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Lawyers unable to find way out Top Classics rider and former world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara looks set to remain with the RadioShack Nissan team in 2013, despite indications that he is dissatisfied with the set-up. Cancellara had a […]

Release fee and high salary reduce list of contenders Amid rumours that a verbal agreement has already been made, the move of Mark Cavendish to the Omega Pharma Quick Step team is said to be moving closer to being finalized. […]

Motivated British rider welcomes opportunity to again ride top races Russell Downing has said that he is ready to seize the second chance at top-level international racing he has secured, the Briton determined to make the most out of the […]

July/August races revert to original pre-Olympic slots; Hangzhou returns despite 2012 cancellation The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed the dates of the races that will make up the 2013 WorldTour series, which it refers to as “the best of […]

Anti-doping journalist sued by cycling’s governing body Although USADA’s reasoned judgement on the Lance Armstrong case will shortly be delivered to the UCI and WADA and is expected to include serious claims about a 2001 doping positive, the UCI is […]

Short, sharp Alpine stage into France to mark 15 years since il Pirata’s most devastating attack With the full 2013 route to be announced on September 30th, Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has released news of the 15th stage, which […]

Contador, Basso, Scarponi, Beloki and Manzano amongst witnesses called The case has rumbled on since May 2006 but now, finally, it appears that the Operacion Puerto affair might be nearing a conclusion. Grand Tour winners Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and […]

Swiss climber speaks of new motivation with move Almost a year on from his dominant display in the Giro di Lombardia, where he soloed to the biggest victory of his career, Swiss rider Olivier Zaugg has inked a deal to […]

New title sponsorship for current Liquigas Cannondale backer Six years after it began supplying to the team and three after it graduated to secondary backer, Cannondale will take over sole title sponsorship of the current Liquigas-Cannondale squad in January 2013. […]

“I knew this time I was going to reach the podium…this sport is cruel” Aside from runner up Taylor Phinney, BMC Racing team riders Tejay van Garderen and Marco Pinotti also contested today’s Elite trial at the world championships and […]