Mark Cavendish gunning at Eddy Merckx's Tour de France record
Sprinter hopes to beat Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins Putting Mark Cavendish and Eddy Merckx in the same sentence when it comes to Tour de France records, or anything for that matter, is acceptably an eyebrow raising pairing, but […]
Moerenhout's slow retirement leaves him with another race opportunity
Dutch retiree will race Amstel Curaçao Koos Moerenhout decided to retire at the end of the season and he went out with quite a bang. Before he will be joining the Rabobank team in a Public Relations role, he has […]
Meeusen wins first professional cross with Nacht van Woerden
Belgian regained his confidence. Tom Meeusen won his first cross race with the professionals at the Nacht van Woerden on Tuesday. The young Belgian beat the Rabobank cracks Bart Aernouts and Gerben de Knegt. After a dominating 2009-2010 season in […]
Jeremy Hunt and Davide Appollonio confirmed as signing for Team Sky
Duo transfer from the Cervélo Test Team The promising young Italian Davide Appollonio and the experienced British veteran Jeremy Hunt have been confirmed by Team Sky as signing for the squad. Both are moving across from the Cervélo Test Team, […]
McQuaid says 2016 is the soonest possible date for Norwegian world championship bid
Other candidates already pushing for 2014 date, 2015 worlds will head outside Europe Following on from yesterday’s story that Norway is interested in hosting the world road race championships in 2014 or 2016, UCI President Pat McQuaid has indicated that […]
Norway interested in hosting 2014 or 2016 world championships
Hushovd’s victory was a major factor in plans Seventeen years after it last hosted a world championships, Norway has indicated that it is once again interested in being the battleground for cycling’s battle for the rainbow jersey. The country of […]
Euskaltel-Euskadi declares it doesn’t want to ride the 2011 Giro d’Italia
Basque team prefers to focus on Tour and Vuelta It’s still not completely certain what will happen next season in terms of participation in the Grand Tours and other races run by those organisers, but the Euskaltel Euskadi team has […]
Fabian Cancellara: "There are still one day races that I have not won."
Velo d’Or winner looks to target new goals in 2011 After a fantastic season highlighted by wins at the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, stages and yellow at the Tour de France, and a fourth World Time Trial Championship, it was […]
Alex Dowsett can’t wait for 2011 with Team Sky
22-year-old Trek-Livestrong rider excited by step up to ProTeam Alex Dowsett was confirmed as a member of the 2011 Sky Professional Cycling Team last month and the 22-year-old can hardly wait for his first season in the top flight to […]
Team Schleck will not be called Leopard True Racing
Name refers to project not team name so peloton should be spared yellow and black spotted jerseys The Luxembourg team built around brothers Fränk and Andy Schleck will definitely not be called Leopard True Racing, team manager Brian Nygaard has […]
