Both team captains very motivated for September’s race Belgian national coach Carlo Bomans is planning a visit to take a look at the World Championships road course in Copenhagen, Denmark later in the month. While he has had a good […]
Close proximity of track worlds affects World Champion’s Ronde van Vlaanderen Giorgia Bronzini (Colavita-Forno d’Asolo) didn’t have her best day in yesterday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The World Champion finished in 79th place, exactly 4 minutes behind race winner Annemiek van […]
Spanish application deemed best Although the awarding of the right to host future world championships is normally announced during the worlds itself, the UCI has taken the step of backing a candidate at this point of the season. It has […]
Deems event is too expensive to host The list of candidates for the 2015 world road race championships has dropped to two following the news that Québec has withdrawn its bid. The city was seen to have a strong candidacy […]
Apeldoorn a “stepping stone” towards London Olympics in 2012 British Cycling has announced the 17-rider squad that will be representing Great Britain at the Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, which take place between March 23rd and 27th. Reigning World […]
World pursuit champion out to defend in Apeldoorn, Netherlands at the end of the month Sarah Hammer (OUCH) is to lead the US track team to the World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands between the 23rd and 27th of this month. […]
Only cities outside Europe are being considered to acknowledge interest from non-European countries The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that the Sultanate of Oman has joined the list of candidates bidding to host the 2015 road World Championships. The […]
Tour of Oman prompts organisers to think bigger With the Tour of Oman proving to be a big early success in the second year of its existence, the authorities there have confirmed that the Gulf country intends to bid to […]
AA Drink-Leontien.nl rider wins the chance to represent the Netherlands at the World Championships Kisten Wild (AA Drink) has beaten Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) in a two-way ride off to decide which of the two Dutchwomen will represent the Netherlands […]
Cycling’s governing body offering amateurs a chance to win their own rainbow jersey The International Cycling Union (UCI) has created a new World Cycling Tour (UWCT), which offers the chance to amateur cyclists to earn their own rainbow jersey. Through […]
Spaniard names several big objectives, including the worlds and Amstel Gold Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire is gunning to successfully defend his title in Milan-Sanremo, saying that at this point in time, he is well positioned as regards his build-up to […]
Active American has skiing on the program this week Katie Compton was all smiles during the press conference after she had won the silver medal in the cyclocross World Championships in Sankt Wendel, Germany. Afterwards she was consoled by a […]
Eyes young riders, Petacchi and Bennati Italian coach Paolo Bettini is planning for the World Championships in Copenhagen this September. He is observing his candidates, and is impressed by Daniel Oss and hopeful for Daniele Bennati and Alessandro Petacchi. “They’ve […]
Says he was the second strongest rider Sven Nys has been dominating many of the season-long events, such as the World Cup or the Superprestige, for years. But when it comes to the World Championships, he usually misses out on […]
Former World champion sees little quality in the next generation of his country’s riders Following Belgium’s second successive rainbow-free World Championships in St Wendel, Germany this weekend, two-time World champion Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has spoken out about what he sees […]
No rainbows again for Cyclocross’ biggest nation For the second successive year Belgium, the most dominant nation in cyclocross has gone home without a single rainbow jersey from the World Championships. Just like last year, the Belgians occupied the bottom […]
Nys and Pauwels bring home only runner-up medals for Belgium Zdenek Stybar attacked hard midway through the men’s 2011 cyclocross World Championships in St Wendel, Germany, and was never seen again. Lone chaser Sven Nys settled for silver. Kevin Pauwels […]
American has to overcome flat front tire and crash It is rare that a rider is beaming after a 13th place. But Danny Summerhill did exactly that when he finished the U23 cyclocross World Championships in Germany in that position. […]
