UCI announces “four pillars” of scope for stakeholder consultation
Globalisation, Anti-doping, Riders and the Calendar the centre of “A Bright Future for Cycling” The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the scope of its stakeholder consultation exercise, dubbed “A Bright Future for Cycling”, which will be launched later in […]
Androni Giocattoli, Topsport Vlaanderen Baloise and Caja Rural apply to join MPCC
Sixteen teams now awaiting final approval from anti-doping group The number of teams seeking to join the current twelve-member Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible [Movement for a Credible Cycling/MPCC] has expanded by a further three squads and means there are […]
Rabobank renamed Blanco Pro Cycling Team as hunt for sponsors continues
Plugge takes over as team director, Brainwash withdraws as co-sponsor of women’s team As reported last week, the former Rabobank team has been rebranded with a holding name, much along the lines of the 1T4i squad last year, as it […]
Wiggins changes tack and says he now wants to win 2013 Tour de France
Briton states that it is undecided if he will do the Giro d’Italia Although he suggested at the Tour de France launch that the Giro d’Italia would likely be his prime target in 2013 and that he would support Chris […]
Vos to ride MTB races in 2013, wants to determine if 2016 Olympic gold is feasible
World and Olympic champion to also race off road in coming year She’s been world champion on road, track and in cyclo cross and now Marianne Vos wants to see how far she can go on the mountain bike. The […]
UCI open to negotiations over women’s Tour of New Zealand but says conditions have to be met
Drug Free Sport New Zealand denies delay in sending documents Responding to the reports that the women’s Tour of New Zealand has been abandoned this year due to the increased costs of drug testing on the race, the UCI has […]
Wiggle revealed as name sponsor of Dream Team Pro Cycling
British online cycle retailer to support Wiggle-Honda for the next three years Five weeks after announcing the creation of Dream Team Professional Cycling, British online cycle retailer Wiggle has been unveiled as its title sponsor. The new women’s UCI team, […]
Flanders Classics to organise 324km amateur Ronde 100 Classic
Distance of original 1913 event to be ridden on anniversary date of May 25th As part of the celebrations to mark 100 years of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, race organiser Flanders Classics is to run an amateur ride of 324km, […]
Michele Scarponi handed three month ban for working with Michele Ferrari
Suspension will be served in off season; 2011 Giro winner will be free to race again on January 1st Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) was handed a three-month ban by the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) anti-doping tribunal, after if found him guilty […]
Giro d’Italia presents ‘universal classification’ of the greatest moments in the race’s history
103 years of history rated by a panel of 100 journalists to exorcise 12/12/12 Giro d’Italia organiser RCS Sport has put together a ‘Universal Classification’ of the first 103 years of the race, to “exorcise the World’s end, as predicted […]
