Today defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador finished two days of riding the cobblestones with Belgian former professional and Classics specialist Peter Van Petegem. The Spaniard has called on Van Petegem for help with navigating the pavé du Nord […]
Sylvain Chavanel’s crash in the closing stages of yesterday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège was worse than first thought, with the Quick Step rider having sustained a fractured skull. The French rider, who has been regarded as his country’s best hope for victory in […]
Although the classics are now over, Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) has stayed in the north of Europe. The overwhelming favourite for this coming July’s race is there to learn how to ride the notorious pavé du Nord, […]
Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has laid rest to any doubts as to whether Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov will be welcome at the event this coming July. He returned to racing last year after a two-year suspension for blood doping […]
Last summer, Tom Boonen appeared ready to give up on any thoughts of winning another Tour de France green jersey. He had zero form in the 2009 edition of the race, with a best stage placing of only sixteenth, and […]
Yesterday’s Giro del Trentino opening time trial saw Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov notch up his third win since returning from his two-year doping ban. The Kazakh is currently building form for his participation in the Giro d’Italia, with yesterday’s win confirming […]
Last week VeloNation reported that Cervélo TestTeam rider Heinrich Haussler was back on his bike after an injury to his quadriceps tendon knocked him out of commission for the spring Classics. Now he has a tentative plan to come back […]
Brit Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) believes that the training he has done will allow him easily to beat his rivals this July and take Tour de France’s green jersey for the first time. “I know if I do the work then […]
HTC-Columbia’s sprint coach, Erik Zabel, was one of the most prolific sprinters in the sport of cycling. The German ended his career in 2008 with more than 200 victories to his name, including a record six green jerseys in world’s […]
Dutchman Lars Boom has been named as one of five Rabobank riders that will line up at the start of the Tour de France this July in Rotterdam. The cyclo-crosser turned roadie showed his continued progression earlier this year by […]
Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) are the most obvious favourites for tomorrow’s Paris-Roubaix Classic but, behind the two past winners, there are a large number of other riders who could be fighting it out at the […]
Cervélo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler is back on the bike after injuring his quadriceps tendon in a crash during Tirreno-Adriatico. The German-Australian was expected to be a factor in the Spring Classics after securing second place finishes in Milan-Sanremo and the […]
Team RadioShack’s captain Lance Armstrong says he will head to Switzerland to contest the Tour de Suisse for his Tour de France build-up for 2010, rather than take part in the Dauphiné Libéré in France. Armstrong has used the Dauphiné […]
RadioShack’s captain Lance Armstrong rode the Tour of Flanders today as part of his preparation for July’s Tour de France and, while many doubted his intentions to ride hard in Belgium’s biggest race, the American quieted his detractors by putting […]
Bradley Wiggins, who was the clear surprise in last year’s Tour de France in fourth place overall, has given the thumbs up to yesterday’s news that Team Sky is one of the six wildcard teams for the prestigious French event. […]
This morning it was confirmed that the Cervélo Test Team of Thor Hushovd and 2008 champion Carlos Sastre had been given a wildcard slot for this year’s Tour de France. The Swiss outfit will join with Garmin-Transitions, Team RadioShack, BMC […]
The Grand Départ of the 97th edition of the Tour de France is set for July 3rd in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, but despite its location, there will be one less Dutch team present than the previous year. In 2009 Rabobank, […]
Tour de France organiser, ASO, has announced the teams to be invited to this July’s race. Sixteen teams had already received invitations, as agreed with the International Cycling Union (UCI) in September 2008, and now a further six teams have […]
