Van Goolen in trouble with French police over Paris-Tours incident
Argument developed with female gendarme after final-kilometre crash An incident at the end of the 2011 Paris-Tours has landed Jurgen Van Goolen in hot water with French police, with the rider now facing possible charges due to a tussle with […]
‘Poisonous’ climb to debut at 2012 Giro del Trentino
Punta Veleno was rejected by Giro d’Italia in 1972 as too difficult The organisers of the Giro del Trentino have promised a big battleground for next year’s race, revealing that a dauntingly-steep hill will debut in pro racing on the […]
Serge Pauwels Interview: Going from Sky to Omega Pharma – Quick Step
Belgian rider hoping for fresh start on home soil after difficult year Serge Pauwels will always be remembered as the man who had to throw away his place in the two man winning break on stage 15 of the 2009 […]
USA Cycling drops Masters 30-34 racing from track and road national championships
Cites low numbers, also drops tandem track sprint from nationals USA Cycling has decided that participation in the 30-34 Masters age group is not high enough at road and track national championships and has dropped the category from the programme […]
Swiss Anti-Doping downplays significance of CAS dismissal in Ullrich case
“We still think it is a valid case and await the final decision” Responding to today’s ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that it doesn’t have jurisdiction to rule on an appeal against Jan Ullrich, the director of […]
Tom Boonen presents charity cyclocross for a third year
Star-studded field of road riders to take on “Tom Boonen and Friends” race in aid of Move to Improve Tom Boonen (Quick Step) is to organise his charity cyclocross race, at Zilvermeer, in his hometown of Mol, Belgium, for the […]
Tour de Langkawi aiming to go WorldTour within three years
Big plans for Malaysia’s top cycling race Long regarded as one of the top cycling events in Asia, the Tour de Langkawi organisers have confirmed that they hope to push for UCI WorldTour status within the next three years. Currently […]
Mark Cavendish presented with MBE as Olympic riders receive major product endorsement
Hoy and Pendleton join Cavendish and others as Procter and Gamble brand ambassadors Mark Cavendish was awarded his MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by the British Queen at Buckingham Palace, London, today. The award […]
Tibco adds strength to target international calendar once more in 2012
Top US women’s team aiming for Olympic development ahead of rider allocation in May Team Tibco-To the Top will once again be targeting the international calendar in 2012, with the broad aim of qualifying as many riders as possible for […]
CAS drops one Ullrich appeal due to lack of jurisdiction, but will rule on UCI’s action in six weeks
No determination of doping made; technicality causes first of two appeals to be ruled invalid Although one CAS ruling came today, the final outcome of proceedings against Jan Ullrich will be not finalised for approximately another six weeks, with the […]
