UCI Announces first ProTeams and Professional Continental teams for 2011
FDJ loses topflight status for the first time in team’s history The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the names of four of the 18 “ProTeams”, who will make up next year’s top level of the sport. Alongside this it […]
Pendleton turns away from individual sprint to work on keirin prior to 2012 Olympic Games
Decision is part of plan to chase three gold medals in London Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton has decided to step away from her most successful event, the individual sprint, and won’t focus on it again until the world championships […]
First ProTour licence decisions due this week, Pegasus Racing submits full documentation
Australian team confirmed as having completed application Overdue since yesterday, the list of the first teams to be awarded ProTour licences could come as soon as today. VeloNation has received confirmation from the UCI that the first decisions have been […]
McQuaid says Contador decision is coming soon
Reiterates that four year bans are to be introduced UCI President Pat McQuaid has implied that the crucial decision about Alberto Contador’s future might be coming sooner rather than later, bringing to an end a delay of over two months […]
Geox aiming at arduous Grand Tour schedule for Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre in 2011
Menchov looks to ride both the Giro and the Tour, while Sastre could once again ride all three Grand Tours It appears that Denis Menchov’s new Geox team wishes to follow in the long held tradition of Menchov racing two […]
Allan Davis promises to be in better condition for the start of 2011
Admits he gained too much weight last winter Accepting that his excess kilos were a big reason why he didn’t perform as well as he should have in early part of the 2010 season, Allan Davis has vowed to be […]
Fabian Cancellara confirms Liege ambitions, strongly hints at Luxembourg deal
Four-time World Time Trial Champion looking to target the two Monuments he hasn’t won in 2011 While it still hasn’t been officially announced yet, it looks more and more like a 100% certainty that Fabian Cancellara will be racing with […]
Rujano signs two year deal, will return to European racing with the Androni Giocattoli squad
Diminutive climber wants to get back to his best form Venezuelan climber Jose Rujano has returned to the team which gave him his big break, and will compete with the Androni Giocattoli squad in 2011 and 2012. The Pro Continental […]
Sevilla in hit and run accident in Colombia
Spanish rider hit by bus while training Suffering a hit and run hours before he was due to fly from Colombia to Spain, former T-Mobile rider Oscar Sevilla was injured yesterday when he was hit by a bus on the […]
Zdenek Stybar not heading to FDJ
Rumours prove to be unfounded, but other teams likely to be interested Recent days have seen growing speculation that world cyclo-cross champion Zdenek Stybar could be on his way to a pro contract with the FDJ team. The 24 year […]
