In an interview with Kazakh newspaper ProSport Alexandre Vinokourov has claimed that International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid advised the Astana team against hiring Andrey Kashechkin. “He said we already have one rider who has suffered a suspension, me,” […]

Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) beat World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in a rare sprint finish in the Jaarmarktcross in Niel, Belgium. Nys took the initiative early on but was joined by Albert and Sdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Albert’s teammate […]

The Astana team has hired Russian Dimitri Sedun as another Director Sportif to work alongside Italian’s Giuseppe Martinelli and Guido Bontempi. The 38-year-old was a rider for the Roslotto, Mat and DeNardi teams in the 1990’s and early 2000’s before […]

An already star-studded Revolution series starts this weekend with yet more names from the ProTor peloton added. The new recruits are named as Saxo Bank’s Matt Goss, Katusha’s Ben Swift and recent OmegaPharma-Lotto signing Adam Blythe. “I’m really looking forward […]

After dominating its home leg in Manchester earlier in the month, the Great Britain team has announced a much-reduced line-up for the next round in Melbourne Australia next week. Most of the riders named were present in the Manchester round, […]

Nicolas Vogondy, French champion in 2002 and 2008 will join Jean-René Bernadeau’s Bbox Bouyges Telecom team on a one-year contract next season. The 32-year-old has spent the past three years with the Professional-Continental Agritubel team, which is folding at the […]

After the International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee meeting of 23rd September, new names have been added to the UCI ProTour Council (UPTC). Former Credit Agricole team manager Roger Legeay, Spaniard Ramon Mendiburu, Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche and recently […]

Danish climber Michael Rasmussen will sit down today with the CDC Calvaire team in order to end his links with the team, according to Danish newspaper Politiken. It was announced at the end of last month that Rasmussen would be […]

Currently in the Caribbean for the end of season Amstel Curaçao Race, former World cyclocross champion Lars Boom says he has no regrets over leaving his old speciality in favour of a career on the road. “When I heard that […]

With just two sessions down – and seven medals awarded – in the World Para-Cycling Track World Championships, two World records have already been broken. The Manchester Velodrome, which recently played host to the first round of the UCI Track […]