Although he won his first Giro d’Italia last season, Russian rider Denis Menchov has decided not to defend his title this year. The 31 year old Rabobank competitor was clearly strongest in Italy, but flopped badly in July when he […]

Tour Down Under Mike Turtur is counting down the days until the start of his event, and believes that the 2008 champion Andre Greipel (Team Columbia) will be one of the biggest favourites. “He’s been doing a lot of pre-tour […]

Oscar Pereiro has been struggling with his motivation ever since he had a bad crash on the 15th stage of the 2008 Tour de France, but the Spanish rider has said that he is now fully focussed and working well. […]

ASO’s dominance over French cycling continues to grow, with confirmation of the news that they will almost certainly buy the Dauphiné Libéré race. Writing in the newspaper of the same name, Dauphiné CEO Henri-Pierre Gilbert confirmed that the Tour de […]

2009 winner Allan Davis (Astana), seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (Team RadioShack), world road race champion Cadel Evans, US champ George Hincapie (BMC) and Vuelta a España victor Alejandro Valverde are just some of the big names which […]

Fly V Australia’s Aaron Kemps used his well-known finishing speed to take the Australian criterium championships yesterday in Ballarat. Meanwhile, multiple Grand Tour stage winner Robbie McEwen was forced to withdraw after banging the knee he badly injured last year. […]

With the first races for the team fast approaching, Nissan North America today announced what is a ‘multi-year’ sponsorship deal with the RadioShack team.   VeloNation noted the car company’s presence on the jersey on December 7th when the sneak preview […]

It’s been five years since he won a stage, took the mountains classification and finished on the podium in the Giro d’Italia, yet Jose Rujano is extremely upbeat about his abilities. “Right now I think I am the third climber […]

Swedish rider Nicklas Axelsson is facing a probable life ban after a second positive test for EPO. The 37 year old Team Utensilnord-Corratec rider returned a positive A sample last September, and is currently awaiting the analysis of the B […]

Thus far, all the predictions have been that this year’s world championships are made for the bunch gallopers in the peloton. However one of those, Robbie McEwen, has checked out the course and he believes that the race will be […]