Mark Cavendish ended his season without trying for another victory, in Paris-Tours (October 11). The Briton did not start stage four of the Tour of Missouri, due to a lung infection and has not raced since then. Columbia-HTC’s directeur sportif, […]

Bradley Wiggins will fulfill his contract with Garmin Slipstream, which runs out in 2010. There were strong rumors the Briton would move to Team Sky next season. Wiggins finished fourth in this year’s Tour de France, a result that even […]

Dutch team Vacansoleil has secured a wildcard for the Giro di Lombardia on October 17. The outstanding Vuelta a España played a major part in securing the spot in the season-ending Italian classic. The team’s manager, Hilaire van der Schueren, […]

Caisse d’Epargne’s Oscar Pereiro is ready to move on to a new team for 2010. The 32-year-old admitted he had contacts with Xacobeo Galicia, from northwestern Spain. But there were no serious negotiations yet, the 2006 Tour de France winner […]

Despite not having raced for UCI points since his Tour de France victory, Alberto Contador has won the UCI World ranking. There were no changes in the teams and nations rankings. Astana and Spain lead in those categories, respectively, with […]

Niels Albert started the 2009/2010 cyclo-cross season with a solo win in Neerpelt on Sunday, beating Czech rider Zdenek Stybar (Fidea)and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Projob). “I raced the day before, so that means I could go from the gun [on Sunday],” […]

Jens Voigt has returned to decent form following his horrifying crash in the Tour de France. In the smaller “Rund um Sebnitz” race in Germany he finished fourth, beaten among others by Robert Förster (Milram). Voigt was satisfied with his […]

André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) sprinted to a dominating victory in Madrid in the final stage of the 64th Vuelta a España, ahead of Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) and Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil). Caisse d’Epargne’s Alejandro Valverde rode home with the bunch to take […]

Italian outfit Ceramica Flaminia is making big changes for 2009. From the 16 contracted racers, only six will remain with the team. Italian champion Filippo Simeoni is leaving, while Riccardo Riccó, currently sitting out a doping suspension until March 2010, […]

Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) narrowly missed a stage victory in today’s time trial  in the Vuelta a España, ending the day  five seconds behind winner David Millar. Sánchez had a few mishaps along the way to Madrid, but was pleased with […]