David Moncoutié gives the Tour de France another chance
Frenchman reverses his decision to never ride home Grand Tour again David Moncoutié had decided to skip future Tours de France, despite having some great successes in his home country’s Grand Tour. Now he decided to give it another go […]
Costa Rican Amador settling in to become a Movistar
Youngster already made headlines in Tour de l’Avenir Promising 24 year old rider Andrey Amador is hoping to step up a level in 2011, which will see his team colours switch from that of Caisse d’Epargne to the new Spanish […]
Tchmil claims Menchov and his agent behaved improperly over negotiations
Says that there’ll be no place for Russian on his team as long as he is managed in current fashion Team Katusha general manager Andrei Tchmil has responded to recent critical quotes by Denis Menchov to Biciciclismo, saying that it […]
Riis: if Contador is sanctioned, it doesn’t mean he is guilty
Spaniard wants to ride all three Grand Tours in 2011 Saxo-Bank SunGard director Bjarne Riis has once again declared his support for Alberto Contador, saying that he believes in the Spaniard and that even if he is handed a ban […]
Rasmussen set to announce new team tomorrow, will race under Christina Watches title
Personal sponsor Christina Hembo buys existing Continental team, will sign more riders soon Michael Rasmussen’s personal sponsor Christina Hembo has sidestepped the difficulty of setting up a new squad around the Danish climber: she’s simply gone out and bought an […]
Le Mével set to be part of Garmin-Cervélo’s Giro d’Italia lineup in 2011
Former stage winner will ride Italian Tour again Six years after winning a stage of the race, French rider Christophe Le Mével looks set to return to the Giro d’Italia in 2011 with the Garmin-Cervélo team. The 30 year old […]
Week long “La Haute Route” cyclosportive launched
17, 000 metres of climbing in 7 stages over the Alps’ biggest cols A new week long cyclosportive race dubbed “La Haute Route” was presented in London yesterday, which should challenge even the toughest amateur riders. The course, which covers […]
Damiani still believes that Cuengo can be a Grand Tour contender
Future directeur sportif has faith in 2004 Giro champion Although Damiano Cunego’s performances since winning the 2004 Giro d’Italia haven’t been on anything like the same level in a three week race, future Lampre-ISD directeur sportif Roberto Damiani believes that […]
Mancebo and Grajales to lead new RealCyclist.com team in 2011
Climbers will target races such as the Tour of California Former Spanish national champion and twice Vuelta a España podium finisher Francisco “Paco” Mancebo will join up with another strong climber, the Colombian Cesar Grajales, in leading the new RealCyclist.com […]
Robbie McEwen as ambitious as ever with new Pegasus team
Australian once again targeting stages in Tour Down Under Australian Robbie McEwen is already focusing on the season ahead. While not having enjoyed success in Grand Tours lately, the 38-year-old can still crank out wins and hopes to do so […]
