Big season ahead for Slovenian rider Despite the fact that he’s only 26, Slovenian sprinter Aldo Ino Ilesic has been riding UCI races since 2004, originally with Slovenian Continental teams Perutnina Ptuj (where he was team mates with Vuelta stage […]
Irish road race champion clocks up encouraging ProTeam debut Netting a superb tenth in Sunday’s prologue of the Tour de Qatar is an important moment in the career of the Irish road race champion Matt Brammeier. Aside from being one […]
Youngest member of Marianne Vos’ team can’t wait to get racing in 2011 Emma Trott is the latest and, at just 21 years old, the youngest recruit to the Nederland Bloeit team for 2011. The rider from Cheshunt, just a […]
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 […]
New start for 25 year old American rider T-Mobile went to the wall at the end of 2007 then in 2008 it was ‘goodbye Gerolsteiner.’ Milram – the last of the ‘Big Three’ German Pro Tour teams – succumbed in […]
British time trialist ready for new challenge The name Alex Dowsett first appeared on the ‘chrono radar’ when he took the British junior time trial championship in 2005. It was a title he successfully defended the following year, to add […]
Belgian has recovered from problems that have blighted his 2010 season as he prepares for 2011 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has declared himself ready for the 2011 season as he prepares for his “Tom Boonen and Friends” charity cyclocross race […]
On Roubaix: “You know it’s going to be a crazy day, but you’re more or less preparing yourself to go to war.” Back in May, VeloNation had the chance to sit down for half an hour with, at the time, […]
Olympic gold medallist training future track stars after quiet retirement It’s perhaps ironic that the man who flashed on to the GB track scene like a comet, a decade ago, should quietly slip away to start the next phase of […]
American rider moving onwards after Cervelo Test Team demise The Cervelo/Garmin merger may have left a few riders high and dry or having to drop to smaller setups for 2011. But some riders have moved smoothly over to pastures new; […]
2008 U23 World TT Champion got a taste of everything in his neo-pro season At only 22 years old, Italian talent Adriano Malori, already has a glittering palmares highlighted by a dominating win at the 2008 U23 World Time Trial […]
Multiple US champion on track speaks about racing in Amsterdam and the scene in the US The European road season has barely ended and already the ‘races to nowhere’ have kicked off. Despite the fact that some six day races […]
Spanish rider will chase Grand Tour success with Team Movistar in 2011 It’s inaccurate to refer to a 31 year old rider as one of the most successful newcomers in cycling, but Xavier Tondo’s 2010 season made many outside Spain […]
British road race champion talks about her superb season and her plans for 2011 It has been a phenomenal season for the British rider Emma Pooley, who picked up wins in twelve races. It wasn’t so much the quantity but […]
McQuaid wants tougher penalties In the wake of some recent high profile cases, the UCI has confirmed that it is recommending doubling the length of bans for a serious doping offences. Riders transfusing blood or using substances such as EPO, […]
Canadian rider looking forward to new challenges Christian Meier was one of the unlucky ones who were cut loose by Garmin as a result of the Cervelo merger, but he’s not too concerned. He’s just netted himself a nice new […]
Dismisses Christian Pruhomme’s uncertainty about adopting ruling UCI president Pat McQuaid has insisted that the recently-announced rules for participation for ProTour and Historic Calendar races will apply in 2011, despite the reservations expressed by the organisers of the Tour de […]
A partnership built on passion and innovation Some things are inevitable, and after 30 seconds of speaking to cycling industry icon Mike Sinyard and Renaissance man and business mogul Bob Stapleton, it was clear that a partnership between the two […]
