Martinelli impressed by Contador
Italian directeur sportif Giuseppe Martinelli, who guided Marco Pantani to his victories in the 1998 Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, has spoken glowingly of Astana team leader Alberto Contador, with whom he will work in 2010. Martinelli praises the […]
2010 Tour of California stage details released tomorrow
Late last year AEG released details of the upcoming Tour of California through well executed and planned Twitter posts from Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer and George Hincapie. All three also confirmed their participation in the 2010 edition of the event. […]
Rock Racing's fate in the hands of the UCI
Micheal Ball’s Rock Racing team submitted paperwork for a Continental license to the UCI . The UCI is to review the application and decide by Wednesday if the team will be granted a license. Earlier this year Rock Racing’s application […]
Tirreno-Adriatico dedicated to Ballerini, funeral services tomorrow
RCS Sport has postponed the presentation of the 2010 Tirreno-Adriatico that was set to take place this Thursday, a move done in support of the late Franco Ballerini’s family. Ballerini died tragically yesterday when the Renault Clio rally car he […]
Steve Cozza adds to Qatar casualty list with collarbone break
Garmin-Transitions rider Steve Cozza has added to the list of riders injured in this year’s Tour of Qatar, crashing in the middle stages of stage 2 and breaking his collarbone. The incident happened as the lead held by breakaway duo […]
Freire is back, beats Greipel in Tofeo Cala Millor
Rabobank’s triple World Champion Oscar Freire sprinted to victory on the second stage of the Mallorca Challenge today. He beat HTC-Columbia’s André Greipel and Footon-Servetto-Fuji’s Manuel Cardoso to the line, with the pair finishing second and third respectively. With his win […]
Bibby and Wyman take rescheduled British Cross Champs
Two-time national under-23 champion Ian Bibby (Motorpoint-Marshalls Pasta) proved the strongest in an exciting senior men’s race, according to British Cycling. The championships were rescheduled after the original event in early January had to be cancelled due to heavy snow. […]
Team Sky's Arvesen out with collarbone fracture
Team Sky’s Kurt Asle Arvesen has broken his collarbone at the Tour of Qatar today, following his team’s stage victory in yesterday’s team time trial. Arvesen was rolling along with the peloton while still in the neutralized zone when he […]
Steurs surprises in Qatar, favorites blow it
One year after the tragic death of Belgian Frederick Nolf, his former Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator team took an emotional victory with Geert Steurs in today’s stage two of the Tour of Qatar, with breakaway companion Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil) finishing in second […]
Rujano returns to Langkawi hunting top Giro form
Five years after he finished second overall in the Tour de Langkawi, then went on to take a stage, the King of the Mountains award and third in the general classification of the Giro d’Italia, Jose Rujano is hearing back […]
