“Lucky I crashed now and not one week ago,” says new world champion Philippe Gilbert ended Il Lombardi today in a completely different manner to how he envisaged things, limping into a team car rather than thundering up the finishing […]
Long time on the sidelines may be nearing an end He’s hoped to get back to racing on a number of occasions but after being forced to scratch the Tour de France, then the Olympic Games, the Vuelta a España, […]
Italian gets small boost after world championship spill Two days after he crashed hard during the elite time trial at the world championships and fractured his collarbone, Marco Pinotti has received some welcome news. Contrary to first expectations, his BMC […]
“I knew this time I was going to reach the podium…this sport is cruel” Aside from runner up Taylor Phinney, BMC Racing team riders Tejay van Garderen and Marco Pinotti also contested today’s Elite trial at the world championships and […]
No replacement for Olympic silver medallist sees Great Britain’s women reduced to five Lizzie Armitstead (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) has withdrawn from Great Britain’s World championship team through illness, British Cycling has announced. The Olympic silver medallist was to be the team’s […]
Triple vertebral fracture and facial injuries for Dutchman Following a bad crash in the Tour of Britain , IG Sigma Sport rider Wouter Sybrandy faces two operations in order to assist his recovery. The 27 year old Dutchman hit the […]
Vuelta top ten finisher Talansky takes vacated place Tyler Farrar’s bad crash during the Tour of Britain and subsequent concussion has led to the Washington rider being forced to withdraw from the USA team for the world road race championships. […]
Rider being monitored by Garmin-Sharp team Tyler Farrar’s plan to use the Tour of Britain as part of his final build-up for the world road race championships was dashed by his withdrawal from the race after his heavy crash yesterday. […]
Former world champ “relieved” and looking forward to next season BMC Racing Team has found a prognosis for Thor Hushovd’s poor performance this season. After four days of testing at the Salt Lake City Health and Fitness Institute with the […]
No GP Fourmies due to ongoing pain from Dauphiné injury Andy Schleck’s hopes of bouncing back from the most frustrating period of his career have been foiled yet again, with the residual after-effects of his crash in June’s Critérium du […]
Drapac Racing rider gets crucial medical green light Last month Australian rider Will Walker had a reoccurrence of heart arrhythmia issues, forcing him out of the Tour of the Great South Coast, but his team has confirmed that this won’t […]
Lack of racing fitness after injury faulted as reason The 2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has decided to bring his current racing season to a premature close, with he and his team deciding that he can’t regain peak […]
Murcian rider affected by bad crash Alejandre Valverde has had the setback of losing an important team-mate in the Vuelta a España, with José Joaquín Rojas being forced to withdraw from the event. The 2011 Spanish national champion hit the […]
Luxembourg rider had been out of action for nearly three months Andy Schleck’s push to come back from serious injury moves to the next step on September 9th when he finally makes his return to competition in the GP Fourmies […]
Stomach problems end tough race for Frenchman John Gadret, who went into the Vuelta a España as one of the top riders on the Ag2r La Mondiale team, has decided with his team that he will go no further in […]
Tests due, BMC Racing Team believes issue might have affected him all year Cadel Evans’ chances of chasing a second world title plus big results are threatened by an illness which his BMC Racing team believes may have affected him […]
Boost for Euskaltel rider as Worlds participation could still be on the cards Following this morning’s crash in the Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Samuel Sanchez has got a silver lining to the cloud of another injury; fears that he may have […]
Swiss rider wants to end season and put 2012 behind him On the same day that a crash put a question mark over Samuel Sanchez’s chances of riding the world road race championships, Fabian Cancellara appears set to also miss […]
