Wildcard teams announced for Paris-Nice and Criterium du Dauphiné
Katusha misses out on both of the Tour de France organiser’s other big stage races Hot on the heels of Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport’s announcement of the teams invited to the Strade Bianche and Giro del Lazio, ASO – […]
RCS Sport announces 17 invited teams for Strade Bianche
Biggest peloton ever for Tuscan gravel race; Giro del Lazio returns in Italian Classic weekend Race organiser RCS Sport has announced the names of the 17 teams that have been invited to the Strade Bianche race on Saturday March 2nd. […]
Video highlights from today's second stage of the Santos Tour Down Under
Race footage from the 116.5 kilometre stage from Mount Barker to Rostrevor (Change quality by clicking on the ‘cog’ symbol above) Click here for race report, results and photos
Thomas grabs stage win and race lead on day two of Santos Tour Down Under
Briton takes over from dropped Greipel Showing the benefits of weight loss in recent months plus a greater focus on road training, Olympic team pursuit gold medallist Geraint Thomas raced to victory on today’s second stage of the Santos Tour […]
Mallorca crash sidelines two Katusha riders
Bad luck at team training camp It’s been a frustrating past few weeks for the Katusha team with the Licence Commission’s decision to turn down its WorldTour registration, thus prompting an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The […]
Verbruggen states that Armstrong and other top riders were warned about blood values
Former UCI President had previously insisted he had no doubts American raced clean Although he defended Lance Armstrong strongly in 2011, telling AD.nl that the American ‘never, never, never doped,’ Hein Verbruggen has now confirmed that the American was given […]
Polls say Armstrong’s Oprah appearance backfired for former pro
Public support nosedives with less than a fifth believing he was completely honest Choosing to admit his doping first to Oprah Winfrey rather than a show like 60 Minutes was interpreted by many as a sign that he was trying […]
UCI asks Belgian federation to open disciplinary procedure against Leif Hoste on passport irregularities
Steve Houanard suspended for two years after September EPO positive The International Cycling Union (UCI) has requested that the Belgian Cycling Federation (KBWB/RLVB) open disciplinary procedures against Leif Hoste, due to irregularities in his biological passport data. The 35-year-old Belgian […]
Nikki Harris forced to miss ‘cross Worlds through knee injury
Season over for British champion who may face surgery Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea) has been forced to withdraw from the World cyclocross championships in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 3rd, due to a persistent knee injury. The newly crowned British champion has […]
WADA frustrated with Operacion Puerto trial’s focus on cycling only
Howman wants other sports investigated too World Anti Doping Agency David Howman has expressed frustration at the insistence of Spanish authorities that the upcoming Operacion Puerto trial will focus only on cycling, pointing out that many other sports are understood […]
