Former US Postal rider David George tests positive for EPO
South African suspended for out of competition result, Nedbank 360 Life team on hold Cycling South Africa today announced the provisional suspension of marathon mountain biker David George. The South African, who previously raced on the road and competed for […]
Cavendish targets Maillot Vert and fifth win in a row on Champs-Élysées
Manx missile says he will have the full support of new team Mark Cavendish moves to Omega Pharma-Quick-Step in 2013 after only one year on his three-year contract with Team Sky. The move was instigated after a lack of support […]
World and Olympic champions headline new DTPC-Honda women’s team
Giorgia Bronzini joins Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott in Rochelle Gilmore’s GB-registered outfit Former two-time World champion Giorgia Bronzini will be riding alongside Great Britain’s Olympic trio of Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott in the new […]
Marianne Vos to start cyclocross season at Superprestige Gieten on November 25th
World and Olympic road champion aiming for a sixth off road rainbow in Louisville World and Olympic champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank) will begin her cyclocross season on November 25th, at the Superprestige in Gieten, Netherlands, the race organiser has announced. […]
Tour of Poland to start in Trentino, Italy in 2013
Eight-day WorldTour race to follow Grand Tour example and begin in home region of 2012 winner The 2013 edition of the Tour of Poland – the Tour de Pologne – will start in the Italian province of Trentino, Italy, the […]
IMG set to handle television rights for Flanders Classics races
Global media and sports group ups involvement in cycling Global heavyweight IMG is tipped to take on handling the television rights to the races organised by the Flanders Classics group, selling the international broadcasts which come from those races. The […]
Maximiliano Richeze adds more sprint power to Lampre-Merida
Argentine sprinter joins Alessandro Petacchi and Roberto Ferrari at Blue-fuchsia team Lampre-Merida [currently Lampre-ISD – ed] has added further speed to its 2013 team with the signing of Argentinean sprinter Maximiliano Richeze. The 28-year-old has spent the last two years […]
Greipel enjoys off season in the Maldives, but is focussed on 2013
Says all the doping stories have made him “sad” Andre Greipel finished this season with his head held high after winning 19 races. The German who is currently enjoying time off the bike isn’t all that happy with cycling as […]
Jure Kocjan enthuses about joining the WorldTour with Euskaltel
It’s time to step up a level, says the Slovenian Jure Kocjan moves to the Euskaltel team for 2013 and becomes one of several new recruits who are not from the Basque region. The squad has previously only hired riders […]
Danish Cycling Union chief Lund: ‘We think that Verbruggen must resign’
Also states Riis should leave cycling if he lied about Fuentes Danish Cycling Union president Tom Lund has said that that he believes that the UCI’s honorary president Hein Verbruggen should be dismissed from the governing body because of the […]