Despite being a two-time runner-up at the Tour de France, and now the champion of the World, Cadel Evans is not sure how much impact he has made in a maistream Australian media more familiar with sports like cricket and […]

Swiss rider Patrick Calcagni has decided to retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2009 season. The 32-year-old from Lugano turned professional in 2000 with Vini-Caldirola, before moving to the newly formed Liquigas in 2005; he has been […]

Two more riders have been added to the roster of the Cervélo TestTeam. Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead and the Netherlands’ Iris Slappendel, both join the number one women’s team on two year contracts. 20-year-old Armitstead has spent 2009 with the […]

One could argue that the curse of the rainbow jersey struck the USA’s Amber Neben during 2009; only not while she was actually wearing it. As the World time trial champion, the Nürnberger Versicherung rider just wore the bands against […]

Despite already being under contract with French team Ag2r-La Mondiale for next year, Irish champion Nicolas Roche (son of Tour, Giro and World Championships winner Stephen Roche) has, according to French sports paper l’Equipe, added a further year to take […]

On the surface, Great Britain’s performance at last week’s World Championships in Varese looks disappointing. A technical problem denied Bradley Wiggins a probable bronze medal in the time trial, and a crash and mechanical issues in the road race for […]

Noemi Cantele of Italy has finally had the good fortune that many felt she deserved at World Championships. Twice. “It was a fantastic week!” she enthused to VeloNation after winning her second medal. “Unbelieveble! “Many times I was close to […]

Tatiana Guderzo of Italy won the World Championships road race after a solo attack in the 124.2km race in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The 25-year-old from Marostica in the province of Vicenza, who won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics, escaped […]

Team USA’s World Championships campaign suffered a blow this week as BMC Racing’s Jeff Louder has diagnosed with the H1N1 swine ‘flu virus. “I haven’t been feeling well and saw Dr. Testa Monday,” said Louder in a press release. “Based […]

At a meeting of the UCI’s Management Committee in Lugano, Switzerland a number of matters were agreed, by far the most controversial of which is to gradually phase out the use of race radios for riders of all categories. Critics […]