Fränk Schleck celebrates birthday: It's a girl!
Saxo Bank’s veteran Fränk Schleck was given the best possible birthday present he could have today by his wife Martine Schmid, when she gave birth to the couple’s baby girl. Baby Schleck surprised her parents and demanded to be delivered […]
Freire wants Rabobank’s backing for Amstel, says Gesink is not a winner
Rabobank’s Oscar Freire wants team leadership for the Amstel Gold Race, despite the fact that his team-mate Robert Gesink placed third overall in the event last year. The Spaniard won Milan San Remo and, having won world championships on hilly […]
Visconti forgets Giro, focuses on quality wins
Giovanni Visconti has forgotten about being overlooked for the Giro d’Italia, his problems this spring and has returned to win two stages of the Tour of Turkey. He leads the race with four stages left, looking ahead to a second […]
Moser in hospital, hit by tree branch
Italian Francesco Moser passed the last two nights in the hospital in Trento, Italy, after being hit in the face with a tree branch and suffering a fractured cheekbone. The former cycling great was chopping wood at his farmhouse in […]
Zabel weighs in on Cavendish Greipel feud, favors both in the Tour
HTC-Columbia’s sprint coach, Erik Zabel, was one of the most prolific sprinters in the sport of cycling. The German ended his career in 2008 with more than 200 victories to his name, including a record six green jerseys in world’s […]
RadioShack will ride the Tour of the Gila again, Armstrong start likely
RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel has confirmed that he will bring a team to this year’s Tour of the Gila in New Mexico. Last year while riding for the Astana team seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, along with teammates […]
Tour of California announces Palmdale start for Big Bear stage
Organizers for the Tour of California, AEG, have announced Palmdale, in the Antelope Valley of Los Angeles, as the replacement for Pasadena as the host city start for stage six of the event. The May 21 stage start had to […]
Boom will have his Tour de France debut in Rotterdam
Dutchman Lars Boom has been named as one of five Rabobank riders that will line up at the start of the Tour de France this July in Rotterdam. The cyclo-crosser turned roadie showed his continued progression earlier this year by […]
Steegmans postpones comeback, won't start Vuelta Castilla y Leon
Team RadioShack’s Gert Steegmans was scheduled to return to racing today in the Vuelta Castilla y Leon but will not now start the event. “I’m physically not right,” he is quoted as saying by the Belgian press. The sprinter has […]
Rasmussen hit by mononucleosis, sidelined from racing
Former Tour de France King of the Mountains Michael Rasmussen is facing a serious setback to his return to pro cycling after being diagnosed with mononucleosis. The illness is associated with debilitating fatigue and explains the slump inform that Rasmussen […]
