Damiani split between Omega Pharma and Lampre
Italian sports director will work for Gilbert and Cunego Roberto Damiani will split his season between two teams next year: OmegaPharma and Lampre. The respected Italian sports director is being pulled in two directions. He wants to begin a new […]
Eight riders killed by marijuana smoker in Italy
Overtaking car hits group with tragic consequences Eight riders, all believed to be amateurs, have been killed in a head-on crash with a speeding car in southern Italy. The accident happened on a two-lane road near Lamezia Terme, located in […]
Pieter Vanspeybroeck wins Tom Boonen and Friends charity cyclocross
Pieter Vanspeybroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) won the second edition of the Tom Boonen and Friends charity cyclocross at the Zilvermeer near the Quick Step rider’s hometown of Mol, Belgium. The 23-year-old beat a star-filled line up in the fun event, organised […]
Allan Davis to lead Astana to the Tour Down Under
Team Astana is currently meeting in Montecatini in Italy to plan the early part of the 2011 season and have decided on the team to send to next month’s Santos Tour Down Under. The team will be led by Australian […]
Wiggins plans for 'bloody hard' Tour
Sky’s Brit will skip Giro and train at altitude Brad Wiggins will approach next year’s Tour de France riding high. He explained that he will skip racing the Giro d’Italia and train at altitude with his Sky team. “We’ve changed […]
Spanish air traffic control strike threatens cyclocross World Cup field
Many riders unable to travel to Igorre as flights cancelled The industrial action taken by Spanish air trafic controllers has not only stranded thousands of holidaymakers, but is also preventing many of the World’s top cyclocross riders from reaching tomorrow’s […]
Denis Menchov says he deserved more respect from Katusha because he is Russian
New Geox rider explains decision not to sign for Andre Tchmil’s team Denis Menchov feels that he deserved a different approach from Andre Tchmil’s Katusha team, which is why he decided to go elsewhere, he told Spanish website biciciclismo.com. The […]
Contador: ‘I am tested every six days, I didn’t win the Tour with fifty picograms of Clenbuterol’
Says relations with Astana are very bad and he hasn’t been paid in months Spanish rider Alberto Contador has once again proclaimed his innocence, saying that he has been a regularly tested rider throughout his career, and that he has […]
Is Geox considering pulling out as major sponsor of the Geox-TMC team?
La Gazzetta dello Sport says Geox considering stepping down following ProTeam snub La Gazzetta dello Sport ushered in a scary new era of the sponsorship of the new Geox-TMC team today with the headline – ‘Hello and Goodbye to the […]
Craig Lewis extends with HTC-Highroad
American hoping to develop climbing and time trialling further in 2011 HTC-Highroad has extended the contract of US rider Craig Lewis for another year. The 25-year-old American hopes to further develop as a climber and time triallist with the team, […]