Defending champion’s retirement opens the door to a number of contenders The women’s time trial will be run over one lap of the same 22.7km course that the men will cover twice the day after. Largely based on, although slightly […]
Italian team dedicated to late head coach Franco Ballerini This weekend two-time rainbow jersey Paolo Bettini will oversee his World Championships as head coach of the Italian team. The “cricket” from La California in Tuscany is confident that he has […]
Defending champion feels his rainbow jersey will go to a specialist in the Flemish races Reining World champion Cadel Evans is looking forward to defending his rainbow jersey in Sunday’s race, but says that the course is more suited to […]
Philippe Gilbert’s key lieutenant injures elbow and hip in training crash Race favourite Philippe Gilbert’s hopes took a bit of a knock today as Björn Leukemans, one of his key Belgian lieutenants crashed while the team was out on a […]
Australian fighting for a medal World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara has identified his Saxo Bank team-mate Richie Porte as being one of the main obstacles to a fourth rainbow jersey on Thursday. “He surprised the team and the cycling […]
Skil-Shimano rider looking forward to racing in his girlfriend’s city For Dutch rider Koen de Kort, Sunday’s World Championships will be almost like a home race. The 28-year-old from Gouda, north east of Rotterdam, has spent a number of winters […]
Mendrisio bronze medallist is surprised by the severity of the course’s two climbs It’s not just the road race course that is tougher than people thought, as Tony Martin found out on inspection of the World Championship time trial course. […]
Monaco neighbours insist that the other is favourite for the rainbow jersey Good friends off the bike, Belgian Philippe Gilbert and Italian Filippo Pozzato are engaging in a little light-hearted mind game to deflect pressure towards each other in the […]
Former cyclocross World champion thinks his team can do well Although he was forced to sit out Sunday’s Herald Sun World Cycling Classic in Ballarat, just outside Melbourne, the Netherlands’ Lars Boom is confident about the chances of his team […]
Manxman talking down his chances after seeing the course for himself Until now, Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish had been typically bullish about his chances in Sunday’s World Championships road race in Melbourne, Australia. The Manx Missile had declared that he […]
Warns rivals to not count him out in Australia Mark Cavendish says that his form is coming along nicely ahead of the World Championships road race in Australia in one week’s time. He knows that winning will be hard and […]
Cervélo rider to miss second successive Worlds as German team reduced to five The German women’s team was hit by more bad news today as Sarah Düster crashed out of next weekend’s World Championship race. The popular Cervélo rider was […]
Spaniard says form has improved since the Vuelta a España Milan-Sanremo victor Oscar Freire has the chance to make history on October 3rd, and now believes in the possibility of becoming the first rider ever to take four Elite road […]
Says he’s in similar form to the years when he won gold It may seem implausible to some, but Australian rider Michael Rogers insists that he can turn back the clock and beat Fabian Cancellara to win a fourth rainbow […]
Both riders will be honest if they arrive at the finish together Norwegian coach Steffen Kjærgaard has been testing his riders, with the exception of Thor Hushovd, on the World Championship circuit in Geelong. The circuit has been described by […]
Lion King feels that aging line-up is not the right one for Melbourne course The team selection of two-time World champion Paolo Bettini has come in for some criticism from fellow former rainbow jersey Mario Cipollini. “Cipo” feels that the […]
Irishman will remain at home, fly to Australia on Tuesday Named by Filippo Pozzato as one of those to watch in the world road race championships, Nicolas Roche is taking an unconventional approach in that he will arrive in Australia […]
Italian coach says the circuit will be windy and demanding Team Italy arrived in Geelong, Australia, this morning and completed their first training ride on the World Championship circuit. “We all wanted to get out there on the circuit and […]
