2012 Giro d’Italia podium finisher to begin season in Australia, wants Tour de France stage win Second on a stage in 2011 and second in the King of the Mountains classification earlier this season, Thomas de Gendt will return to […]
Danish veteran has chance to complete rare treble in Spain, France and Italy Now 37 years of age, Nicki Sørensen knows that his career is inching towards a close but has set himself a good goal for 2013; in addition […]
Van Hoecke and De Ketele battle hard but finish second Pushed hard by rivals Robert Bartko and Silvan Dillier plus Gijs Van Hoecke and Kenny De Ketele, Iljo Keisse and Glenn O’Shea staged a late comeback to seal the Omega […]
Cyclocross’ Kannibaal talks retirement with a season and a half to go Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) still starts virtually every cyclocross race as the overwhelming favourite, even at the age of 36. The Kannibaal van Baal has already won nine races […]
Australian Orica GreenEdge rider: ‘I’ve been clean my whole career’ Milan-Sanremo winner Simon Gerrans has described the shock he got when he rode his first Tour de France, saying that the speed and difficulty of the race were something that […]
Tight sprint sees Mr Superprestige denied; Wyman beats Vos as the World champions returns Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Revor) denied Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) his sixtieth career victory in the Superprestige series at the end of a tough race in Gieten, in the […]
Stage details confirmed for Argentinean stage opener Just under two months remain until the start of the Tour de San Luis and it appears that a strong field will be in place for the 2013 edition. According to Wielerland, the […]
Still regards 2010 Tour disqualification as an “injustice”; may not ride 2013 race if team is not in WorldTour Alberto Contador has called for zero tolerance to doping in cycling, as he spoke to French television from the Team Saxo-Tinkoff […]
Irishman gives up Tour leadership role in order to learn from Contador at Team Saxo Tinkoff After several years as team leader, Nicolas Roche will have a very different approach to his racing in 2013 and 2014. The Irishman is […]
French rider makes Koksijde podium and hopes for more in Roubaix Francis Mourey (FDJ-BigMat) was a non-Belgian interloper in the big battle between the riders of the host nation in today’s Koksijde World Cup race, and managed to take third […]
US champion flies through the jetlag to extend World Cup lead with her third Koksijde victory Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) managed to overcome jetlag to take her second victory in the 2012/13 Cyclocross World Cup, as she rode solo […]
Dutch camping holidays CEO provides differing stance from exiting Rabobank Vacansoleil, the Dutch camping holidays specialist, and DCM, the manufacturer of natural fertilizers and plant foods, have pledged their continued support to the sport of professional cycling. The affirmation comes […]
“We think we deserve to have a license, and we have a really good feeling about it.” The announcement of those who will receive WorldTour ProTeam licences for 2013 is due to be made anytime in the next few days […]
Slippery mud stops Niels Albert on the sand dune course; Katie Compton Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) powered away from a struggling Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) to take his sixth victory in the Koksijde Duinencross – an outright record – as the slippery […]
Pressure of WorldTour too much for emerging riders, says sponsor Omega Pharma-Quick Step is to set up a development team in 2013, which will race at Continental level, according to Sporza. The International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour is too pressured […]
Dane will target Classics and Contador Tour de France victory Though he went winless in 2012 – and actually has yet to grab his first professional road victory – Michael Mørkøv seemed to always be present at some of the […]
Race will feature first velodrome sprint since 1957 edition In what is being billed as a stage conclusion that will be evocative of the Paris-Roubaix Classic, next January’s Jayco Herald Sun Tour will feature the first velodrome finish in 57 […]
60th Superprestige race victory awaits in Gieten after a possible sixth Koksijde World Cup Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) is heading into what could be yet another record breaking weekend as he takes on the World Cup race in Koksijde, Belgium, and […]
