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This week the Cervélo TestTeam will begin their sophomore year in the peloton and, after a highly successful 2009, much will be expected of the Swiss Pro Continental team. Last year saw the team take home stage wins in each […]

Zdenek Stybar’s home victory for the Czechs in Sunday’s World Championships was not unexpected, as he has been one of the three or four outstanding cyclocross riders this season. The fact that he is not from Belgium though, means that […]

With the departure of two-time Giro d’Italia winner Gilberto Simoni from the Androni Giocattoli – Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team, Michele Scarponi finds himself as the undisputed leader of the team for the first time. The 30-year-old told la Gazzetta dello […]

The route for the 2010 Critérium international was announced today on Velochrono.fr, with this year’s edition marking the first time the race will be held on the island of Corsica. The change in venue is seen by some as a try-out […]

Riccardo Riccò has spoken to La Gazzetta dello Sport about his partner Vania Rossi’s positive doping result for CERA, a third generation EPO. The control was taken after she finished in second place at the Italian Cyclo-cross championships on January […]

Confidence buoyed by Steve Cummings’ fine fourth place yesterday in GP Cycliste la Marseillaise, Team Sky will line out in the five-day Etoile de Bessèges on Wednesday aiming to take its first European win. Cummings infiltrated a ten-man breakaway group […]

Following on from last week’s announcement of 14 teams for the Tour de Langkawi, three ProTour teams have been reported as taking part in the 2.HC event. Astana, Caisse d’Epargne and Footon Servetto will make the trip to Malaysia prior […]

Romain Sicard, the world under 23 champion, looks set to ride some of the biggest races in cycling during his first season with the Euskaltel Euskadi team. Having ridden the Santos Tour Down Under, the 22 year old Frenchman will […]

Cheered on by his home fans, Zdenek Stybar confirmed his pre-race favorite status at the Cyclocross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic. After a long solo effort, he had almost half a minute over silver medalist Klaas Vantornout. In an […]

Alessandro Petacchi won his first bunch sprint of the season when he took the second stage of the Giro Reggio Calabria on Sunday. Petacchi took the honors ahead of Spaniard Francisco Ventoso and Italian Mattia Gavazzi. Matteo Montaguti, who won […]