Kannibaal van Baal’s Hoogstraten victory gives “Mister Superprestige” incredible tenth series win With his win in yesterday’s race in Hoogstraten, Belgium, close to the border with the Netherlands, Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) secured overall victory in the Superprestige series for an […]

Serious bans handed down over Italian doping affair Italian Lorenzo Bernucci and four members of his family have been handed lengthy bans from sport, with the rider incurring the highest suspension of five years. In December it was announced that […]

Italian sprinter losing further ground to his rivals Already missing out on the Tour of Qatar due to bronchitis, Alessandro Petacchi has been forced to scratch his participation in the next event scheduled for his programme, the Tour of Oman. […]

AIGCP’s next move not yet known, but issue likely to persist Following yesterday’s insistence by many riders to use race radios during the opening stage of the Challenge Mallorca races, it had been understood that a similar protest would be […]

Rui Costa draws parallels with Contador situation The season has already started but the Portuguese brothers Rui and Mario Costa are searching for new teams, having apparently been given a green light to return to racing. The duo tested positive […]

Garmin-Cervélo sprinter takes second successive event in island series Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) won the Tofeo Cala Millor, the second race in this year’s Mallorca Challenge, to take his second race in the series in as many days. The American sprinter […]

Peloton shatters in the wind as the Belgian seizes the race lead Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the opening road stage of this year’s Tour of Qatar between Dukhan and the Al Khor Corniche, giving the former Belgian and World […]

Irish road race champion clocks up encouraging ProTeam debut Netting a superb tenth in Sunday’s prologue of the Tour de Qatar is an important moment in the career of the Irish road race champion Matt Brammeier. Aside from being one […]

Thrilling final day decided by centimeters At the start of the final stage of the Etoile de Besseges, the race was anything but decided. Race leader, Anthony Ravard (AG2R-La Mondiale) was on the same time as Vacansoleil’s Johnny Hoogerland, and […]

Fränk will look for results at Paris-Nice, the Ardennes, Luxembourg, Suisse, and of course, Le Tour The Schleck Brothers made their much anticipated season debut today, and thankfully, in terms of racing, it was a quiet day marked by a […]