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New Italian champion poised to keep hold of UCI’s most prestigious Continental title Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (ISD-Neri) maintains his hold in the European Tour classification and looks set to claim victory in the competition for the second year in […]

Belgian team secures two young riders through 2011 Quick Step has extended their contract with Dario Cataldo for an additional year with an option for renewal.  The 25 year old took the best young rider prize in the Tour of […]

Saxo Bank rider irritated by ex-Ullrich trainer’s vague statements. Rudy Pevenage’s not so surprising admission that he arranged trips to visit Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes for his former rider, Jan Ullrich, was not all that earth shattering. The only thing Pevenage […]

American acknowledges young Spaniard’s superiority as former adversaries put past conflicts behind them The conflict between seven-time winner Lance Armstrong and current number one Alberto Contador is no more, the American told Het Laatse Nieuws. Problems arose while the two […]

The main man that gives Cavendish the opportunity to shine HTC-Columbia’s Mark Renshaw put in an incredible ride in the Tour de France today to launch teammate Mark Cavendish to a convincing victory in the stage five sprint.  The Australian […]

Former Flèche Wallonne winner heads back to the hospital for a happy occasion Kim Kirchen’s release from the Central Hospital in Luxembourg this week was quickly followed-up by even better news when his wife Caroline gave birth to twins Liam […]

German rider was part of Operación Puerto Four years after both he and Jan Ullrich were implicated in Operación Puerto, Rudy Pevenage has finally admitted that he helped the rider to dope. “I never bought or sold doping products,” he […]

Tour champion in big demand, while second chance beckons for Kazakh rider Defending tour de France champion Alberto Contador is understandably one of the hottest names in the sport and will become even more attractive to professional teams if he […]

Boasson Hagen second into Reims, Thomas retains white jersey So far, so good. Five days into Team Sky’s first Tour de France, the British squad is performing strongly in the race and has achieved a number of noteworthy results. Edvald […]

Hondo’s late attack/early sprint was planned on the bus It’s hard not to look back at the Tour de France’s first bunch sprint with all of the at least passably healthy favorites involved and not think about the work done […]