Phinney to headline BMC Racing Team in Tour of Beijing
Frank, Cummings and Lodewyck also earmarked as protected riders Taylor Phinney will have a chance to hammer out any residual frustrations from his near miss in the recent world championship time trial when he lines out next week as ome […]
Jonathan Tiernan Locke signs two year contract with Team Sky
Tour of Britain winner has chance to show what he can do at WorldTour level Following weeks of rumours, Team Sky have officially confirmed the signing of Jonathan Tiernan-Locke to the team, finalizing a two year deal with the Briton. […]
Clarke, Davis and Howard lead Orica GreenEdge hopes in Tour of Beijing
Australian team motivated to end first season on a high On a high after winning a stage and taking the King of the Mountains classification in his debut Grand Tour, this year’s Vuelta a España, Simon Clarke heads to the […]
Video: Five top Giro riders on the significance of the event plus the 2013 route
Hesjedal, Nibali, Contador, Cavendish and Rodriguez speak Speaking about their impressions thus far of the event as well as giving key thoughts about next year’s route, five of the top riders who were at this month’s Giro d’Italia presentation have […]
Tony Martin vows to fight climbers on their terms in Tour of Beijing
Defending champion accepts lack of time trial makes things tougher for him Tony Martin has pledged to do his utmost to try to defend his Tour of Beijing title despite the fact that the race against the clock, which was […]
Schleck, Bennati and King on RadioShack Nissan team for Tour of Beijing
Champion System team to make WorldTour debut in race As confirmed yesterday, Andy Schleck’s withdrawal from the Binche-Tournai-Binche/Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke has not interfered with his plans to ride the Tour of Beijing. The race organisers have today announced his participation, […]
Francesco Moser says Nibali and Wiggins are not yet champions
Former Giro winner states Italian cycling is in the doldrums The retired champion rider Francesco Moser has criticised the current state of Italian cycling, saying that there is a dearth of strong riders from the country, that Vincenzo Nibali is […]
Schleck a non-finisher in first race in four months, but confident for Beijing
“My real comeback will be next year when I will be in good shape” Andy Schleck finally made his return to racing today, but while he didn’t finish the Binche-Tournai-Binche Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke, he was upbeat about things afterwards and […]
In-form Samuel Sanchez and Igor Anton head to Tour of Beijing with ambition
2008 Olympic champion makes trip on back of runner-up slot in Il Lombardia Focussed on building up its UCI points and making sure of a renewed WorldTour licence for 2013, the Euskaltel Euskadi team is sending two of its strongest […]
Andy Schleck back racing today, also expected to do the Tour of Beijing
Andersen believes he’ll bounce back and will be a future Tour de France winner Finally due to return to competition today after almost four months out of action due to injury, Andy Schleck will follow up his participation in the […]