Jurgen Van Den Broeck to race the Tour de France and Vuelta a España in 2011
Promising Belgian Grand Tour threat looks to Vuelta as experiment for 2012 and 2013 Worlds bids Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Grand Tour hope, Jurgen Van Den Broeck, looks set to take on two three week tours in 2011, the Tour de France […]
Gatis Smukulis joins HTC High Road Sports for 2011
Latvian has good U23 palmarès Triple Latvian National Champion Gatis Smukulis will join High Road Sports in 2011, bringing with him a decent U23 career, including victory at the 2008 Ronde van Vlaanderen. Smukulis will be part of the team […]
Movistar wants to shine as a team, targets Latin America as well
Telefónica is quite interested in Colombian business The manager of the Movistar team, Eusebio Unzúe, is eyeing the ProTour competitions with his Caisse d’Epargne successor, Movistar. In addition, a professional continental team based in Colombia races the Latin American calendar. […]
Germany's Hannover Six Day to return in 2011
Encouraging developments in Germany: Köln hoping to return to the Six Day circuit in 2012 as well. There has been very little good news to come out of Germany this year on the racing front. The demise of its final […]
Following a tough season, Cobo is hoping to get back on track with Geox TMC
Former Tour de France stage winner needs to step up after a quiet 2010 Spanish rider Juanjo Cobo is hoping to get his career back on track in 2011 after a very quiet season and will, along with David Gutiérrez, […]
Cervélo disputes claims that European Patent Office has sided with Canyon in patent case
Canadian frame company says ruling is yet to be made Cervélo has rejected several points made in an article today in Bike Europe, in which it was claimed that the European Patent Office had ruled against the Canadian frame manufacturer. […]
Spanish newspaper leaks what it says is 2011 Vuelta a España route
Diario de León claims to have exclusive race route and pre-empts official presentation The official presentation of the 2011 Vuelta a España will be made by race organiser Unipublic on January 12th. The course will be presented in the Costa […]
Three former World champions to new women’s MCipollini-Giordana team
Guderzo, Cooke and Bastianelli join forces in formidable new squad Tatiana Guderzo, Nicole Cooke and Marta Bastianelli, the World champions of 2009, 2008 and 2007 respectively, will be joining forces in the jersey of the new MCipollini-Giordana team, according to […]
US Postal Service investigation: AFLD officials interviewed at Interpol HQ in Lyon
International police organisation helping US investigators with case Following the earlier news that federal officials Jeff Novitzky, federal prosecutor Doug Miller and US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart are in France in connection with the ongoing US Postal Service team […]
Etape du Tour organiser announces entries open
Two events to be restricted to 6000 riders each The organiser of the Etape du Tour has announced that entries have opened for this July’s events. Because of the usual huge demand for places on what is arguably the reference […]
