Petacchi eyes Cavendish's debut in Andalucía
Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) will pay close attention to today’s season debut of Brit Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), last year’s top sprinter. Cavendish begins his season at the Vuelta a Andalucía in Spain, only one month ahead of his Milano-Sanremo […]
Rock Racing: Sevilla exploring other options, heard UCI denied license
Last week VeloNation reported that the Rock Racing team of fashion designer Michael Ball was not present on the official list of 122 registered UCI Continental teams released by the International Cycling Union (UCI). We confirmed with UCI Chief Press […]
20 Teams confirmed for the 2010 Le Tour de Langkawi
Race organizers have released the final list of twenty teams that will contest the 2010 Le Tour de Langkawi. This year marks the 15th edition of the race which runs from March 1st to the 7th. With the addition of […]
Tour de France star Nocentini ready for Paris-Nice
Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) reminded the French that his eight days in the Tour de France yellow jersey was no fluke by winning stage one of Tour du Haut Var. His win came yesterday in Grimaud, France, prior to […]
Pardilla gives Carmiooro a surprise win in Ruta del Sol
Sergio Pardilla surprised everyone in the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía-Ruta del Sol. The Colombian slipped away in the final phase of the race, marked by lots of attacks, and won with seven seconds over Jurgen Van den […]
Le Mevel wins final Haut Var stage and gets the overall
Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux) launched a timely attack under the flamme rouge to win the second stage of the Tour du Haut Var and also took the overall. The others closed in on Le Mevel in the steepest […]
Wellens dominates final cross race of the season
Bart Wellens absolutely hammered his competitors in the final cross race of the season, the Sluitingsprijs in Oostmalle. Attacking in the second of nine laps, Wellens consistently increased the gap and won with almost a minute, ahead of his Fidea […]
Haedo wins first ever UCI race in India
Juan José Haedo won the inaugural Tour de Mumbai, India’s first race ever sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI). The Argentinean took the 50,000 US dollar prize by outsprinting breakaway companion Dirk Müller of Germany. “The Tour of Mumbai […]
Ginanni back on target, Sanremo next
Francesco Ginanni (Androni) is back on target for 2010 and has next month’s Milano-Sanremo in his sights. The 24-year-old Italian repeated his 2009 Trofeo Laigueglia win yesterday, indicating his form has returned. “It did not go bad last year, I […]
Sánchez will defend Paris-Nice title after all
Following a change in the Tirreno-Adriatico route, Luis León Sánchez has changed his mind and will now defend his Paris-Nice title this year. Just a couple of weeks ago he announced that he will be riding Tirreno-Adriatico instead and that […]
