Team UniSA to ride Tour Down Under
Team UniSA Australia has revealed its roster for January’s Santos Tour Down Under, a race that for years has served as a platform for young Australian talent to make a splash onto the international cycling scene. The Australian tour is set […]
Veloso breaks collarbone
Spainiard Gustavo César Veloso (Xacobeo Galicia) will face a small hiccup in his preparation for 2010 after breaking his collarbone on Saturday when he crashed his mountain bike during a training ride. Veloso hopes the fracture won’t impede his preparations […]
Di Luca hearing set for February 1
Danilo Di Luca, currently the second-placed finisher in May’s Giro d’Italia, has had the date of his hearing in front of an anti-doping tribunal from the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) set. The 33-year-old from Spoltore in the province of Abruzzo […]
Nys angry after World Cup snowballs
Belgian cyclocross champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) was fuming after yesterday’s World Cup race in Kalmthout, Belgium despite his victory, according to sportdome.nl. The blizzard conditions may have suited Nys better than most of his rivals, but it also led to […]
Euskaltel and Saxo Bank teams announce their Tour pre-selection
Disregarding the fact that the Tour de France is over seven months away and much can happen between now and then, the Euskaltel Euskadi and Saxo Bank teams have taken the unusual step of announcing which riders are in contention […]
2003 world champion Astarloa facing retirement
2003 world champion Igor Astarloa has said that he is almost certain to retire from professional cycling. “The most likely thing is that I won’t continue next year,” the 33 year old said, according to Biciciclismo. “It’s 90% sure that […]
Allan and Scott Davis to Astana
Following days of speculation, both Allan Davis and his brother Scott will compete as part of the Astana team in 2010. Allan, who won the Tour Down Under earlier this year and finished a very solid eleventh in the world […]
Albert wants to emulate Gilbert, win Tour of Lombardy
Cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert has revealed that he is considering changing to road racing after the 2012 world championships. “If I could choose to win either the Tour of Lombardy or the cyclo-cross world championship, then I would choose […]
Saxo Bank down but not out, expects bigger challenge from Armstrong
Saxo Bank boss Bjarne Riis said his team will be racing less in the 2010, telling Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten that he expects the team to have less victories for the upcoming season. Riis’ team was hit hard coming into the 2009 […]
Nys takes snow cross in Kalmthout
Sven Nys won an exciting finale today against his eternal rivals Zdenek Stybar and Niels Albert. In heavy snow fall, a slip by Nys in the last lap reduced his three-second gap to zero, but he continued to lead. With […]
