With the majority of reactions to the new Olympic track programme being negative, Great Britain’s Performance Director Dave Brailsord is broadly optimistic; particularly that it gives women the same number of events as men. “The issue of gender inequality within […]

Belgian track cyclist Kenny De Ketele has voiced his disappointment at the confirmation of the changed Olympic track programme. De Ketele and racing partner Iljo Keisse were fourth in the Madison at the Olympic Games in Beijing last year, agonisingly […]

Lance Armstrong’s new RadioShack team met for the first time for a two-day training camp in Tucson, Arizona this week. On day two Armstrong spoke at a press conference about his and the team’s for 2010.“I’m 38,” he said, according […]

Spanish rider Eladio Jimenez Sanchez has protested his innocence after being provisionally suspended for doping last week. The Spaniard, who rides for Portuguese team Centro Ciclismo de Loulé – Louletano, tested non-negative for synthetic EPO after his stage victory in […]

The debacle caused by the withdrawal of Skyter as the new sponsor for the current Nürnberger Versicherung team has taken its first casualty with the retirement of Tina Liebig. Skyter was due to take over as the team’s sponsor, but […]

The eleventh hour withdrawal of Skyter as a new sponsor for the current Nürnberger Versicherung team was the latest blow to hit the women’s sport in this close season. The team may be forced to fold, leaving the prospect of […]

Rabobank’s Pedro Horrillo returned to the scene of his near-fatal crash in this year’s Giro d’Italia this week. The 35-year-old crashed on stage eight of the race between Morbegno and Bergamo, hitting a barrier on the descent of the Culmine […]

The battle for young British rider Ben Swift has taken another turn this week as Team Sky has named him in its seven-man team for January’s Santos Tour Down Under. So far there has been no reaction from his current […]

On the day that the Portuguese Anti-Doping Authority announced a greater transparency for the results of rider controls, a rider from one of the country’s Continental teams has been provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI). Eladio Jimenez Sanchez […]

23-year old Ben Hermans has had an accident at home that will prevent him from attending the first meeting of his new RadioShack team. A broken foot sustained in an accident in his kitchen means that he will have to […]