Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox celebrates securing wildcards to four RCS Sport races Bolstered by its second consecutive Giro d’Italia wildcard, Team Colombia has said that it is determined to leave its mark on the race this coming May. Last year Fabio […]
Lampre Merida sprinters Modolo and Richeze aiming for stage victories Each committed to racing hard but also saying that they don’t feel pressure to get a specific result, 2004 Giro d’Italia winner Damiano Cunego and Classic specialist Filippo Pozzato are […]
African team clocks up first win of the season on rollercoaster day Awaiting a wildcard which never came, the MTN Qhubeka team learned today that it would miss out on the Giro d’Italia, its big goal for the season. The […]
Wildcards also named for Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-Sanremo and Il Lombardia Passing over the candidature of some highly-tipped teams such as MTN Qhubeka, Giro d’Italia organisers RCS Sport have gone for teams with a strong Italian slant in choosing three wildcard places […]
“We found raising his arms helped to reduce frontal profile and cut drag” Double Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and Specialized’s engineers have come up with a bike position that they believe will be faster and more efficient for […]
Adelaide rated hottest city on earth earlier today The contrast between a cold European winter and the sweltering conditions of Australian summer have been accentuated for the riders arriving in advance of the Tour Down Under, with Adelaide currently experiencing […]
Frenchman had supporting plate taken out of shoulder earlier this month Having recently had a plate and screws removed from his right collarbone, Thomas Voeckler has fractured the same area again and is out of what would have been his […]
Synergy Baku team manager McQuaid says rider will be given time to decide next step He spoke with optimism last month in a video interview carried out at his Synergy Baku training camp, saying that he believed that he could […]
Stage two winner Jérôme Baugnies takes second as Egoitz Garcia closes the gap to the lead Roy Jans took a second straight victory for the new Wanty-Groupe Gobert team, in the second stage of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, between Ndjolé […]
Welshman about to kick off 2014 with an eye on the Classics and the Tour Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) is preparing to start his 2014 season at the Santos Tour Down Under, and hopes to begin in a similar way […]
Diabetic squad to get 2014 season underway with Tour de San Luis participation Some of Team Novo Nordisk’s top riders have made the trip to Argentina to participate in their first race of the 2014 season, the Tour de San […]
Europcar team names lineup for Malaysian event Team Europcar has become the sixth WorldTour team confirmed for this year’s Tour de Langkawi, with the organisers announcing that the French squad will be amongst the peloton lining out on February 27th. […]
Irishman recovering from knee problem; Czech rider planning extended stay in Gran Canaria They’ll be racing in support of Tinkoff Saxo team leader Alberto Contador in the Tour de France, but Roman Kreuziger and Nicolas Roche have made clear that […]
Luis León Sánchez moves into the lead with second-place time bonus Jérôme Baugnies took the first ever victory for new team Wanty-Groupe Gobert, and the biggest of his own career so far, as he took the second stage of the […]
WorldTour event still able to invite national team despite promotion of Drapac The Santos Tour Down Under has announced the seven-man line up that will represent the UniSA-Australia team – the Australian national team – at the race, which starts […]
Products weight and reliability highlighted as important factors in decision After using SRM in the past, Team Sky has decided to change to the crankarm-mounted Stages power meter for 2014. Smaller and more discrete than some of the other systems […]
Spaniard outlines season programme, Riis says team’s top rider is stronger than last season Heading into a season which will be crucial for his chances of winning the Tour de France again, Alberto Contador has expressed optimism about both his […]
South African honoured to be presented jersey by Bernard Hinault Songezo Jim (MTN-Qhubeka) was awarded the most combative rider’s jersey at the end of today’s second stage of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, between Awoua and Oyem, in the west African […]
