of putting Alejandro Valverde on the final podium with the nine-man team […]
Rowsell, Numainville and Ferrand-Prevot head the list of national time trial champions
Second day of women’s titles decided in northern hemisphere Joanna Rowsell (Wiggle Honda), Joëlle Numainville (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabobank-Liz/Giant) were among the winners on the second day of national time trial championships across the northern […]
Lotto-Belisol Tour de France team built around both Greipel and Van Den Broeck
Belgian team one of the few with serious sprint and general classification ambitions Lotto-Belisol has become the latest team to announce its nine-man line up for the upcoming Tour de France and, with both André Greipel and Jurgen Van Den […]
MTN-Qhubeka replaces Vini Fantini-Selle Italia at il Lombardia
Milano-Sanremo winning team steps into spot vacated after Giro positives MTN-Qhubeka has been awarded the wildcard invitation to September’s il Lombardia that was recently handed back by Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, race organiser RCS Sport has announced. This will be the […]
Team Sky announces squad for Chris Froome’s Tour de France bid
Kenyan-born Briton “Ready, excited and can’t wait to get going.” Sky Procycling has announced the nine-man team that will defend its Tour de France title in the race, which starts on June 29th. Defending champion Bradley Wiggins was confirmed as […]
Johansson and van Dijk retain Swedish and Netherlands time trial titles
Schwager also retains Swiss title; Pawlowska wins Polish race Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS), Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-lululemon) and Patricia Schwager (Faren-Let’s Go Finland) all retained their national time trial titles in the Swedish, Netherlands and Swiss championships respectively, while Katarzyna Pawlowska […]
Saxo-Tinkoff announces line up for Alberto Contador’s Tour de France campaign
No Danes in Danish team as Spanish leader looks to make up for effective three-year absence Team Saxo-Tinkoff has announced the nine-man line up that will start the Tour de France on June 29th, with the goal of taking a […]
Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb head Argos-Shimano Tour de France team
Two-pronged sprint attack for ambitious Dutch team Argos-Shimano has become the second team to reveal its nine-man Tour de France roster, with less than two weeks to go until the race gets started on the island of Corsica. The Dutch […]
