Specialized-lululemon wins Open de Suède Vårgårda team time trial
German-registered team defends the race it won as HTC-Highroad; Marianne Vos still leads classification The Specialized-lululemon team of Charlotte Becker, US champion Amber Neben, Evie Stevens, Ina Teutenberg, Netherlands champion Ellen van Dijk and Trixi Worrack won the Open de […]
US Pro champion Timmy Duggan to ride for SpiderTech-C10 in 2013
American rider to transfer to Canadian team from Liquigas-Cannondale Team SpiderTech C10’s bid to grow the team has received a sizeable boost with the news that the current US national pro champion Timmy Duggan has signed up to compete for […]
Final Tour de France doping tests declared clear
Frank Schleck sole positive result from race The UCI has announced the outcome of the doping controls carried out in the latter part of the Tour de France, saying that there were no positive findings. “The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) […]
UCI announces allocations for World championship road races and time trials
Top nations to field nine in men’s race and seven in women’s; extra places granted to Olympic, World Continental and champions The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the allocation of places by nation for next month’s World championship road […]
Craig Lewis targeting stage victory in USA Pro Cycling Challenge
American rider and compatriot Chris Butler head Champion System team Encouraged by a stage win in June’s Tour de Beauce, American rider Craig Lewis is heading into the USA Pro Cycling Challenge aiming to take a victory on a bigger […]
Schleck’s disappointing season continues with withdrawal from US Pro Cycling Challenge
RadioShack Nissan rider still suffering from effects of Dauphiné crash Several weeks after his RadioShack Nissan team said that he’d ride the USA Pro Cycling Challenge rather than the Vuelta a España due to a slow recovery from his June […]
Wiggins withdraws from Sky team for Tour of Denmark
Uncertainty about rider’s schedule A question mark exists over Bradley Wiggins’ racing programme in the coming weeks, with the Tour de France and Olympic time trial champion withdrawing from his next scheduled event, the upcoming Tour of Denmark. Wiggins was […]
AA Drink-Leontien.nl team set to fold as sponsors pull out
Olympic silver medallist faces second search for a new team in two years The AA Drink-Leontien.nl team is set to fold at the end of the season as the main sponsor ends its two year association, team press officer Léon […]
Guardini and Fuglsang bolster strength of Astana team
Top Italian sprinting talent joins Danish all rounder on roster Confirming the arrival of two riders who should considerably boost the team’s firepower next season, the Astana WorldTour team has announced that Jakob Fuglsang and Andrea Guardini will come on […]
Sacha Modolo sprints to Coppa Bernocchi in Colnago CSF-Inox one-two
Italian sprinter hits back at critics after Italy returns from Olympics empty-handed Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF Inox) sprinted to victory in the Coppa Bernocchi, the first race in the unofficial Trittico Lombardo, in the city of Legnano, to the north west […]