Court case between Jan Ullrich and Team Coast backer Gunther Dahms over disputed €300,000 salary
Former Coast team sponsor wants three month’s salary back due to doping confession His admitted usage of banned substances falls outside the statute of limitations, but Jan Ullrich is nevertheless facing a court case which could see the former Tour […]
Armstrong implicates Verbruggen, Ferrari for first time over doping matters
Texan meets with O’Reilly, says Verbruggen was central to 1999 cover-up Ten months after glossing over the involvement of both Hein Verbruggen and Michele Ferrari in his Oprah Winfrey interview, avoiding answering questions about their involvement in his doping or […]
Brett Lancaster and Svein Tuft renew with Orica-GreenEdge
Two more years each for Australian and Canadian at WorldTour team Brett Lancaster and Svein Tuft have both signed contracts for two more years with Orica-GreenEdge, the Australian WorldTour team has confirmed. Both riders have been with the squad since […]
Cancellara world hour record attempt in 2014 could kick off a new wave of attempts
Multiple world champion preparing for attempt in Manchester, Mexico or Portugal One of the most historic of cycling’s records could be set for a new flurry of activity after Fabian Cancellara indicated that he will indeed aim for the world […]
Bpost Bank Trofee: Sven Nys takes his fourth GP Hasselt in a three-up sprint
Sanne Cant wins a race-long battle with Helen Wyman to take women’s race Sven Nys (Crelan-KDL) took his fourth victory in the GP Hasselt in a three-man sprint over Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) after the three […]
Collins secures New Zealand criterium title for Wiggle Honda
Sprint success for 23 year old Kiwi Having clocked up Wiggle Honda’s first road race victory when she won the Omloop van het Hageland in March, Kiwi rider Emily Collins has bookended the year with a win at the end […]
Improving finances? Hoffman to be re-employed by Saxo Tinkoff after all
Tinkov’s spokesman says no agreement yet between Russian businessman and any team Although a second sponsor has yet to be confirmed, Team Saxo Tinkoff has decided to take back on directeur sportif Tristran Hoffman, just over a week after the […]
Rebellin re-signs for another year with CCC Polsat Polkowice
Third place in UCI Europe Tour earns Italian the orange-coloured ride again Davide Rebellin will spend a second consecutive season with Poland’s professional continental squad CCC Polsat Polkowice, with the team director saying that he is happy to see the […]
Matteo Tosatto continues with Saxo-Tinkoff for two more years
New deal will allow venerable Italian to race through age 41 His unquestioned abilities as a team domestique, as well as his understated value as a one-day rider have combined to earn Matteo Tosatto another contract with Saxo-Tinkoff. The Italian […]
Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport and Qhubeka hand out bikes in South African charity initiative
Could collaboration boost MTN Qhubeka’s chances of riding its first Grand Tour next year? In what the MTN Qhubeka team’s fans will hope is a sign of a growing relationship between it and RCS Sport, the organisers of the Giro […]