Fischer to Garmin-Transitions
Murilo Fischer has signed with the Garmin-Transitions team for the 2010 season, according to Tuttobiciweb . Fischer was reported to have a 50:50 chance to sign with Pro Continental team Acqua e Sapone. The move to Garmin keeps Fischer in […]
Schleck Luxemburger of the year
Andy Schleck won the online vote for the Luxemburger of the year on RTL. He beat actor Thierry van Werveke, who died less than a year ago and Luxembourg’s premier Jean-Claude Juncker. These are the days when cyclists of the […]
Italy remembers Fausto Coppi 50 years on
On January 2nd 1960 Italian cycling legend Fausto Coppi, Il Campionissimo – the champion of champions – died of malaria at just 40-years-old. Coppi had recently returned from a hunting trip to the African country of Burkina Faso with some […]
Page starts New Year on podium behind Chainel
On New Year’s Day Jonathan Page raced in Luxembourg and finished third, behind the Frenchmen Steve Chainel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) and Nicolas Bazin (Differdange). It was Chainel’s third victory in this traditional “Neijooschcross” in Péiteng on January 1. Page had […]
Joaquim Rodríguez ready for fresh start with Katusha
Spaniard Joaquim Rodríguez is ready for the new season where he has made the move from Cassie d’Epargne to the Russian Katusha team. The Catalan rider has set his primary goal of the season to peak for the Ardennes Classics […]
Columbia-HTC's Rogers wants to be national champion on the road
Columbia-HTC’s Michael Rogers is ready for the 2010 season to begin after having a solid off-season of training. The Australian said that he has ‘unfinished business’ with the Australian National Road Race title, an event in which he took the […]
Quick Step roster for 2010, New Year with a new kit
The Belgian Quick Step team has announced a roster of 27 riders that hail from 8 different countries for 2010: Belgium, Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany, France, Byelorussia and Denmark. The new season will see the addition of 3 new faces […]
Trofeo Alfredo Binda commended by Ministry of Equal Opportunities
Cycling Sport Promotions, the organisers of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Italy’s round of the women’s Road World Cup – has been commended by the Italian Ministry of Equal Opportunities. The race has been contested since 1974 but the 2010 […]
Mourey breaks up cross oligopoly
Francis Mourey broke up this year’s cross oligopoly by winning the GP De Ster in Sint Niklaas, Belgium, today. Mourey beat Radomir Simunek and Dieter Vanthourenhout in a come-from-behind race. Main contenders like Sven Nys and Niels Albert skipped the […]
De Knegt: “Wait and see how well Boom goes”
Rabobank’s Gerben De Knegt has been the best Dutch cyclocross rider by far this season. Along with Telenet-Fidea’s Czech champion Zdenek Stybar, he has been one of the few riders to challenge the dominance of the Belgians and currently sits […]
