The seven-man Belgian team for the World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic at the end of the month has been announced by head coach Rudy De Bie, and – as usual – it is not without controversy. Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) […]
Thus far, all the predictions have been that this year’s world championships are made for the bunch gallopers in the peloton. However one of those, Robbie McEwen, has checked out the course and he believes that the race will be […]
The Italian city of Florence (Firenze) has withdrawn its bid to host the road World Championships in 2013, according to tuttobiciweb.it. The bid had been spearheaded by Director General of the 2008 Varese World Championships Gabriele Sola, former classics legend […]
Lance Armstrong is unlikely to participate in the World Championships in 2010, which will be held in Melbourne, Australia. The 1993 World Champion would like to fit it in his schedule but indicated the calendar changes and his focus on […]
Romain Sicard, one of the most exciting young talents in cycling, will make his debut with the Euskaltel-Euskadi team in the Tour Down Under in January. The 21 year old was racing with their feeder team Orbea this year, and […]
Bergamo, Italy hopes to bring the 2015 World Championships to its doorstep. The Italian city has received full support from GS Domus, the race organizers for the Settimana Lombarda. Italy hosted the Worlds in Varese in 2008, where it was […]
Spanish national coach José Luis de Santos doesn’t seem to hold out much hope for his riders to win the next World Championship, saying that the course is “one of the least complicated,” he has seen. “Those who consider Cavendish […]
With just two sessions down – and seven medals awarded – in the World Para-Cycling Track World Championships, two World records have already been broken. The Manchester Velodrome, which recently played host to the first round of the UCI Track […]
As one of the most successful riders currently competing, Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi wants to follow in the footsteps of former rival Mario Cipollini and earn the rainbow jersey within the next two years. He is set to leave LPR […]
Despite being a two-time runner-up at the Tour de France, and now the champion of the World, Cadel Evans is not sure how much impact he has made in a maistream Australian media more familiar with sports like cricket and […]
Second in Varese twelve months ago, Damiano Cunego has accepted that it will be another three years before he can entertain ambitions of becoming world road race champion. “The next two years, the circuit if the Championships will be more […]
Newly crowned world champion, Cadel Evans, will be missing next year’s Tour de France if it’s up to Herman Frison, team manager at Silence-Lotto. After a poor performance in this past edition of the Tour, Evans refocused his season on […]
World road race championship bronze medallist Joaquim Rodriguez wants to make the most of his strong form and will chase victory in one of five prestigious one-day events. Between October 8th and 25th his Caisse d’Epargne team will ride Paris-Bourges, […]
Second place in the Tour de France will be Andy Schleck’s last result of note for the 2009 season, with the Saxo Bank rider deciding to call it quits for now. The 24 year old had a lacklustre Vuelta performance, […]
One could argue that the curse of the rainbow jersey struck the USA’s Amber Neben during 2009; only not while she was actually wearing it. As the World time trial champion, the Nürnberger Versicherung rider just wore the bands against […]
On the surface, Great Britain’s performance at last week’s World Championships in Varese looks disappointing. A technical problem denied Bradley Wiggins a probable bronze medal in the time trial, and a crash and mechanical issues in the road race for […]
One of the last things Cadel Evans did after a crazy, emotional, exciting day was hang the rainbow jersey in a prominent place in his house. He’d waited so long to reach the top step of a world championship podium […]
Spain and Italy put a brave face on their failure to secure the coveted men’s rainbow jersey, won in stunning fashion by Australia’s Cadel Evans at the world championships Sunday. With four wins a piece this past decade Spain and […]
