Skil-Shimano not surprised to miss out on selection to the Tour de France
Dutch ProContinental team hoping for Wild Card invites to Vuelta and Walloon Classics Lost amid the slight surprise of Geox-TMC being overlooked for a Wild Card entry into this year’s Tour de France was yet another overlooking for Skil-Shimano. The […]
UCI delays frame and fork approval process after industry objects to high cost
Fee of thousands of Euros for “UCI Approved” label would have been too much for small manufacturers The International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to postpone its approval process for new equipment, according to bikebiz.com. The scheme, which would have […]
Tirreno-Adriatico announces twenty team invitations
Local teams get wild cards once more as Geox-TMC misses out on another race RCS Sport, the organiser of the Tirreno-Adriatico, has announced the list of twenty teams that will be invited to this year’s race. As a World Tour […]
Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah gets UCI 2.1 status for 2011
Along with the Quiznos Challenge, August will be a hot month of racing in America With the recent unfortunate news that both the Tour of the Battenkill and the Tour of the Gila would not be UCI races in 2011, […]
"Cycling will go on without Lance Armstrong," says Pat McQuaid
UCI president angry with Alberto Contador but says that cycling is the cleanest sport and is bigger than American seven-time Tour winner Pat McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has claimed once again that cycling is now […]
Tour de France organiser announces 22 team invitations
Few surprises as French teams given all four wildcards; almost identical squads invited to Paris Nice Tour de France organiser ASO has announced the list of 22 teams that have been invited to the 98th edition cycling’s biggest race this […]
Cyclocross World Championship course will be good for Belgium, says team coach
Rudy De Bie thinks that muddy track in St-Wendel makes his riders the favourites Belgian national cyclocross coach has had a look at the World Championships course in St-Wendel, Germany and he has proclaimed it a good one for the […]
World under 23 champion Matthews triumphs on stage three of Santos Tour Down Under
Australian talent outsprints Greipel and new race leader Goss His first UCI WorldTour win, just three days into his first UCI WorldTour race; Michael Matthews is certainly not hanging around when it comes to showing what he can do. Three […]
Movistar's Xavier Tondo leads Tour de San Luis following time trial victory
Spanish climber’s time trialing prowess bodes well for season ahead Movistar’s Xavier Tondo has started both his own season as well as his team’s in impeccable fashion. The Catalonian climber leads Argentina’s Tour de San Luis after four stages and […]
Mythical Avenue de Grammont finish to remain in Paris-Tours
Road work on finishing straight will shorten the Avenue de Grammont from 3000 meters to 800 Oscar Freire’s 2010 Paris-Tours victory on the famed Avenue de Grammont will not prove to be the final on the legendary road as previously […]