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Belarusian takes biggest win of the season so far as sprinters still rule in Poland Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) won the third stage of the Tour de Pologne, the Tour of Poland, between Sosnowiec and Katowice. The Belarusian outsprinted […]

Belgian champion to bolster Dutch team’s classics team and strengthen its bid to join cycling’s top level After being strongly rumoured for some time, Stijn Devolder has officially signed for Professional Continental team Vacansoleil. The Belgian champion has a two-year […]

Italian champion keeps his faith in the team built around him Reigning Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti has decided to remain with the ISD–Neri–Giambenini next season despite the major disappointment faced by the Pro Continental formation earlier this year.  The team […]

French ProTour team consolidating team for coming years French ProTour team AG2R-La Mondiale has announced the signing of two new riders for 2011; it has also confirmed that eight of its existing riders have extended their contracts through 2011. Mathieu […]

Olympic champion not sufficiently recovered from fractured wrist and pulls out of Spanish Tour Euskaltel-Euskadi will start the Vuelta a España, the third Grand Tour of the year, at the ed of this month without its team leader Samuel Sanchez. […]

Belgian cobble specialist looks set to be bound for Russian team at the end of the year After four years at OmegaPharma-Lotto, classics specialist Leif Hoste looks set to join the Katusha Team for 2011. The 33-year-old Belgian is keen […]

Former WADA chairman is suspicious and says clarification is needed Former World Anti Doping Agency chief Dick Pound has called on the UCI to agree to allow the ethics committee of the International Olympic Committee to investigate donations made by […]

Poor performance in Rotterdam was far more costly than “chaingate”, says race runner-up Of all the incidents, both controversial and otherwise, in this year’s Tour de France, runner-up Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) sees one specific place where his Tour was […]

Belgian rider will gain strength from this point onwards Former ProTour leader Philippe Gilbert deliberately missed the Tour de France so as to have a strong second part of the season, but found that he was lacking some sharpness in […]

Team sponsors, or Contador’s signature? Speculation is growing that Team Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis will either announce the signing of Alberto Contador, officially unveil the team’s sponsorship for next year, or perhaps confirm both at a press conference to […]