Lotto-Belisol banking on youth over experience in the Ronde van Vlaanderen
Belgian ProTeam without a big favourite for the first time in years; expects young riders to mix it up Lotto-Belisol will start Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen with its youngest, and most inexperienced team for many years. The big Belgian ProTeam […]
Project 1t4i relaunched as Team Argos Shimano
Multi-billion Euro energy company to power team for next three years As anticipated beforehand, the merged Argos Oil and North Sea Group company is the new backer of the 1t4i team, which was officially launched today in Rotterdam and will […]
Nuyens returns to training, could race in a month’s time
Belgian fighting back from fractured hip He won’t be able to line out in the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday to defend his title, but Nick Nuyens is celebrating a small triumph this weekend as he is able to return […]
Final countdown to unveiling of new sponsor of 1t4i team
Are merging oil companies the mystery backer? Editor’s note: go here for the latest on this story After several months of waiting, the new title sponsor of the 1t4i team will finally be unveiled this morning The new identity of […]
Teams and contenders line up for 110th Paris-Roubaix
The big names will be the favourites as usual but a new generation awaits With Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen still to come, race organiser ASO is already preparing for the second of cycling’s cobbled Monuments, Paris-Roubaix, the following Sunday, April […]
Mantova Case: BMC Racing Team to support Ballan and Santambrogio
Ochowicz: ‘No action…unless official request to do so’ Although the names of two of its riders cropped up again yesterday in relation to the Mantova doping investigation, the BMC Racing Team has said that it will not prevent either from […]
Sylvain Chavanel time trials to victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde
La Machine blitzes flat seaside course to become the first ever French winner of the Three Days Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has won the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, after a supreme display in the final stage 3b time trial around […]
Russian world track championship rider in hit and run
RusVelo’s Kovalev unsure about participation The Russian RusVelo team faces the possibility that it will lose the services of one of its riders, Ivan Kovalev, as the result of a hit and run accident in Australia. The 25 year old […]
Valverde to miss GP Miguel Indurain, unsure about Pais Vasco
Recovery from injury and Classics preparation highest priorities Still recovering from injuries sustained in his crash during the Volta a Catalunya, Alejandro Valverde will miss Saturday’s GP Miguel Indurain. His Movistar team has confirmed that the Spaniard will sit out […]
UCI confirms derogation given to Katusha to re-sign Kolobnev
Normal contract rules don’t apply due to complexities of case The UCI has this morning confirmed that it has given an ‘exceptional authorisation’ to the Katusha team to re-sign Alexandr Kolobnev, despite the usual rules limiting team size. The Russian […]
