RadioShack's Haimar Zubeldia: "I haven't forgotten how to win."
Three-time Tour de France top ten finisher ready for more in 2011 RadioShack’s Haimar Zubeldia, is set to embark on his fourteenth season as a professional cyclist in 2011. The Basque climber is currently en route to his RadioShack team’s […]
Lampre-ISD's Daniele Pietropolli triumphs in first stage of Reggio Calabria
Italian makes a giant leap forward in hopes of forgetting tough 2010 season Lampre-ISD’s Daniele Pietropolli triumphed on Friday in the first stage of the Italian opener, the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria. The 30 year old was the […]
Nibali's mind on Giro d'Italia only
Liquigas-Cannondale’s star will decide on Tour and Vuelta after Giro Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali is only thinking of winning the Giro d’Italia this May, everything else comes second. “I am thinking of the Giro d’Italia, one of the first and […]
OmegaPharma-Lotto riders hit the wind tunnel
Belgian riders visit Mercedes facility in England, as used by McLaren Formula 1 team Three riders from the OmegaPharma-Lotto have visited the Drag2Zero facility at the Mercedes Benz Formula One wind tunnel, as used by the McLaren Formula 1 motor […]
Richie Porte sees possible Contador suspension as “a pretty big opportunity”
Rolf Sørensen sees it as a benefit to Danish cycling The possible ban of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador could be seen as a disaster for his new Saxo Bank-SunGard team. After the loss of Fränk and Andy Schleck […]
World Cyclocross Championships circuit: Mud or Ice?
Sub-zero nights and sunny days make the weekend’s surface tough to predict This weekend’s World Cyclocross Championships are going to be tough, everyone is agreed on that. What nobody can quite decide though, is what the surface of the course […]
An Post Sean Kelly team ambitious heading into new season
Team will face strong competition in France, Qatar and Oman The Irish sponsored, Belgium-registered An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnnelly Sean Kelly team will get its 2011 campaign underway this Sunday in the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise in southern […]
UCI clarifies position on Alberto Contador case
One-year ban is “interim decision” and nothing yet confirmed The International Cycling Union (UCI) has released a statement clarifying its position on the case of Alberto Contador and the widely reported news that the Spanish Cycling Federation was to penalise […]
Tour de Langkawi: Monsalve wins second mountain stage, Nino Corredor in yellow
Plenty of racing left over next five days Any concerns that the general classification of the 2011 Tour de Langkawi could essentially be settled a full five days from the end of the race were put to rest today, when […]
Schleck says that for him, Contador remains winner of the 2010 Tour
RFEC president says sanction length not determined yet, but Tour title almost certainly gone One day after the news leaked that Alberto Contador would be handed a one year suspension for testing positive for Clenbuterol, the rider who looks set […]