Irish national road race champion Brammeier signs pro contract with HTC Columbia
Moves from the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team Ireland’s number of ProTour riders has unexpectedly jumped by one, following the announcement that the HTC Columbia team has given a pro contract to national champion Matt Brammeier. […]
Vacansoleil presents DCM as co-sponsor for three years
Belgian fertiliser producer joins Dutch camping holiday company in team bidding for ProTeam status The Dutch Vacansoleil team has announced the signing of Belgian fertiliser producer DCM as co-sponsor for the next three years; from 2011 the team will be […]
David Garcia’s A sample positive for EPO, rider suspended for suspected doping
Spanish Xacobeo Galicia rider had already failed test for Hydroxyethyl starch One week after it was announced that David Garcia and Xacobeo Galicia team-mate Ezequiel Mosquera had failed ‘A’ sample tests for the prohibited substance Hydroxyethyl starch, the UCI has […]
Pegasus Racing gets Scott backing, confident that ProTour application issue will be resolved
Announcement of main sponsor and lineup delayed The planned new Australian ProTour team run by Pegasus Racing has received the backing of Scott Bicycles, which has announced a multi-year backing with the squad. The deal represents the first major company […]
Cervélo stagiaire Wetterhall still searching for pro team
Former Swedish time trial champion aiming for ProTour or ProContinental slot A month and a half after it was confirmed that the Cervélo Test Team would not continue past the end of the season, the promising young stagiaire Alex Wetterhall […]
Pinotti not impressed as Italian prosecutor Torri brands all riders as dopers
Italian rider widely regarded as clean HTC Columbia rider Marco Pinotti has, unsurprisingly, reacted strongly to an assertion made by Italian anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri that all riders take banned substances. 78 year old Torri, who heads the section of […]
Saxo Bank's Jonas Aean describes a powerful Jakob Fuglsang at Binche-Tournai-Binche
Watch out for an in form Fuglsang as a powerful Saxo Bank team heads to Italy for one last hurrah Liquigas rider, Elia Viviani’s win at yesterday’s Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke came as little surprise considering his recent run of great […]
Liquigas angered by Torri's words, calls for action
Top Italian team firmly disagrees with doping prosecutor’s words The outcry following CONI anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri’s comments early on Wednesday has echoed far and wide today, and one team in particular has taken offense to the outspoken prosecutor’s words […]
Phil Southerland Interview: Team Type 1 on course to move up to Pro Continental level
Team founder wants squad to ride Giro in 2011 and Tour in 2012 The UCI’s publication of the list of teams applying for ProTour and Pro Continental registration was issued on Tuesday, and there were several notable omissions. Of the […]
Team Astana responds to UCI ProTeam list omission
Kazakh team confirms application for cycling’s top table The Astana team has released a statement in response to its omission from the list of teams applying for ProTeam status for 2011 released by the International Cycling Union (UCI) today. The […]
