Competitive Boom wants to have better spring campaign than in 2010
Using cross season to have a go at early classics Lars Boom has scheduled a total of six cyclocross races into his winter calendar but never made it a secret that he is totally committed to the road. In mid-January […]
Irish hillclimb champion Sherlock searching for new team
Former MTB rider to concentrate completely on road racing Following a season when he first began riding stage races, double Irish champion Ryan Sherlock has decided to focus completely on road racing in 2011 and is hoping to find an […]
Ivan Basso can’t wait to get 2011 started
Liquigas-Cannondale rider won’t rule out Giro-Tour double next year For Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale), 2011 can’t come soon enough. The 33-year-old can’t wait to get going, he told La Republicca, “When the season begins I feel the thrill of the first […]
Roxane Knetemann follows her late father to Skil team
1978 World champion’s daughter to ride for one of his former sponsors Roxane Knetemann is one of the eight riders who will make up the new Skil-Koga team in 2011; for the 23-year-old Dutchwoman it is a nice bit of […]
Tom Meeusen: “Losing Zdenek Stybar would be a disaster”
Kalmthout winner not ready for team leadership yet Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) may have already taken three victories this season, the latest and by far the biggest of which being last weekend’s World Cup in Kalmthout, Belgium, but the 22-year-old is […]
Sanne Cant Interview: Flying the flag for Belgian women’s cyclocross
20-year-old Belgian champion asserts herself in the sport that her countrymen dominate Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) has only recently turned 20 years old, but can already be seen at the front of most women’s cyclocross races. She took the first of […]
Pegasus Sports denies UCI claims of financial shortfalls and missing bank guarantee
Team owner Chris White insists budget was half a million dollars in surplus The Pegasus Sports team has responded to yesterday’s UCI statement accusing it of financial shortcomings and a lack of professionalism by rebuking the governing body’s stance and […]
Wiggins to begin 2011 season in Qatar, Boasson Hagen in Oman
Team Sky outlines early schedules for 2011 season Team Sky’s big name riders Bradley Wiggins and Edvald Boasson Hagen will both get their seasons underway in February, with Wiggins starting racing in the Tour of Qatar (February 6-11) and Boasson […]
Qatar and Oman selections a big boost for An Post Sean Kelly team
Irish-sponsored, Belgian-registered squad could replace Pegasus Sports As a further sign that the team is building its reputation amongst the big race organisers, the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team has been given a call-up to the […]
Regina Bruins breaks ankle in training
24-year-old Skil-Koga signing will be out of racing for six weeks Regina Bruins, who is moving from the Cervélo TestTeam to the new Skil-Koga team, has broken her ankle while training, according to De Telegraaf. The 24-year-old crashed while out […]