Following on from yesterday’s disclosure that the Astana team riders from this year’s Tour de France are under investigation after intravenous drips were found, Tour manger Johan Bruyneel has played down the significance of the news. “I have a strong […]

Davide Rebellin has already returned the silver medal and the €75,000 prize he received in Beijing, but he continues to protest his innocence as he awaits his CAS appeal. The Italian is due to be heard by the Court of […]

While Mark Cavendish’s main leadout man Mark Renshaw looks certain to miss the Tour Down Under due to illness, his Columbia HTC team has said that it is confident that the Australian will make a quick return to the sport. […]

Former Tour de France mountains jersey winner Michael Rasmussen was tipped to be heading to the AMPO Contentpolis team in 2010, but the jump of the first sponsor to the Footon Servetto squad appears to have torpedoed the other team’s […]

Under 23 world road race champion Romain Sicard is close to beginning his first season with a ProTour team, the 21-year-old is counting down the days until he begins with the Euskaltel Euskadi team. Sicard soloed to a dominant victory […]

It’s been a long, nervous wait but according to the website Revista Mundo Ciclistico, the Androni Giocatolli team will be awarded a ProTour licence for 2010. Gianni Savio’s squad, which was called Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli in 2009, was one […]

Disregarding the fact that the Tour de France is over seven months away and much can happen between now and then, the Euskaltel Euskadi and Saxo Bank teams have taken the unusual step of announcing which riders are in contention […]

2003 world champion Igor Astarloa has said that he is almost certain to retire from professional cycling. “The most likely thing is that I won’t continue next year,” the 33 year old said, according to Biciciclismo. “It’s 90% sure that […]

Following days of speculation, both Allan Davis and his brother Scott will compete as part of the Astana team in 2010. Allan, who won the Tour Down Under earlier this year and finished a very solid eleventh in the world […]

Cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert has revealed that he is considering changing to road racing after the 2012 world championships. “If I could choose to win either the Tour of Lombardy or the cyclo-cross world championship, then I would choose […]