Team Nürnberger left without sponsor
The future of Team Nürnberger is all but uncertain, after new main sponsor Skyter suddenly decided to withdraw from the project. Skyter was presented August, but is supposed to officially withdraw its partnership today. Skyter’s website was unreachable Saturday morning. […]
Rabobank to create off-road team
Rabobank is planning to add an off-road team to its current road operation. The plan is to have a mountain bike team as well as a cyclocross section. Richard Groenendaal is the natural choice to be a directeur sportif, along […]
Stevens: From Wall Street to Columbia
After leaving her job as a broker at the New York Wall Street, Evelyn Stevens will be lining up for the Columbia HTC squad next year. In the summer of 2008, Stevens quit her day job, bought a bicycle and […]
Prudhomme unveils plaque in Rotterdam
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme unveiled a plaque today in Rotterdam, where the next Tour de France will start on July 3, 2010. Prudhomme put up the sign at a bike path near the Maas river, in the pouring […]
Rojas wants to finally win Tour down Under
José Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d’Epargne) is already busy training hard for the upcoming season. After two podium finishes in the Tour down Under, he finally wants to win the season opener, run in 20910 from January 19 to 24 (the […]
Voigt recalls horror crash
Jens Voigt had a horrific crash in this year’s Tour de France, putting him off the bike for six weeks. With his ever so optimistic outlook on life the German bounced back into the Tour of Missouri and is now […]
Keisse to sign with Quick Step?
Iljo Keisse may soon be a Quick Step rider, after talks with the team’s manager, Patrick Lefevere, were quite good on Wednesday. Keisse was kicked of the Topsport Vlaanderen team after his positive doping test at last year’s Six Days […]
Thompson sentencing delayed
Christopher Thompson was supposed to receive his sentence on December 3 for purposefully hitting cyclists, but the sentencing has been postponed to after the holidays. The reason for the postponement was an apparent H1N1 outbreak in the North County Correctional […]
Euskaltel with own anti-doping program
Basque team Euskaltel-Euskadi will start its own anti-doping program on January 1, 2010. The team deemed it necessary after two if its riders, Iñigo Landaluze and Mikel Astarloza, were caught doping this season. On Monday, the respective old and new […]
Trackies write letter to IOC chief
Top riders of international track racing have written a letter to Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The reason is the planned canceling of several track events for the 2012 Olympics, including the individual pursuit. The […]