The team may have lost several riders amid rumours of financial shortcomings, most recently world championship runner-up Alexandr Kolobnev, but the Schleck brothers Andy and Frank have confirmed to BT that they will stay with Saxo Bank in 2010. The […]

As her road race rivals know well, the sight of a finish line prompts a turn of speed in Marianne Vos that is very, very hard to deal with. Dutch compatriot Daphy Van de Brand got to see this firsthand […]

Hard to believe, given his youthful looks, but Stefano Garzelli is now 36 years of age and preparing for what could be his last season as a pro rider. The Italian took seventh overall and was best climber in this […]

Yesterday brought the news that Joop Alberda has been signed as the new general manager of the Cervélo Test Team. Apart from the sudden departure of Thomas Campana, the announcement was a surprising one for another reason. Alberda has got […]

Olympic champion and Vuelta a España runner-up Samuel Sanchez plus the rest of his Euskaltel-Euskadi team-mates will work out their likely 2010 racing programme at a four day training camp, which begins on Monday. According to As.com, the get-together will […]

Portuguese national champion Manuel Cardoso is motivated to ride well in 2010, and wants to make a good impression in his move from the Professional Continental level to the ProTour Footon-Servetto team. “My main objective is to confirm myself in […]

Climbing specialist Eladio Jimenez looks set to compete with the Rock Racing team in 2010, joining up with fellow Spaniards Oscar Sevilla and Francisco Mancebo there. The former Vuelta a España stage winner previously competed with the Banesto and Comunidad […]

Danish rider Michael Rasmussen’s aim to ride a Grand Tour in 2010 would seem to centre around the Vuelta a España, if reports are accurate that he is poised to sign with the AMPO Contentpolis team. The Spanish squad has […]

Just over a month before the start of 2010, British national hill climb champion and former Cervélo Test Team rider Dan Fleeman is still without a contract. The 27 year old was hoping to secure a place on a ProTour […]

Despite vowing earlier this month to fight to keep his Olympic medal, Italian rider Davide Rebellin has now handed back the silver he won in Beijing 2008. He has also made the 75,000 prize he earned available to CONI, the […]