Rowsell, Numainville and Ferrand-Prevot head the list of national time trial champions
Second day of women’s titles decided in northern hemisphere Joanna Rowsell (Wiggle Honda), Joëlle Numainville (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabobank-Liz/Giant) were among the winners on the second day of national time trial championships across the northern […]
Rolland case sees Europcar sidelined from MPCC
Decision to let rider start final stage of Critérium du Dauphiné leads to team punishment Reacting to the Europcar team’s decision to allow Pierre Rolland to start the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné contrary to its agreed rules, […]
Lotto-Belisol Tour de France team built around both Greipel and Van Den Broeck
Belgian team one of the few with serious sprint and general classification ambitions Lotto-Belisol has become the latest team to announce its nine-man line up for the upcoming Tour de France and, with both André Greipel and Jurgen Van Den […]
Multi-pronged approach for Vacansoleil DCM team at Tour de France
Danny Van Poppel makes Tour debut at 19: ‘Talent needs to be stimulated” Taking a broad approach in order to maximise its chances of strong performances in the Tour, the Vacansoleil DCM team has outlined its lineup and strategy for […]
MTN-Qhubeka replaces Vini Fantini-Selle Italia at il Lombardia
Milano-Sanremo winning team steps into spot vacated after Giro positives MTN-Qhubeka has been awarded the wildcard invitation to September’s il Lombardia that was recently handed back by Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, race organiser RCS Sport has announced. This will be the […]
Team Sky announces squad for Chris Froome’s Tour de France bid
Kenyan-born Briton “Ready, excited and can’t wait to get going.” Sky Procycling has announced the nine-man team that will defend its Tour de France title in the race, which starts on June 29th. Defending champion Bradley Wiggins was confirmed as […]
SpiderTech project stops as Bauer admits defeat in hunt for new backing
Canadian squad comes to an end; Armstrong affair and global financial crisis two contributing factors Just over nine months after he said that the team would not race in 2013 but that he hoped it would return in 2014, Steve […]
Becca loses court case against Bruyneel, owes €900,000 plus interest
RadioShack Leopard team owner must repay remainder of loan Luxembourg businessman Flavio Becca has lost a court case taken by former employee Johan Bruyneel, and as a result will have to pay back almost a million euros plus interest. The […]
Johansson and van Dijk retain Swedish and Netherlands time trial titles
Schwager also retains Swiss title; Pawlowska wins Polish race Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS), Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-lululemon) and Patricia Schwager (Faren-Let’s Go Finland) all retained their national time trial titles in the Swedish, Netherlands and Swiss championships respectively, while Katarzyna Pawlowska […]
Froome wants to extend Team Sky contract, but could this force Wiggins out?
Tension between two team-mates makes it difficult to see two remaining on same squad After earlier suggestions that Bradley Wiggins was missing the Tour de France partly so that he didn’t have to cede team leadership to Chris Froome, the […]