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This year the Volta ao Algarve will enjoy more attention than in years past, with competing race, the Tour of California, moving to a later time slot in May. The Portuguese race beings on Wednesday February 17th, and marks the […]

The 14th edition of the Trofeo Costa Etrusca, traditionally the races that open the season in Italy, has been cancelled with the organiser citing family problems. The two one-day races, the GP Comuni Ribardella-Montescudaio and GP Comuni Santa Luce-Castellina were […]

Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen is to be added to the International Cycling Union’s (UCI’s) Biological Passport system, despite the fact that he neither rides for a ProTour nor a Professional Continental team. His new team, Miche, as a Continental team is […]

Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) won stage 2 of the Tour of Oman in a bunch sprint in Samail. He beat American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) into second and third place, respectively. Today’s stage win was Bennati’s […]

Yesterday’s cyclocross race at Vorselaar, Belgium was the final round of the season-long Superprestige series. Tied on 95 points apiece going into the race were new World champion Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and former rainbow jersey Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus)  This made […]

Team Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis may currently be looking for a new backer for his team, but the 1996 Tour winner is confident that a solution will be found. “We have some sponsorship negotiations which must fall into place,” […]

It has been announced that five-time Tour de Langkawi competitor Ian McLeod will lead the South African national team’s challenge in the prestigious 2.HC race next month. The 29 year old first competed in the race back in 2001, then […]

Mark Jamieson, who represented Australia in the Beijing Olympics and who won a world team pursuit title in 2006, has pleaded guilty to multiple child sex charges. The 25 year old Tasmanian appeared before the South Australian District Court today […]

Dane Michael Rasmussen was expecting to ride for a Pro Continental team in 2010, but the two-time Tour de France mountains jersey winner ended up on the small Italian Continental team Miche. The move meant that he would have to […]

Zdenek Stybar won the exciting final Superprestige cross race in Vorselaar, Belgium, ahead of Niels Albert. This also gave Stybar the Superprestige overall ahead of Albert, since both had started the day equal on points. On the very icy, slippery […]