When fashion designer Michael Ball hit the professional cycling scene in 2007, he brought with him the rebel attitude that embodied his Rock Racing team. He developed a love-hate relationship with the cycling community, where in most cases people would […]
Bradley Wiggins, fourth in last year’s Tour de France, pins on his first number as a Team Sky rider at the Tour of Qatar tomorrow. After his controversial transfer from Garmin-Slipstream, the multiple Olympic champion can’t wait to get going, […]
Garmin-Transitions manager Jonathan Vaughters was disappointed, to say the least, to lose Tour de France fourth place Bradley Wiggins to the new British Team Sky over the winter. Losing Wiggins could have spelled the end of the team, says Vaughters […]
With the departure of two-time Giro d’Italia winner Gilberto Simoni from the Androni Giocattoli – Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team, Michele Scarponi finds himself as the undisputed leader of the team for the first time. The 30-year-old told la Gazzetta dello […]
At a press conference today during team Astana’s training camp in Calpe, Spain, defending Tour de France Champion Alberto Contador discussed the “new look” Astana for 2010, and what he thinks of the changes that have been made since the […]
In a matter of hours the opening stage of the Santos Tour Down Under will begin in Clare and travel 141 undulating kilometres to Tanunda. Despite the inclusion of Menglers Hill, a bunch sprint is the most likely outcome and […]
Having won the World Cup race in Roubaix last season, in almost identically muddy conditions, Katie Compton (Planet Bike) was a surprise non-starter in Sunday’s race. Instead of racing to a win in the conditions she loves the US champion […]
After a winter of securing riders, the new RadioShack team is ready to hit the road and begin their 2010 season. The American squad has a roster packed with both experience and talent. Among their ranks is José Luis Rubiera, […]
For 2007 World Champion Marta Bastianelli, 2008 should have been her best year in cycling, instead it turned out to be her worst. A positive test for banned substance fenfluromine – an amphetimine derivative, often used as a weight loss […]
2009 was a year to remember for Marco Pinotti who, at 33 years of age, had the most consistent season of his career. He took a series of strong results, culminating in a fine fifth place in the world time […]
For years Thomas Voeckler has been entertaining cycling fans with his exploits off the front of the peloton. The Frenchman began his career as a stagiare in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau’s then Bonjour squad, and has stayed loyal to the […]
A disastrous first lap could have cost US champion Katie Compton (Planet Bike) dearly in Saturday’s cyclocross World Cup race in Koksijde, Belgium. Her strength and determination came into play though, and she managed to salvage a fighting third place […]
Today Caisse d’Epargne’s Iván Gutiérrez turns 31, and after a tough 2009 season the Spaniard wants to get back to his best form for what will be his eleventh season as a professional. Gutiérrez started his career in 2000 riding […]
As part one of this feature detailed, John Lelangue will be one of the key people involved in the running of the BMC team in 2010. He’s guided the American-registered, Swiss-backed squad to the point where it has now signed […]
As is the case with other sports, the transfer season is one rife with rumours and speculation. Riders such as Alberto Contador and Bradley Wiggins have been talked about almost daily, with a near-obsession building up as to where they […]
The cycling world is in a constant state of change. Technological advances in manufacturing have made equipment lighter and stronger, and even the riders are taking a more scientific approach to their training, now targeting only specific events during the […]
Tom Danielson’s return to form in 2009 has given the Garmin Slipstream rider an important boost in confidence and now, fully motivated, he wants to ride the Tour de France for the first time in his career. “I won’t know […]
Over a career that spans a decade, Garmin-Slipstream rider David Zabriskie has made his mark as one of cycling’s top riders when it comes to racing against the clock. In that time Zabriskie has had many successes in stage racing, […]
