New target for former Olympic champ Forced to pull out of the Tour de France due to injury and then to withdraw from the Spanish Olympic team, Samuel Sanchez has set himself a new target for the season which, if […]
World champion’s former manager feels move to British team a mistake Team Sky’s Mark Cavendish took his 22nd career victory in the Tour de France yesterday, equalling the record for a sprinter set by Frenchman André Darrigade in the 1960s, […]
Italian gunning to win rainbow jersey four years after taking silver Absent from today’s announcement of the lineup of the Lampre-ISD team for the Tour de France, Damiano Cunego has structured his season around trying to become world road race […]
Belgian Cobble king explains his decision to miss the Tour de France and looks ahead to the World championships Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) announced recently that he will be missing this summer’s Tour de France in order to concentrate […]
Different location for worlds finish line could boost his chances He may have been caught 100 metres from the line, suffering the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a victory he has been chasing for many years, but yesterday’s Amstel […]
Canadian’s near-miss on title in worlds sharpens resolve for 2012 Games The omnium – love it or hate it, we better get used to it. There are six disciplines run over two days – flying lap, points and elimination on […]
Brabantse Pijl runner-up feeling good for Amstel Gold Race Riding with his most consistent form in several seasons, Oscar Freire today confirmed after placing second in Brabantse Pijl that there is one result that would prompt him to race in […]
Final day sees the fastest ever 500 metres, and the men’s Keirin won by the usual rider in an unusual way The 2012 World Track Championships, in Melbourne, Australia, drew to a close with yet another World record falling to […]
Trott takes the Omnium; Meyer responds with the Points Race; Baugé takes back his sprint crown; Meares gets a Keirin consolation Day four in the Melbourne velodrome saw yet more “Ashes” battles between host nation Australia and its old enemy […]
Pendleton takes Meares and sixth title; O’Shea takes the Omnium; Judges take out sprinters who can’t keep their line The third day of the World Track Championships in Melbourne, Australia, was another eventful one, as the commissaires made themselves felt […]
Italian forced out of Omnium due to yesterday’s points race crash Liquigas Cannondale sprinter Elia Viviani’s hopes of taking a track gold at the world championships in Melbourne came to an end today when the Italian was a non-starter in […]
Former rower convinced it’s not too late to secure Olympic qualification History was made on Thursday when, in an event she was primarily riding to loosen up for Sunday’s individual pursuit, Caroline Ryan became the first Irish person to land […]
Great Britain wins the Team Pursuit Ashes again; Anna Meares on fire for the home nation The Melbourne track once again proved that it is one of the fastest in the World as the records continued to tumble on day […]
Great Britain breaks own Team Pursuit record; France and Germany interfere in pre-Olympic “Ashes” battle The first big story on the first day of the World Track Championships in Melbourne, Australia, was the big “Ashes” battle between the host nation […]
RusVelo’s Kovalev unsure about participation The Russian RusVelo team faces the possibility that it will lose the services of one of its riders, Ivan Kovalev, as the result of a hit and run accident in Australia. The 25 year old […]
Cyclones squad listed prior to next month’s Melbourne clash Prior to what will be the final major international meet prior to the Olympics Games, Cycling Australia has announced an impressive lineup for the world track championships, which will be held […]
Cyclocross World champion honoured after his triumphant win in the sand dunes of northern Belgium Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) has been made an honorary citizen of the Belgian town of Koksijde, following his victory in last month’s World cyclocross championships. It […]
“Complicated, but interesting” courses on the terrain of the Amstel Gold Race A delegation from the International Cycling Union (UCI) has officially approved the courses for this year’s World road championships in the Limburg region of the Netherlands, the event […]
