Ireland confirms team for elite world road race championships, Bennett and Brammeier to join Roche and Martin
Deignan confirmed as missing race due to injury Cycling Ireland has confirmed that Philip Deignan will indeed miss the world road race championships as a result of the fractured collarbone he suffered yesterday, and has named the complete squad for […]
Jan Bakelants outsprints Thomas Voeckler to take the GP de Wallonie
Morale-boosting pre-Worlds victory for Tour de France stage winner Jan Bakelants, riding as part of the Belgian National Team, won a rain-soaked edition of the GP de Wallonie as he outmanoeuvred and outsprinted Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) on the Citadel of […]
Megan Guarnier joins Boels-Dolmans as Adrie Visser retires
Rabobank renews with eight riders – looking for new signings Megan Guarnier will join the Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team in 2014, after one year at Rabobank-Liv/Giant, the Dutch team has announced. The former US champion, who won the Giro della Toscana […]
Malori and Izagirre ink two year contracts with Movistar team
Young riders bolster strength of Spanish WorldTour squad Continuing to build the strength of the team, Movistar has signed deals with two twenty five year old riders for 2014 and 2015. The Italian Adriano Malori is one of the two, […]
Wiggins on worlds TT chances: ‘Physically I feel I’m ready to go’
Briton fired up for Florence, and also to retain lead in Tour of Britain With just over a week to go until the elite world time trial championships, Bradley Wiggins has said that he considers he’s in perfect condition to […]
Hansen upbeat after seventh consecutive Grand Tour, but had hoped to achieve more in Vuelta
Video: “I think mentally the Grand Tours are very easy” Ninety two race days and over fourteen thousand kilometres covered, yet still not worn out. Having successfully finished the three Grand Tours in both 2012 and again this year, Australian […]
Deignan to undergo collarbone surgery Thursday, world championship participation unlikely
Tour of Gila winner crashes during Tour of Britain time trial, Cycling Ireland delays worlds selection decision Irish climber Philip Deignan’s hopes of a strong Tour of Britain evaporated today in a crash, and it appears his chances of riding […]
Tour of Britain: Bradley Wiggins lays down Worlds credentials with stage 3 time trial victory
Olympic champion takes gold jersey after another wet day in Knowsley Safari Park Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) threw down the gauntlet to his World championship rivals with a dominant victory in the 16km third stage time trial of the Tour […]
Omega Pharma renews with eponymous team through 2015
“I am happy because the stability of the team is guaranteed,” says CEO Patrick Lefevere Belgian pharmaceutical company Omega Pharma has committed to a further two years as principle sponsor of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team. The deal was signed […]
Marco Pantani’s mother claims her son may have been killed, wants new inquest
“In my opinion, Marco had ruffled someone’s feathers” Nine and a half years after his tragic death from a cocaine overdose, the mother of 1998 Tour de France winner Marco Pantani has repeated her claims that her son may have […]
