Britain's Brailsford in high demand
When all was said and done at the 2008 Summer Olympics Great Britain’s cyclists won 14 medals – eight of them gold. In many cases such a great degree of success could bring turmoil, but British Cycling performance director Dave […]
Germans to Varese
Team Columbia has the largest contingent of riders nominated by the German Cycling Federation (BDR) for the World Championships in Varese, Italy. The Worlds are being held from the 23-28th of September. Behind Team Columbia’s 7 riders, Team Gerolsteiner has […]
Boonen wins Benelux fourth stage
Tom Boonen of team Quick Step won the 213 kilometer 4th stage of Benelux from Terneuzen (Nl) to Ardooie (Bel). Boonen beat Kevin Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) in a stage that included the Kwaremont, Kluisberg […]
Bennati wins 3rd stage in Tour of Benelux, leads overall
Italy’s Daniele Bennati, of the Liquigas team, sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Tour of Benelux on Saturday, taking the leader’s jersey from Spain’s Jose Ivan Gutierrez. Bennati crossed the line ahead of Belgians Tom Boonen and […]
Hinault wins Tour of Limousin
At the start today in Chamborêt 22 riders were still in contention for the overall victory. In the end, Sebastien Hinault from Credit Agricole who kept his yellow jersey and wrote his name into the Tour du Limousin history books. […]
Greipel takes stage two in Eneco
German rider Andre Greipel of Team Columbia won the wet second stage of the Eneco Tour. The German’s sprint proved to be too much for CSC’s JJ Haedo and Gerolsteiner’s Robert Förster. For the first 50km of the race the […]
Davis signs with Quick Step for 2
Austrailian rider Allan Davis will make his debut for team Quick Step on September 3rd, 2008 in the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen – Aartselaar race. Davis was a vicitim of the Discovery Channel fallout when team management could not find […]
Boonen wins first stage of Tour of Benelux
Tom Boonen has won the first stage of the Eneco Tour in Holland. The race covered 173.8 km and brought the riders from Beek to Roermond. Boonen’s Quick Step train delivered him in the final sprint ahead of Italians Daniele Bennati of Team Liquigas and […]
RECALL: Cervélo Wolf SL Carbon Fiber Bicycle Forks
NEWS from CPSCU.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public AffairsWashington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 20, 2008Release #08-368 Firm’s Recall Hotline: (866) 296-3137CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Cervélo SA Recalls Bicycle Forks Due to […]
Roche signs two-year deal with AG2R
Nicolas Roche, of Credit Agricole, has signed a two-year contract with ProTour outfit AG2R, team manager Vincent Levenu said Wednesday. Roche began his career as a professional with Cofidis before joining Credit Agricole in 2007. He is currenly leading the […]