After months of uncertainty and fears that the team might be dropped from the UCI ProTour, the Lampre-Farnese Vini team of Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi has been officially registered as a top-level squad for 2010. The UCI issued a […]

Last year Filippo Pozzato was clearly one of the strongest riders in the Ronde van Vlaanderen, or Tour of Flanders, but some negative tactics saw him mark Tom Boonen very closely and allow the latter’s team-mate Stijn Devolder to race […]

This year’s Amgen Tour of California has continued to draw some of the biggest names in cycling with the announcement that ten-time Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish and multiple world time trial champion Michael Rogers will lead the […]

This morning it was confirmed that the Cervélo Test Team of Thor Hushovd and 2008 champion Carlos Sastre had been given a wildcard slot for this year’s Tour de France. The Swiss outfit will join with Garmin-Transitions, Team RadioShack, BMC […]

As reported yesterday on VeloNation, Spanish rider Manuel ‘Triki’ Beltran faces a financial penalty after losing an appeal to the Aribitration Committee of the FCI (Federazione Ciclistica Italiana, or Italian Cycling Federation). His former team Liquigas sought to fine him […]

In previous years he’d be counting down the days to the start of the world track championships but this time, five-time world sprint champion Theo Bos is completely focussed on another major target. On Sunday the 26 year old will […]

Andy Schleck’s nightmarish start to the 2010 season continues, with the Luxembourg rider deciding not to take the start of today’s second stage of the Volta a Catalunya. Schleck said he was having problems with his stomach which forced him […]

Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will this week line out in the world track championships in Ballerup, Copenhagen, and both are motivated to add to their collection of gold medals. Hoy missed out on last year’s worlds due to a […]

Ivan Basso and Roman Kreuziger will spearhead the Liquigas-Doimo charge in the Volta a Catalunya, which starts in two days time, and directeur sportif Alberto Volpi believes that both will be prominent in the race. “We have the right men […]

Although the Lampre-Farnese Vini team will put a lot of faith in their sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, the Italian squad will also give Damiano Cunego the opportunity to achieve one of the big goals of his career. The former Giro d’Italia […]