Kimmage blasts UCI legal action by McQuaid and Verbruggen
‘Hell will freeze over before I issue either of those gentlemen an apology’ Irish journalist and outspoken doping critic Paul Kimmage has described a claim in the Swiss courts against him as an attempt to enforce omerta, and insists that […]
Niels Albert solos from the gun to World Cyclo-cross Championship
Peeters 2nd, Pauwels 3rd in dominant Belgian sweep Niels Albert (Belgium) took a lead from the gun in the Elite Men’s World Cyclo-cross Championship, a lead he would never relinquish, and the 26-year-old soloed to his second world title today […]
European racing season gets underway with Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Three WorldTour teams to start Europe season opener While the racing has already started in Australia and Argentina, Europe has its chance today to start the 2012 season in full swing. The traditional season opener on the old continent will […]
Vos dominates women’s cyclo cross championship in Koksijde
Van den Brand and Cant fight it out for silver Clocking up her sixteenth consecutive victory of the season and her fourth straight world cyclo-cross championship, Marianne Vos today further underlined her dominance with a superlative performance in Koksijde. The […]
Tour de San Luis: Viviani clocks up win number one for Liquigas-Cannondale
Leipheimer holds lead in Argentinean event Italian sprinter Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) denied Saxo Bank’s Juan José Haedo a home win on stage six of the Tour de San Luis, powering to the line ahead of the Argentinean. Young Italian sprinter […]
Brad Huff Interview: American racing Six Days in Europe
Jelly Belly sprinter preparing for 2012 season by racing the boards The 2012 Bremen Six day wasn’t the first time that Brad Huff has raced against former double Olympic champion, Robert Bartko. The 32 year-old American explains; ‘Back when I […]
Van Dijk leads strong Specialized lululemon team in Tour of Qatar
Former HTC Highroad women’s squad wants big start to the year Defending champion Ellen van Dijk will spearhead a strong Specialized lululemon team in the 2.1-ranked Tour of Qatar, which gets the team’s season underway next Wednesday. She will be […]
Frédéric Amorison making a return from injury for 2012 season
Landbouwkrediet-Euphony rider still recovering from broken jaw, wrist Frédéric Amorison (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) will begin his eleventh professional season in the coming weeks, though at the mid-point of last season, it appeared as if the Belgian veteran was finished racing. In June […]
Sunweb Holidays and Revor Bedding both extend with ‘cross team
Success of Pauwels, Vantornout helps bring long-term deal with sponsors Kevin Pauwels sealed the overall victory in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup last week in his first season with Sunweb-Revor. In the past week, both sponsors have to re-upped their […]
Jonathan Vaughters Interview: Slipstream CEO speaks about AA Drink-Leontien.nl deal
More details given about partnership agreement with Dutch squad In late November the Garmin-Cervélo women’s team was rocked by the news that it was facing a very uncertain future and would, unless a last-minute sponsor was found, be forced to […]
