Lance Armstrong goes for five; expecting another baby
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has just announced to the world via Twitter that he and girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting their second child. The baby, who is likely the youngest Twitter user in history, has an October […]
VeloNation Interview: Pinotti to try to reclaim yellow in time trial, but Giro is the big goal
Currently sitting second overall in the GC at the Tour de Romandie, HTC Columbia’s Marco Pinotti has the chance to take his second stage win of the 2010 event when he lines out in Friday’s time trial. The Italian has […]
Roche frustrated by near miss in Romandie, building towards Tour
Nicolas Roche has been riding strongly since the start of the season, going close to stage wins in Paris-Nice and the Volta ao Catalunya, but is still waiting to top a podium and spray the champagne. The 26 year old […]
Worlds 2013 planning underway in Florence
Florence moves closer to hosting the 2013 World Championships with the conclusion today of two days of inspections by the International Cycling Union (UCI). Two inspectors from the UCI accompanied the Florence organisers in a helicopter fly-over of the proposed […]
Amaran wins Tour of the Gila stage two, Leipheimer maintains overall lead
Luis Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home p/b Colavita) took the victory today in stage two of the Tour of the Gila, outsprinting Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny’s), who initited the race winning attack with just over a kilometer remaining. Kyle Wamsley (Bissell Pro […]
Team Sky names team for Grand Tour debut in Giro d'Italia
Team Sky have chosen their nine-man team for the Giro d’Italia next month, which will be the squad’s debut performance in a Grand Tour. The team’s overall hopes will be in the form on Briton Bradley Wiggins, who team principal […]
UCI launches “reCycling” for a greener sport
In order to help race organisers to make their events kinder to the environment the international Cycling Union (UCI) has launched a new initiative that it calls “reCycling”. As part of the initiative the UCI has introduced its own eco-label […]
"V" for Victory as Cavendish cruises to Romandie stage two
Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the second stage of the Tour de Romandie in a sprint finish in Fribourg. After being dropped towards the end of yesterday’s first stage it was a simple victory for the Manx Express at the end […]
McEwen, Pozzato and Ignatiev to lead Team Katusha in Giro d’Italia
Following an aggressive Spring Classics campaign which saw the Katusha team animate the races but ultimately miss out on the win, the Russian ProTour team will head to the Giro d’Italia with a squad that is more than capable of […]
Sergeant pleased with Gilbert's progression, Worlds next
Belgian Philippe Gilbert missed the chance to win his home race, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Sunday. However, Omega Pharma-Lotto’s team manger, Marc Sergeant, is pleased with Gilbert’s progression and said that the World Championships is the next major goal. Sergeant knows his rider […]