Mountain Khakis's Isaac Howe saves a fellow rider's life in Virginia race
Managed to grab hold of crashed rider who was about to fall from a 40 foot cliffThe topic of sportsmanship and the consideration rightly or wrongly given to one’s rivals in a race was brought starkly to the fore on […]
Tour of Poland: Guarnieri takes victory in crash marred first stage
Second win in two-years at the Polish race Team Liquigas-Doimo rider Jacopo Guarnieri notched up his first win of the season today in stage one of the Tour of Poland. The 22 year old was able to take advantage of […]
Kirsten Wild sprints to win Vårgårda World Cup road race
Dutch sprinter completes perfect Swedish weekend for Cervélo TestTeam and puts pressure on the World Cup overall Kirsten Wild (Cervélo TestTeam) won the Open de Suède Vårgårda World Cup road race in a bunch sprint. The speedy Dutchwoman outsprinted compatriot […]
Bergamo presents its 2015 Worlds course proposal
Bergamo Worlds course ready for UCI approval The city of Bergamo, Italy, is moving ahead with its plans to host the 2015 World Championships. Organiser GS Domus now has a course planned for the time trial and road races. “We […]
Lampre-Farnese Vini signs Michele Scarponi, more big signings to be announced
Italian will now have the opportunity to contest bigger races The Lampre-Farnese Vini team has brought climber Michele Scarponi onto the squad for the 2011 season. He signed a two-year deal with the squad. The Italian has ridden for the […]
RadioShack's Fuyu Li has B-sample confirmed, faces two-year sanction
Will now be fired from the RadioShack team Chinese Cycling Federation has confirmed that RadioShack rider Fuyu Li’s B-sample also contains the substance Clenbuterol, which now confirms the result of his A-sample earlier this year. Li’s A-sample came back positive […]
Ballan in Poland, playing catch up
After doping investigation disrupted his spring, Ballan is back Former World Champion Alessandro Ballan is playing catch up this summer since a disastrous spring left him at home The Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport, “I’m angry.” He is angry […]
Caisse inspired by Sánchez's win, but still no sponsor
Luis León Sánchez Clasica win in San Sebastián a boost, but enough? Team Caisse d’Epargne’s time to find a new sponsor for next year is running out. The French bank announced last year that it will end its six years […]
Brian Nygaard talks about origins of the new team out of Luxembourg
Quick fast food chain posited as a possible title sponsor The details of the somewhat mysterious potential ProTour team from Luxembourg for 2011 are starting to become a bit clearer. In an interview with Denmark’s, Weekend Avisen newspaper, Brian Nygaard […]
Caisse d'Epargne's Luis Leon Sanchez triumphs in San Sebastian
Spaniard takes sterling victory over Vinokourov and Sastre Caisse d’Epargne’s Luis Leon Sanchez was quickest out of a three-rider selection today in San Sebastian in the Basque Country to take the coveted Summer Classic, the Clasica San Sebastian. Sanchez overcame […]
