Video: Omega Pharma Quick Step bonds in team building exercises in Belgium
Boonen, Martin, Leipheimer and others get acquainted in muddy surroundings Continuing a tradition of pre-season team bonding exercises, the Omega Pharma – Quick Step team came together this week, enabling riders such as Tom Boonen, world time trial champion Tony […]
Movistar team says it could take Vuelta winner Juanjo Cobo on board
Rider still looking for a contract after Geox TMC debacle Three months after the rider rejected an offer to move to the team, the Movistar setup may prove to be the ultimate destination for the Vuelta a España winner Juan […]
Team Exergy Twenty12 signs former British women’s endurance coach Simon Cope
Briton has worked with Emma Pooley, Nicole Cooke, Lizzie Armitstead and others Olympic champion Kristin Armstrong (pictured), Swiss champion Pascale Schnider, up and coming American youngster Coryn Rivera and the rest of the Exergy Twenty12 team stand to gain valuable […]
Subaru sponsorship addition continues momentum being built by GreenEdge team
New ProTeam just weeks away from season debut With its UCI ProTeam licence now in place, GreenEdge is making final preparations for its first season and has announced a new backer for the 2012 season. Motor company Subaru has come […]
Nick Nuyens: “You shouldn’t change something that works”
Ronde van Vlaanderen winner will take a similar approach to his spring campaign, even though it means missing the start of the Belgian Classics Nick Nuyens is currently in Israel, at the first Saxo Bank team training camp of the […]
Damiano Cunego looking for more of the same in 2012
Piccolo Prinicipe aiming for Ardennes Classics and Tour de France after seventh place this year After a largely successful 2011, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) has already begun to prepare for next season. The highlight for the 30-year-old from Verona were a […]
Eeckhout, Bagdonas, Ghyllebert and Cassidy renew with An Post Sean Kelly team
Bagdonas back after Geox-TMC team collapses As indicated last week, former Belgian champion Niko Eeckhout has today signed a new contract with the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team, further extending his time with the team. The […]
UCI wants evidence on Vinokourov bribery allegations
Governing body keen to establish the facts over 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège finish The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that it is seeking evidence from the Swiss magazine l’Illustré, which published allegations that Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) paid rival Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha) […]
Noemi Cantele signs for new BePink team
Garmin-Cervélo exodus continues as Italian champion is the second rider to find a new team Noemi Cantele has signed with BePink, the team has announced, making the Italian road and time trial champion the second rider to officially leave the […]
CAS corrects McQuaid statement about appeals process and international federations
Court of Arbitration for Sport confirms it will continue hearing cases from governing bodies The Court of Arbitration for Sport has clarified a recent quote in La Gazzetta dello Sport by UCI President Pat McQuaid, which stated that CAS will […]
