Toothless ban sees rider able to return to racing on January 7th Two days after Michele Scarponi was handed an essentially inconsequential three month suspension which will expire on December 31st, compatriot Giovanni Visconti has received a similarly toothless ban […]
Lithuanian rider getting confidence back after difficult seasons After two tough years with the Movistar team, former Giro d’Italia stage winner Ignatas Konovalovas has improved morale as he prepares for a 2013 season with the MTN – Qhubeka team. The […]
Aggressive Belgian likely to stir up the action in next month’s WorldTour race Having been one of the most aggressive early-season riders in recent years, Thomas de Gendt will once again animate the roads of South Australia with confirmation that […]
Race will return to Britain in nineteen months After a long campaign which also saw Edinburgh, Florence, Barcelona and Lille pushing for selection, Yorkshire is celebrating after it was selected as the venue for the start of the 2014 Tour […]
Drug Free Sport New Zealand denies delay in sending documents Responding to the reports that the women’s Tour of New Zealand has been abandoned this year due to the increased costs of drug testing on the race, the UCI has […]
Flèche Wallonne winner describes breakthrough success, and how beating Vos has affected her mentality April 18th, 2012. Evelyn Stevens and Marianne Vos are side by side with approximately 400 metres to go in the women’s Flèche Wallonne race, with a […]
World Anti Doping Agency president John Fahey not happy The president of the World Anti Doping Agency John Fahey has said that the body is troubled by the terms of reference drawn up for use by the Independent Commission looking […]
Globalisation, Anti-doping, Riders and the Calendar the centre of “A Bright Future for Cycling” The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the scope of its stakeholder consultation exercise, dubbed “A Bright Future for Cycling”, which will be launched later in […]
Sixteen teams now awaiting final approval from anti-doping group The number of teams seeking to join the current twelve-member Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible [Movement for a Credible Cycling/MPCC] has expanded by a further three squads and means there are […]
Plugge takes over as team director, Brainwash withdraws as co-sponsor of women’s team As reported last week, the former Rabobank team has been rebranded with a holding name, much along the lines of the 1T4i squad last year, as it […]
Briton states that it is undecided if he will do the Giro d’Italia Although he suggested at the Tour de France launch that the Giro d’Italia would likely be his prime target in 2013 and that he would support Chris […]
World and Olympic champion to also race off road in coming year She’s been world champion on road, track and in cyclo cross and now Marianne Vos wants to see how far she can go on the mountain bike. The […]
British online cycle retailer to support Wiggle-Honda for the next three years Five weeks after announcing the creation of Dream Team Professional Cycling, British online cycle retailer Wiggle has been unveiled as its title sponsor. The new women’s UCI team, […]
Distance of original 1913 event to be ridden on anniversary date of May 25th As part of the celebrations to mark 100 years of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, race organiser Flanders Classics is to run an amateur ride of 324km, […]
Suspension will be served in off season; 2011 Giro winner will be free to race again on January 1st Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) was handed a three-month ban by the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping tribunal, after if found him guilty […]
103 years of history rated by a panel of 100 journalists to exorcise 12/12/12 Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has put together a ‘Universal Classification’ of the first 103 years of the race, to “exorcise the World’s end, as predicted […]
Could revenue-generating reform of cycling damn events such as Paris-Nice and Tour de Suisse? After a new presentation to the media in recent days has led to another upsurge in attention for those behind the World Series Cycling proposal, a […]
Says he made it clear women’s race would be unable to continue with demands that UCI must do testing The race director of the Tour of New Zealand has spoken of his frustration with the forced cancellation of the women’s […]
