Quick Step's Stijn Devolder relieved and now ready for more
Tour of Belgium victory snaps 13 month drought The mercurial Belgian all-arounder, Stijn Devolder, is renowned for his consistently inconsistent racing. In 2008 and 2009, he managed to coerce the stars into alignment for one day each season to provide […]
Giro d'Italia: Ivan Basso sets his sights on the Tour de France
Can he pull off the Giro/Tour Double? Ivan Basso, fresh off of his second Giro d’Italia overall victory, isn’t taking any time to rest on his laurels. The next goal for the Liquigas rider will be the Tour de France, […]
Giro d'Italia makes room for top domestic team in 2011
Giro d’Italia to ensure home talent has a spot In a gesture that bodes well for equitability, organizers of the Giro d’Italia and most races in Italy worth racing, RCS, have agreed to a new rule in the team selection […]
Taylor Phinney set to move up to RadioShack
ProTour the next stop for prodigy In a surprise of muffled sounding proportions, it appears that Taylor Phinney will not be whiling away his time with the U23 Trek-Livestrong team in 2011, but rather its big brother, Radio Shack. The […]
Giro d'Italia: Rabobank's Steven Kruijswijk makes a name for himself
Late addition to roster shines in first Grand Tour Richie Porte will justifiably be the breakthrough name most people will take from this year’s Giro, but there’s another rider, only 22-years-old, who deserves special mention: Rabobank’s Steven Kruijswijk. Kruijswijk was […]
Giro d'Italia: Richie Porte hangs tough on Mortirolo
One more hard day remains for Best Young Rider Richie Porte’s dream Giro d’Italia continued on through the penultimate day in the mountains over the Mortirolo to the stage finish in Aprica. Things looked bleak early on for the current […]
De Waele injured in massive Tour of Belgium crash
Will miss national championships Landbouwkrediet’s Bert De Waele has had an excellent season so far punctuated by a near miss of the podium in April’s Amstel Gold Race. The almost 35-year-old rider saw his season derailed, however, in a massive […]
Sachsen Tour and Surbida a Urkiola both cancelled
UCI schedule takes a big hit Two races in two different countries, both within a week of each other, have been axed from the UCI schedule this week: the Sachsen Tour and the Surbida a Urkiola. The Sachsen Tour, typically […]
AG2R's Rinaldo Nocentini ready to return to racing
Tour de France start a definite possibility Following a terrible crash at the GP Insubria in February, AG2R’s Rinaldo Nocentini was forced to take a long break to recover from his substantial leg injuries. After three months out of competition, […]
Rabobank not holding their breath for Graeme Brown
Team questions whether he can get back to winning In a sobering display of blunt honesty, Rabobank team manager Nico Verhoeven picked apart his designated sprinter, Graeme Brown, following another reasonable, but forgettable 6th place finish behind winner, Andre Greipel. […]
