Zdeněk Štybar details brief but intense cyclocross season
Czech star reaffirms his absence from the World championships as he aims at the Classics Having apparently been asked continuously when his cyclocross season was going to start, two-time World champion Zdeněk Štybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has detailed the races […]
Roelandts and Vanendert insist the biological passport has changed cycling
Riders say personal experience has shown them the sport is cleaner The Lotto-Belisol team has become part of the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible [Movement for a Credible Cycling – MPCC] and has said that it is committed to doing […]
Team Sky signs 20-year-old neo-pro Josh Edmondson on a two-year deal
Young British rider impressed with aggressive Tour of Britain performance Team Sky has announced the signing of neo-pro Josh Edmondson for the next two years, after an impressive season from the 20-year-old British rider. The Yorkshireman has spent the last […]
Philippe Gilbert: “After a year like 2012 I’ll take everything I can get.”
World champion philosophical about only taking third place in Belgian Sportsman of the Year race Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) has learned his lesson from 2012, he says, as he prepares for next year’s spring campaign. The World champion failed to […]
Andy Schleck to be guided once again by Andersen
Duo had been separated by Bruyneel Having worked with Andy Schleck for several seasons but then being separated from him by Johan Bruyneel, who intended managing the Luxembourg rider in the 2012 Tour de France, Kim Andersen will once again […]
Cancellara fired up for 2013, believes better luck lies ahead
Swiss rider determined to bounce back after injuries and misfortune He had a season that was so frustrating that he decided to call it quits back in August, even at the cost of missing the world time trial championships, but […]
Wiggins says he wants to achieve rare Giro/Tour double
SPOTY winner sets high target for 2013 The feat hasn’t been achieved since Marco Pantani’s 1998 triumphs and is regarded as one of the toughest in cycling, but Bradley Wiggins has revealed that he is determined to try to win […]
Rory Sutherland Interview: Back racing at the top level with Team Saxo Tinkoff
Australian rider ready for season at WorldTour level When 30 year-old Australian Rory Sutherland first pins a number to his Saxo-Tinkoff strip it won’t be the first time he’s raced in Division One. It was in 2005 when the man […]
Bradley Wiggins voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Tour de France winner succeeds Mark Cavendish as third cyclist in five years to take Britain’s top prize Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) and succeeds current teammate Mark Cavendish as the […]
Hushovd and Greipel said to be riding 2013 Tour of the Mediterranean
L’Equipe states Schleck and Pinot could also take part Top sprinter Andre Greipel (Lotto – Belisol) and former Tour de France green jersey Thor Hushovd (BMC Racing Team) could be set for an early season showdown, with L’Equipe saying that […]
