Xacobeo-Galicia's Ezequiel Mosquera aiming for Vuelta podium
Galician climber concerned for his team’s future though The captain of the small Spanish, Xacobeo Galicia team, Ezequiel Mosquera, has not finished outside of the top five in the Vuelta a Espana over the past three seasons (5th, 5th, 4th). […]
Women’s World Cup concludes with tough Grand Prix Plouay
Emma Pooley out to defend last year’s victory as Marianne Vos has competition all but sewn up The Women’s Road World Cup comes to a somewhat premature climax tomorrow with the ninth edition of the Grand Prix de Plouay in […]
Former world champion Ballan heads BMC Racing trio for Plouay
In-form Santambrogio and Kroon will also be protected riders As one of the final ProTour races on the 2010 calendar, this Sunday’s GP Ouest France is of major importance for teams and riders who are keen to raise their world […]
Armstrong hires Clinton media expert Fabiani, Hincapie appoints legal team
Tour winner seeking to limit damages to public image As investigations into the doping claims made by Floyd Landis continue to gain pace, Team RadioShack’s Lance Armstrong has hired the same special counsel and media expert that represented then-US President […]
After crash, Hincapie faces race against time to get ready for national title defence
Popular rider will be off his bike for at least ten days BMC Racing rider George Hincapie’s big goal of defending his US champion’s jersey could be at risk after a big crash during yesterday’s second stage of the Tour […]
No chance for Michael Rasmussen with the new Luxembourg Team
Director sportif, Kim Andersen, rejects rumors that Rasmussen might be headed to Luxembourg Michael Rasmussen’s name has been linked often with Bjarne Riis’s Saxo Bank/Sungard team for 2011, perhaps not by Riis’s choice, but certainly due to media speculation. Another […]
Eneco Tour: Koos Moerenhout takes stage 3 and Tony Martin takes race lead as two-man break succeeds
Dutch veteran outsmarts young German as they escape on the hills of Flanders Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank) won the third stage of the Eneco Tour, starting and finishing in Ronse, Belgium. The veteran Dutchman outsprinted German Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) after the […]
Mauricio Ardila and Dmitriy Kozontchuk follow Denis Menchov to Team Geox
Russian takes two key domestiques with him as he leaves Rabobank As Russian rider Denis Menchov departs the Rabobank team for Team Geox he takes two of his favourite domestiques with him. Colombian Mauricio Ardila and Menchov’s compatriot Dmitriy Kozontchuk […]
SBS deal with UCI gives exclusive rights for cycling coverage
World championship and World Cup events for four disciplines to be screened Australian coverage of the UCI’s events in road, track, BMC and mountain bike appears to be guaranteed for the next three years, following a major contract signed between […]
Iljo Keisse's fate hangs in limbo as court date pushed back
Procedural error results in three more weeks of waiting for QuickStep rider The fate of Belgian track star and recent road convert, Iljo Keisse, remains in limbo after his appeal was postponed to the 10th of September due to a […]