Michael Rasmussen has revealed that in 2010, he will be riding for Italian Pro Continental team CDC-Cavaliere. This will likely put an end to his ambitious plan to ride a Grand Tour. CDC-Cavaliere will evolve from the Italian Continental team […]

The semi-classic Gent-Wevelgem will be 250km in length in 2010. The change was decided by the organizers after the spring shuffle, where Gent-Wevelgem was moved to the Sunday before the Ronde van Vlaanderen. The flat race was previously held on […]

Stefan Schumacher is prepared to continue his legal battles to the highest courts. After the decision by the French Conseil d’Etat court to uphold his ban, the German is prepared to go all the way to the European Court of […]

Johan Bruyneel, who guided Lance Armstrong to seven Tour de France wins, said that the Texan was close to quitting after breaking his collarbone earlier this season. Bruyneel, however, was able to convince Armstrong to return to racing, using one […]

Spanish police intercepted several text messages that seem to confirm cycling doctor Jesús Losa was involved in doping practices. Losa’s house was recently searched, but he was warned and potentially able to remove evidence. One SMS was supposedly sent by […]

Nery Felipe Velásquez stormed back to the top of the leader board in the Vuelta a Guatemala, with a solo win in the seventh stage. In the short 45km stage into Quetzaltenango, in the southwestern part of the country, Velásquez […]

Erik Zabel is now a member of the ProTour council, the group that has been set up by the International Cycling Federation (UCI) to manage the ProTour. There are 13 members on the council, discussing basic questions around the ProTour.  The council’s […]

Bart Wellens will celebrate his cyclocross comeback on December 12 at the cross race in Essen, Belgium. Wellens suffered from the cytomegalo virus and is slowly recovering. He is ramping up his training schedule. “I do sessions of 1.5 to […]

Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli from Switzerland have taken over the lead in the Amsterdam Six Days after four nights of racing. They lead, equal on laps, the German-Dutch combo of Danny Stam and Leif Lampater. Previous leaders Robert Bartko […]

More transfers have been announced ahead of the 2010 season. Juan José Cobo moves from Fuji-Servetto to Caisse d’Epargne, Gerben Löwik from Vacansoleil to Omega Pharma-Lotto and Lampre hired Alessandro Spezialetti and Lorenzo Bernucci from the LPR team. Cobo’s move […]