British Cycling receives post-Olympic funding boost from UK Sport
Success in London 2012 nets £37 million on the run up to Rio 2016 Success at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics has secured British Cycling a funding boost as it begins its build up towards the Rio de Janeiro […]
Cannondale Pro Cycling completes first winter training camp
Italian team choses Tuscany for team building and first preparations for 2013 The Cannondale Pro Cycling team has just completed its first training camp of the winter, as the WorldTour team’s riders begin their preparations for the 2013 season. The […]
Zdeněk Štybar details brief but intense cyclocross season
Czech star reaffirms his absence from the World championships as he aims at the Classics Having apparently been asked continuously when his cyclocross season was going to start, two-time World champion Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has detailed the races […]
Team Sky signs 20-year-old neo-pro Josh Edmondson on a two-year deal
Young British rider impressed with aggressive Tour of Britain performance Team Sky has announced the signing of neo-pro Josh Edmondson for the next two years, after an impressive season from the 20-year-old British rider. The Yorkshireman has spent the last […]
Philippe Gilbert: “After a year like 2012 I’ll take everything I can get.”
World champion philosophical about only taking third place in Belgian Sportsman of the Year race Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) has learned his lesson from 2012, he says, as he prepares for next year’s spring campaign. The World champion failed to […]
Bradley Wiggins voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Tour de France winner succeeds Mark Cavendish as third cyclist in five years to take Britain’s top prize Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) and succeeds current teammate Mark Cavendish as the […]
Soudal Cyclocross Leuven: Niels Albert rides alone to victory
World champion escapes early on technical course; Sanne Cant takes women’s race Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) won the second edition of the Cyclocross Leuven, the the east of Brussels, part of the Soudal Classics series, after escaping the rest of the […]
Jürgen Roelandts and Jurgen Van Den Broeck ready to go in 2013
Lotto-Belisol teammates aiming for different targets, but with similar focus Lotto-Belisol stars Jürgen Roelandts and Jurgen Van Den Broeck are both looking forward to getting the 2013 season started, as they attend the team’s first real training camp of the […]
Bradley Wiggins: “I’d feel uncomfortable with people calling me 'Sir Bradley,’”
Tour de France winner still not aiming for celebrity lifestyle on the eve of BBC Sports Personality Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) is the overwhelming favourite to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award tomorrow night, where he […]
Ypres aiming to host a Tour de France stage in 2014
Flanders town looking to commemorate the centenary of World War I after British start The Flemish city of Ypres (Ieper) is aiming to host a stage of the Tour de France in 2014, according to Het Nieuwsblad. The ancient cloth-trading […]
