Tour of Spain runner-up explains his reasons for staying put at Team Sky As announced earlier today, Chris Froome has opted to stay with Team Sky after his superb Vuelta, signing a new three year deal with the British outfit […]
‘I knew I had one warning but had forgotten the second one…this was a bombshell’ Anyone who knows Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) would have been shocked but not surprised by his dismissal from the HTC team because of breaches of protocol […]
Young An Post Sean Kelly rider riding aggressively in Tour of Britain Back in April, Andy Fenn (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly) said that his goals for 2011 were to win a pro race, get a ride […]
Says racing in China offers teams sponsorship benefits Earlier this year, an announcement was made of the formation of the Global Cycling Promotion (GCP); a company owned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) set out to organize races in order […]
Sprinter expects victories to be hard to come by next season Mark Renshaw has been labelled as the best lead out man in cycling due to his relationship with team-mate Mark Cavendish over the past few seasons. The Australian delivered […]
Determined to soak up final HTC Highroad time prior to BMC Racing Team move Many eyes will be on riders such as Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma Lotto) and last year’s winner Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) in tomorrow’s GP Cycliste de Quebec, […]
Road season under his belt, American rider turns to his big passion For most riders their precious autumn break is within touching distance, but for the men whose habitat is cloying mud rather than the beach in the off-season, the […]
Backing the Volta ao Portugal winner, hoping to race with British team One of Europe’s great races, the Tour of Portugal – the ‘Volta’ – recently took place; Ricardo Mestre took the leader’s jersey with a clear win in the […]
Belgian sprinter injured in stage fifteen crash; looks certain to miss Worlds; season could be over Tom Boonen (Quick Step) will not start the sixteenth stage of the Vuelta a España on Tuesday, after injuring his hand in a crash […]
Swedish rider a strong fifth overall in Spanish stage race The last time VeloNation spoke to Astana’s Swedish former mountain biker Fredrik Kessiakoff, he’d just won the Tour of Austria. The Austrian race is a toughie and one which a […]
Endura Racing’s Kiwi going well Two years ago Kiwi Jack Bauer arrived on the Flanders scene as an up and coming ‘kermesse king;’ within six months he had signed a contract with UK pro squad Endura and had beaten ProTour […]
Briton speaks about Mi-Aout en Bretagne victory and more Whilst the headline writers concentrated on the ENECO Tour and events at altitude in Utah; over on the tough roads of the Brittany Heartland where the rivers carve craggy valleys through […]
Irishman hoping to once again fight for top ten overall finish Wary after a difficult Tour de France, Irish pro Nicolas Roche has said that he hopes to perform strongly in the Vuelta a España, but admits that he isn’t […]
Four stage wins in Tour of Poland precede Vuelta a España debut In the space of 12 months, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano & Germany) has gone from being an U23 time trial specialist to one of the sprinter’s Oscar Freire cites […]
Dane forever grateful to Stapleton for the opportunity As reported earlier today, HTC Highroad directeur sportif Brian Holm will move to Quick Step for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. This comes after HTC Highroad owner Bob Stapleton announced his team […]
Spanish Grand Tour could mark next stage in Irishman’s career It’s time to step up a level. Having shown promising form in winning a stage and netting second overall in the Tour of Poland, 24 year old Irishman Dan Martin […]
American rider talks Tour de France plus his targets for remainder of this season Whilst Sky and Omega Pharma successfully hedged their bets, giving their baroudeurs and sprinters freedom to go for stage wins early in the Tour, there was […]
Fully recovered from injury, Liquigas-Cannondale man ready to race Ted King (Liquigas-Cannondale) will return to racing at the Tour of Utah, over two months after breaking his collarbone at the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship in June. A week after finishing […]
