Pre-Giro d’Italia challenge in four-day Italian stage race The Giro del Trentino will see an early showdown between some of the contenders for this year’s Giro d’Italia as it gets under way in Lienz, Austria, tomorrow. Among the race favourites […]
UCI confirms Vargas Barrantes, Mudarra Segura, Morales Castillo and Villalobos Azofeifa provisionally suspended Following yesterday’s news that four Costa Rican riders have tested positive, the UCI has confirmed to VeloNation that the substance in question was indeed the banned substance […]
US company makes “only improvement required” to its top road componentry Following its April 1st Youtube teaser from two weeks ago, US component maker SRAM has confirmed the creation of new “22” versions of its top road groups. Red and […]
“The idea is to test my condition and increase the chances of my team,” says Tour de France favourite Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) has confirmed that he has taken the decision to start la Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège this week, after […]
One more race before a break for Slovakian rider Weighting up the situation following his disappointing end to the Amstel Gold Race, Peter Sagan and his Cannondale Pro Cycling team have decided that the Slovakian rider will indeed take part […]
Track’s top competitor seems likely to end career on Thursday Eight months after he raised his Olympic gold medal tally to a staggering six titles, Chris Hoy is expected to finally call an end to a long and very successful […]
Luxembourg rider states non-finish was due to crash and circumstance rather than fitness level He’s finished in the top ten of the Amstel Gold Race before and also taken a dominant win in the 2009 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but Andy Schleck insists […]
Movistar captain bouyed by form ahead of next weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) recorded his best ever finish in the Amstel Gold Race today, as he sprinted to second place behind winner Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff). The Murcian rider was part […]
Today’s result was Slovakian’s first time outside top two in a one day event this year He was identified beforehand as the clear favourite, both on the basis of his superb run of form this year and also because of […]
Thigh contusion for Catalan rider could call a halt to Ardennes campaign Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) is now uncertain whether he is to start Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne after a crash in the Amstel Gold Race today. The Catalan rider came down […]
Frenchman set to be sidelined from racing for several weeks Europcar team leader Thomas Voeckler’s Ardennes Classics ambitions have been destroyed by a bad crash he suffered approximately 92 kilometres from the finish of the Amstel Gold Race. The Frenchman […]
2012 runner-up determined to ride well, but admits he needs to be solo to win Last year’s second-place finisher in the Amstel Gold Race, Jelle Vanendert, knows that Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) are for many […]
Four Costa Rican riders positive for unnamed substance, federation president won’t confirm product in question Days after the first positive test for the banned product GW501516 was confirmed, it appears that several more cases for that substance may have emerged […]
Luxembourg rider states non-finish was due to crash and circumstance rather than fitness level He’s finished in the top ten of the Amstel Gold Race before and also taken a dominant win in the 2009 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but Andy Schleck insists […]
Movistar captain bouyed by form ahead of next weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) recorded his best ever finish in the Amstel Gold Race today, as he sprinted to second place behind winner Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff). The Murcian rider was part […]
Today’s result was Slovakian’s first time outside top two in a one day event this year He was identified beforehand as the clear favourite, both on the basis of his superb run of form this year and also because of […]
