Frédéric Guesdon to become oldest Frenchman in the peloton as he extends with FDJ
Last French Paris-Roubaix winner puts off retirement for one more year 38-year-old Frédéric Guesdon has agreed to a one-year extension to his contract with the FDJ team, known until July this year as Française des Jeux, according to l’Equipe. With […]
Tour of Denmark: No luck for Topsport Vlaanderen sprinters on stage 4
Belgian team suffers in two separate incidents in Danish stage finish On the approach to the finish of the Tour of Denmark stage 4 in Odense Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator riders Michael Van Staeyen and Kris Boeckmans both suffered bad luck, in […]
No Saxo Bank return for Michael Rasmussen, says Bjarne Riis
Danish rider will not be signing for Riis’ team in time for the Vuelta, if at all Rumours that Michael Rasmussen might be joining the Saxo Bank team in time to ride this month’s Vuelta a España have been denied […]
Vuelta a Burgos: Feillu wins bunch sprint in stage four
Giampaolo Caruso stays in the overall classification lead Romain Feillu took the bunch sprint in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos into Salas De Los Infantes. Feillu, who rides for Vacansoleil, propelled himself past Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) and […]
Samuel Sánchez signed contract with Euskaltel Euskadi until 2012
Olympic champion comes to agreement with Basque team Saturday morning Samuel Sánchez and Euskaltel Euskadi’s general manager, Igor González de Galdeano, negotiated over the last, final details of the two-year contract. Sánchez then signed for the team that he has […]
Tour of Denmark: Mark Renshaw wins fourth stage in furious sprint
Breschel stays in overall lead hours before time trial Mark Renshaw’s furious sprint netted him the fourth stage in the Tour of Denmark, ahead of teammate Matthew Goss. The HTC-Columbia duo sprinted so hard that only Alex Rasmussen and Theo […]
Transfer News: Michael Mørkøv renews with Saxo Bank
Young Danish track star commits to Bjarne Riis’ team for a further two years With a number of Saxo Bank riders rumoured to be following the Schleck brothers to their new Luxembourg team, the Danish team has extended its contract […]
Philippe Gilbert set to marry on Saturday
Amstel Gold winner to take his vows with Patricia Zeevaert Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Wallonian star, Philippe Gilbert, is set to take the next step in his life on Saturday, and it won’t have anything to do with a bike race. The […]
Bernhard Eisel signs on for another two years with HTC-Columbia
Austrian hardman happy to fulfill duel role as Classics leader and Cavendish leadout man 2010 Gent-Wevelgem winner Bernhard Eisel has re-signed with his HTC-Columbia team for another two seasons. The Austrian is a threat on his own in the Spring […]
Kreuziger receives an offer from Astana
Czech rider weighing things up, no decision made as yet Days after Alexandre Vinokourov revealed that Astana is interested in signing Roman Kreuziger, the talented 24 year old Czech Roman Kreuziger has confirmed that he has been given an offer […]
