New UCI president acknowledges need for reform in cycling but also for its heritage International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has said that he is against any plans to create what has been referred to as a World Cycling […]
Multiple Italian TT champion becomes part of UCI’s Professional Cycling Council Having retired this autumn and then switched over to a new role as part of the BMC Racing Team’s coaching staff, Marco Pinotti has said that he is setting […]
Confirms Tour de France is big season focus but wants to be good in every race he rides Planning ahead after a season which saw him clock up fourteen wins, including a stage of the Tour de France, André Greipel […]
Stage race victory and defence of his national title listed as two key goals for 2014 Searching for a team after his Champion System team was forced to stop due to a lack of sponsorship, Irish road race champion Matt […]
Rider said to have retired; prizemoney can’t be distributed until case decision is official He won the 2013 Presidential Tour of Turkey in April, he was announced as having tested positive in July, but until UCI confirmation Mustafa Sayar is […]
Gdańsk start likely in tribute to the Solidarity movement that toppled Communist regime While details have yet to be finalised, the 2014 edition of the Tour of Poland looks set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the country’s freedom from […]
French squad already taking aim at 2014 WorldTour season With its start now less than two months away, AG2R La Mondiale has announced its seven-man line up for January’s Santos Tour Down Under. The French team took very little from […]
Eighth and second titles respectively; Mathieu van der Poel recognised as best new talent Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant) and Bauke Mollema (Belkin) have been elected wielrenster and wielrenner van het jaar – riders of the year – in the Netherlands, with […]
Possible operation Wednesday for shoulder and arm fractures Alex Carera, the agent of several high-profile riders, including Giro d’Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), is reported to be improving hour by hour in the intensive treatment unit of a Brescia hospital […]
Garmin-Sharp rider motivated by thoughts of racing in front of Irish fans, also speaks about other season aims Speaking in detail about his thoughts on the season ahead, Dan Martin has said that he believes he could be a contender […]
Reward offered for information leading to recovery of bikes, equipment and other items Describing the matter as one of ‘enormous’ significance, the Lampre Merida team has been hit by a major break-in overnight, and has lost equipment totalling an undisclosed […]
Russian rules out some proposals, final decision coming soon Three weeks after confirming that Oleg Tinkov was considering several proposals from teams in relation to his backing for 2014, his spokesman has said that the Russian billionaire is moving closer […]
Two others in crash not badly hurt French cycling is in mourning following the news of the passing of former professional Arnaud Coyot, who was killed in a car accident this weekend. According to French media reports, he was one […]
Gieten round full of bad luck for Crelan-KDL rider Motioning that he was finished with his race with still several short Gieten laps to go, Sven Nys (Crelan-KDL) could have also been signaling the end of his run at yet […]
Samuel Sanchez is team’s preferred rider Still searching for a contract for next year after Euskaltel Euskadi ground to a halt, there are mixed messages about Igor Anton, Team Colombia and the possibility that he could be given a place […]
Disaster strikes Nys; Van der Haar denied by missed pedal; Wyman takes women’s race Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) capped a perfect weekend with his second victory in two days at the 2013 edition of the Superprestige Gieten, the one race in […]
Contract makes history for Malaysian cycling with first-ever WorldTour rider Capitalizing on a year when he won three races, including the overall classification of the Jelajah Malaysia, Sea Keong Loh has become the first South East Asian and first Malaysian […]
Belgian team clears up “two administrative formalities” to allow a seat at the top table Lotto-Belisol has had its place at cycling’s top table confirmed by the International Cycling Union (UCI), the Belgian team reports, as it has been confirmed […]
