Nothing broken for Bart Wellens after Gieten crash
Telenet-Fidea captain’s helmet smashed into five pieces on frozen ground Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) was forced to abandon yesterday’s Superprestige race in Gieten, Netherlands after crashing heavily on the icy surface and landing on his head. The two-time World champion was […]
Kolobnev to get his Olympic bronze medal soon, but says he’s indifferent to it
Russian unhappy with long delay Over two years after the Olympic road race in Beijing, Alexandr Kolobnev has said that he is lukewarm about the thoughts of finally receiving the bronze medal due to him. He finished fourth in the […]
Vinokourov changes Astana's management, Yvon Sanquer out
Martinelli assumes head spot In addition to Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, Team Astana will lose French team manager Yvon Sanquer this winter. Alexander Vinokourov said that there are “problems” with Sanquer and that Italy’s Giuseppe Martinelli will take […]
Bellis confident his fitness is improving, will make 2011 racing debut in Challenge Mallorca races
Hernia operation has solved breathing problems which affected him since serious scooter crash Team Saxo Bank-SunGard rider Jonny Bellis had a difficult 2010 season because of the after-effects of his serious accident in September 2009, but he reports that things […]
Garmin-Cervélo to sport very different look in 2011
Partial jersey revealed by American ProTeam The Garmin-Cervélo squad gave a sneak peak of the team colours for 2011, with the partial jersey shown giving more of a nod to the latter than the American ProTour outfit. The team deliberately […]
Sagan complains of identity theft, says comments attributed to him were not his words
Slovak rider Peter Sagan has strongly denied comments earlier attributed to him by the Twitter account PeterSaganNews, saying that they are inaccurate and that he doesn’t know who is claiming to be him online. The 20 year old clarified things […]
Landis describes alleged US Postal Service doping incident during 2004 Tour
American accuses McQuaid and Verbruggen of corruption, raises doubts about Contador’s innocence American rider Floyd Landis has remained silent for months about the doping allegations he previously made against the US Postal Service team, but he has dramatically reversed that […]
Meeusen wins Superprestige Gieten after exciting last lap
Nys jogs home after breaking pedal on finishing straight Tom Meeusen of the Fidea team won his first ever Superprestige race, when he prevailed in Gieten, Netherlands, today. In freezing temperatures on the hard-packed, icy parcours, Meeusen took the race […]
BMC Racing one of the best teams this year, says manager
John Lelangue: ‘We were among the best teams in the world’ Team BMC Racing’s manager, John Lelangue relishes the opportunity of racing in the first division next year. This week, the International Cycling Union (UCI) awarded his team a ProTeam […]
Italian coach Bettini to add more test races ahead of Worlds
Italian team to train together and race more often ahead of Copenhagen World Championships The Italian team will meet to train and race more often ahead of the World Championships next year in Copenhagen. Head coach Paolo Bettini announced his […]