World champion Rui Costa to showcase rainbow jersey in Tour of Beijing
Portuguese rider wants to clock up first win since taking gold in Firenze Three days after he won the world road race championship, Rui Costa has confirmed that he will take part in this year’s Tour of Beijing, thus bringing […]
Diego Ulissi climbs to victory on Superga to take Milano-Torino
Runner-up from 2012 goes one better despite bruises from Worlds road rac Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) took his fourth victory of the 2013 season, as he sprinted away from a group of hot favourites in the final metres of Milano-Torino to […]
Dan Martin working hard in advance of Il Lombardia and Tour of Beijing
“I need to try to finish the season on a high as the last few months have been hard” Having crashed out of the Vuelta a España and again going down and out of Sunday’s world road race championships, Dan […]
Europcar applies for WorldTour licence, French team awaiting UCI decision
Team wants guaranteed starts to all the top races, will increase roster to 25 riders if successful Previously racing as a Pro Continental team, the Europcar squad of Pierre Rolland, Thomas Voeckler and the sprinter Bryan Coquard is looking to […]
Trek Factory Racing signs van Poppel brothers and Fabio Felline for 2014
Vacansoleil-DCM siblings to become new US team’s second pair of brothers Having already confirmed that it is bringing over Fränk and Andy Schleck along with the RadioShack-Leopard WorldTour licence, the Trek Factory Racing team has confirmed the signing of another […]
Argos Shimano inks contract extensions for Degenkolb, Geschke, Dumoulin and Kittel
Women’s team extends with Wild and Garner and makes three new additions Marcel Kittel, the rider who dominated the sprints in this year’s Tour de France, has inked a new two year deal to remain with the Argos Shimano team […]
Champion System changes plans for Beijing after Taiwan bars Kai Feng from taking part
General manager Ed Beamon “saddened and sickened by the provincial pettiness” Champion System has been forced to change its planned line up for the Tour of Beijing, which starts on October 11th, after Taiwanese champion Kai Feng has been barred […]
Endura Racing reaffirms anti-doping stance after alleged Tiernan-Locke passport anomalies
Former British team tried and failed to get additional testing in successful 2012 season Endura Racing, the former Continental team of Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (JTL), has released a statement to declare its anti-doping stance, and the measures it tried to take […]
Vacansoleil-DCM manager rescues riders with new ProConti level team
Wanty the main sponsor for 20-25 of Dutch team’s current squad, but Accent.jobs to fold Hilaire van der Schueren, the current directeur sportif of Vacansoleil-DCM, has created a new team to save the majority of his riders when the ProTeam […]
Linus Gerdemann video interview: German talent expecting big things after year out of cycling
“I am quite confident that it will be a successful story” He already signed a contract several weeks ago but Monday was an important moment for Linus Gerdemann and his new team. The German rider travelled to MTN Qhubeka’s Service […]