Sarah Düster out of World Championships with fractured pelvis in Ballarat crash
Cervélo rider to miss second successive Worlds as German team reduced to five The German women’s team was hit by more bad news today as Sarah Düster crashed out of next weekend’s World Championship race. The popular Cervélo rider was […]
Marc Sergeant confident that Philippe Gilbert is on track for Worlds glory
Omega Pharma-Lotto manager not worried that Gilbert has peaked too soon Omega Pharma-Lotto team manager, Marc Sergeant has a lot to be happy about right now. His Omega Pharma-Lotto team has enjoyed its best season in quite some time, his […]
Filippo Pozzato wins World Championship tune-up race
Italian takes the win out of four-up break, Cancellara fourth Filippo Pozzato proved strongest out of a late race four-man break to take the Herald Sun World Cycling Classic in Ballarat on Sunday. The Italian was part of a four-man […]
Koldo Fernández wins Tour de Vendée for second time in his career
Euskaltel-Euskadi rider prevails again after 2008 Koldo Fernández gave his Basque Euskaltel-Euskadi team the 17th win of the season when he sprinted to victory in the Tour de Vendée on Sunday. Fernández beat Davide Appollonio (Cervélo TestTeam) and Jonathan Hivert […]
Belgian Bjorn Leukemans improving each day in Australia
Vacansoleil rider talks about suffering, kangaroos, the course, and his relationship with Nick Nuyens Outspoken Vacansoleil rider and member of the Belgian national team selection for this year’s World Championships in Belgium, Bjorn Leukemans, has been keeping a journal of […]
Samuel Sanchez arrives in Australia a day late
Olympic Champion will lose a critical day of adaptation to the time difference While the vast majority of the Spanish national team arrived in Australia on Friday and took to the road for their first training ride on Saturday, Olympic […]
David Moncoutie feels the pull of the Tour de France
Not quite done with 2010 though – Lombardia ranks high on climber’s to do list Following his third straight King of the Mountains title, Cofidis’s David Moncoutie, can’t help but continue into 2011. The rider from Provins, about 50 miles […]
Rogers claims he can beat Cancellara for world time trial championship title
Says he’s in similar form to the years when he won gold It may seem implausible to some, but Australian rider Michael Rogers insists that he can turn back the clock and beat Fabian Cancellara to win a fourth rainbow […]
Freire has faith in chances of record fourth world championship victory
Spaniard says form has improved since the Vuelta a España Milan-Sanremo victor Oscar Freire has the chance to make history on October 3rd, and now believes in the possibility of becoming the first rider ever to take four Elite road […]
IOC chief Rogge says cycling's place in Olympics not under threat
Applauds efforts made by the sport to clean up Encouraged by efforts made to combat doping in cycling, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said that the sport is under no danger of being dropped from the Olympics. Some, including other […]
