Sandy Casar: “We don’t know who was good, and who was not.”
FDJ rider looks back at the effect that riding in a doped peloton had on his career Sandy Casar (FDJ-BigMat) was touted as a possible great champion of French cycling when he turned professional in 2000. Sadly, this was just […]
Plenty of bikes broken but thankfully no bones in Roubaix crash-fest
Helen Wyman’s chances, and Sanne Cant’s race, come to an end in first lap crashes Today’s women’s World Cup race at the iconic Roubaix velodrome saw a level of crashes and technical issues reminiscent with the Classic race that finishes […]
Greg LeMond calls for reduced UCI powers and independent anti-doping
American Tour winner speaks on the first day of Change Cycling Now’s London conference Speaking on the opening day of the inaugural meeting of the Change Cycling Now (CCN) pressure group, in London, England, Greg LeMond has called for a […]
Cyclocross World Cup: Sven Nys wins on the Roubaix track with a late late attack
Belgian champion best of a four-man lead group; Katie Compton crashes but wins women’s race Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) powered away from a four-man leading group on the final technical sections of the final lap to win the Roubaix, France, round […]
Marianne Vos comes out on top on the track at Manchester Revolution 38
Ed Clancy pulls Rapha-Condor-Sharp further clear in overall men’s Team Championship World and Olympic champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank) came out overall winner in what was billed as a London 2012 rematch with Lizzie Armistead (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) in the first ever […]
Zdeněk Štybar wins Tom Boonen and friends charity cyclocross
One minute penalty not enough to hold back former World champion against field of road riders Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) followed in the wheeltracks of fellow former cyclocross World champion Lars Boom, as he won the fourth edition of […]
Pierre Rolland: “This is a quiet winter”
Tour de France stage winner having far less attention this year; looking ahead to Florence Worlds Pierre Rolland (Europcar) is looking ahead to 2013 in a very different manner to the previous year, the 26-year-old from the Loiret department told […]
Nokere Koerse organiser: “The new date of Milano-Sanremo is a Godsend.”
Move to Sunday means the Belgian semi-Classic expects a more prestigious field While it might not please everybody that race organiser RCS Sport has decided to move Milano-Sanremo to a Sunday, it has pleased those behind the Nokere Koerse, the […]
Big names top new CyclelivePlus-Zannata women’s team in Belgium
Grace Verbeke and Carla Ryan headline, along with unnamed comeback American rider The new CyclelivePlus-Zannata UCI Women’s team is to be created around 2010 Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Grace Verbeke, the CyclelivePlus website has announced. The 28-year-old from Roeselare, West […]
RCS Sport explains reasons for moving Milano-Sanremo and Lombardia to Sundays
Safety, traffic disruption and TV coverage the main motivators, and fans events to follow The International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed yesterday that it had consented to the moving of Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia to Sundays in 2013. The two Classic […]
