Romain Feillu wins second straight stage in Tour Méditerranéen
Frenchman takes over race lead with another sprint victory Romain Feillu is on a roll, taking his second consecutive win in the Tour Méditerranéen. Feillu beat Yauheni Hutarovich and Alexander Porsev on the short 128-kilometer stage between Carnoux and La […]
Vacansoleil suspends Riccardo Riccò
Team says that internal investigation revealed problems with the Italian Vacansoleil put its rider Riccardo Riccò in non-active mode today. The team followed rumors about a blood transfusion of Riccò with its own investigation, reaching the conclusion that there were […]
Markus Eichler finds a new home after Pegasus collapse: Germany's Team NSP
Classics talent will lead young German Continental squad in 2011 Following the collapse of the promising Pegasus team, most riders managed to scurry off to new opportunities. Germany’s Markus Eichler was left without an employer for quite some time though. […]
Yet another German race lost: the 2.2 ranked Mainfranken Tour
U23 stage race cancelled due to 50,000 euro budget shortage The Mainfranken Tour, one of Germany’s top U23 stage races, and one of the few UCI ranked stage races remaining in Europe’s most populous country, has been cancelled for 2011. […]
Aldo Ilesic Interview: Sprinting towards success with Team Type 1
Big season ahead for Slovenian rider Despite the fact that he’s only 26, Slovenian sprinter Aldo Ino Ilesic has been riding UCI races since 2004, originally with Slovenian Continental teams Perutnina Ptuj (where he was team mates with Vuelta stage […]
Prudhomme speaks of strengths of Barcelona’s bid to host 2014 Tour de France Grand Départ
Tour race director says Contador cause won’t hamper Spanish city’s candidature Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme has commented on Thursday’s news that the Spanish city Barcelona is bidding to host the start of the 2014 Tour de France, […]
Three more tough stages unveiled for Amgen Tour of California
Stages four to six released, video clips included here Following yesterday’s announcement of the first three stages of the Amgen Tour of California, details of the next three legs of the race have today been released. They will again reinforce […]
Taylor Phinney confirms he will make his pro debut in Tour of Oman
BMC Racing Team rider sufficiently recovered from his knee injury to line out Talented young American rider Taylor Phinney has confirmed that he will make his pro debut with the BMC Racing Team in the upcoming Tour of Oman. The […]
Philippe Gilbert needs more racing before the classics
Missing Qatar and Oman means Belgian star is not at the level he wants for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Although he has put in some strong performances in the races of the Mallorca Challenge, Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) feels that he needs […]
Kolobnev and Fuglsang add their backing to race radios, call on UCI to rethink ban
‘Why not go back to fixed gears and mending your own punctures?’ Former world championship runner-up Alexander Kolobnev and triple Tour of Denmark winner Jakob Fuglsang have joined the calls for race radios to remain permitted in pro races, saying […]