Vuelta a España winner Alejandro Valverde has indicated that he will make his 2010 debut in the Santos Tour Down Under in January, thus reversing a trend in other years to hold back in the early season. The 29-year-old Spaniard […]

British rider Mark Cavendish has given an insight into the pressures he faces as the fastest sprinter in cycling, showing that beneath his confident, swaggering exterior there’s a weight of expectation that drives him onwards. “In the Tour, especially, there […]

Currently building form prior to his return to the international peloton, Riccardo Riccò had a very close call while out training on Saturday morning. The Italian was speeding down the descent of Serramazzoni when he encountered a bus coming from […]

South Africa’s big stage race, the Giro del Capo, will go ahead after all in 2010 after a sponsor was found to save the event. The co-director of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, David Bellairs, recently announced that the […]

Jakob Fuglsang has been taking part in the Saxo Bank training camp in Playitas on Fuerteventura, and, apart from getting some off-bike training in and meeting up with his team-mates, he’s also been using the time to plan towards 2010. […]

The possibility of further sanctions being imposed in the Operación Puerto case has taken a blow with the news that the Provincial Court of Madrid has rejected appeals relating to the case. WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency, the UCI and […]

Future team-mates Edvald Boasson Hagen and Serge Pauwels have both welcomed the news that Bradley Wiggins will race with Team Sky in 2010, feeling that their roles will work well with that of the Briton. Boasson Hagen has emerged as […]

He finished 124th in 2006, was fourth this year, and now hopes to continue that steep upwards trajectory in the Tour de France. Bradley Wiggins was today confirmed as leading Team Sky’s bid to secure a British Tour winner within […]

As anticipated, Team Sky has announced that it has signed triple Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins to its squad, with the 29 year old agreeing a four year contract starting in 2010. This year Wiggins equalled Britain’s best ever Tour […]

2009 turned out to be Philippe Gilbert’s best season yet, but he has admitted that the early period was deeply disappointing for him. The 27 year old Belgian had transferred to the Silence-Lotto team prior to the start of the […]