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Pro Cycling

Argos Shimano confirms: talks ongoing with Marcel Kittel, team hopes to reach deal soon

Team sounding optimistic about keeping four-time Tour de France stage winner on board Following conflicting media reports which stated, then disputed, that Marcel Kittel had extended his current contract, his Argos Shimano team has clarified the situation with the quadruple […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling,

Sanremo champion Ciolek inks deal to remain part of Team MTN-Qhubeka until end of 2015

German rider will continue to help African project to grow Milan Sanremo winner Gerald Ciolek may have had approaches from several teams after his Classic success but the German has decided to stay with the MTN Qhubeka squad, choosing to […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Tour de France organisers say they’ll consider demands for women’s Tour

Online petition signed by Vos and Pooley breaks through 70,000 signatures Following an explosion of interest in the push to hold a women’s Tour de France in conjunction with the men’s race, the organisers of the Tour have said that […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Cookson calls for the sharing of data with anti-doping bodies to be obligatory for teams and organisers

UCI presidential candidate wants independent investigation plus amnesties, outlines seven-point plan to fight doping Expanding on the issues raised in his manifesto, Brian Cookson has said that he will introduce seven anti-doping measures if elected, including the compulsory sharing of […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Team Sky wins as Lampre-Merida loses in Tour de France prize money list

The winner doesn’t quite take it all but many of the losers are standing small After the victory of Chris Froome in the Tour de France, it comes as no surprise that his Sky Procycling team tops the prize money […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Van Avermaet wins Tour de Wallonie stage three drag race

Kolobnev maintains overall lead as BMC Belgian gets first season victory Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) got himself and his team in the winning column on Monday in Belgium, unleashing an old fashioned sprint in stage three of the Tour […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Stuart O’Grady retires from professional cycling one year earlier than planned

End of an era as former Paris-Roubaix winner says its time to hang up his wheels Bringing forward his plans by one year, Stuart O’Grady has made the surprise decision to retire from professional cycling as of immediate effect. The […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Peter Sagan headlines start list for Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic

Tour de France green jersey to ride Olympic legacy race Tour de France green jersey winner tops the bill for the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic on Sunday, August 4th, in the start list released by the race organiser. The Slovakian champion […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

Froome psyched to achieve Tour de France – world championships double

“I’ve focused on the Tour up until now but being the world champion, that’s probably the second biggest prize in cycling” He’s already achieved his first goal of winning the Tour de France but now Chris Froome is setting his […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France, World Championships,

Career-best Grand Tour result for Fuglsang with seventh overall in the Tour de France

“We set a goal at the beginning of the season that brought me here to Paris” Regarded for several years as a rider who could potentially go on to contend in a Grand Tour, Jakob Fuglsang clocked up the best […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Leaving chief directeur sportif position, Lelangue and BMC Racing Team part ways

Belgian’s departure follows disappointing Tour for American team Following a disappointing Tour de France for the BMC Racing Team and suggestions of tension within the management structure, the American WorldTour squad has announced that its head directeur sportif, John Lelangue, […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Pro Cycling,

Kittel comes of age with four Tour de France stage wins

Argos-Shimano management commends the squad’s hard work Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) had what was consistently the best lead out train in the 100th Tour de France, and he capitalized with consistently the fastest sprint finish in the race, punctuated by his […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

Cavendish leaves Tour de France with two stage wins to his credit

Manxman misses out in Paris, winning streak there comes to an end Previously undefeated on the Champs Elysees, Mark Cavendish’s aim of taking a record fifth consecutive win in Paris came up short today when the Briton had to be […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

BMC Racing Team: Ballan’s withdrawal from Wallonie due to injury, not Mantova case

Team says it has not received any official notification of Ballan’s indictment Alessandro Ballan withdrew from the Tour de Wallonie prior to Sunday’s stage start, but his team has insisted that the Italian’s absence was due to a flare-up of […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Doping, Pro Cycling,

Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes Champs-Élysées sprint as Froome is crowned winner

German takes his fourth stage in a close fight with Cavendish and Greipel in twilight finish Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his fourth victory of the 2013 Tour de France as he sprinted to win the 21st and final stage between […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de France,

Tom Boonen takes a UCI-ranked victory at last in 2013 in Tour de Wallonie sprint

Belgian on target for Autumn Classics after crash-marred Spring Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has taken his first UCI-ranked victory of the 2013 season in a bunch sprint at the end of the second stage of the Tour de Wallonie, […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling,

Thüringen-Rundfahrt: Emma Johansson secures overall victory as Guderzo wins final stage

Former World champion takes MCipollini-Giordana’s second straight breakaway victory Tatiana Guderzo (MCipollini-Giordana) took her first road race victory of the 2013 season, as she escaped the peloton to win the seventh and final stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, in Zeulenroda-Triebes. The […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Quintana breaks through in debut to take Colombia’s biggest Tour de France success

Stunning first Tour dedicated to Mauricio Soler An important part of the peloton in recent decades, Colombia had trailblazers such as two time King of the Mountains Lucho Herrera and podium finisher Fabio Parra, as well as stage winners Oliverio […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Pro Cycling, Tour de France,

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