Lars Boom cruises to third edition of Tom Boonen’s charity cyclocross
A minute’s head start can’t save the road riders from the former World cyclocross champion Lars Boom (Rabobank) has unsurprisingly won the third edition of the ‘Tom Boonen and Friends’ cyclocross at Zilvermeer, Mol, to the south of Antwerp, Belgium. […]
Fractured collarbone for Brice Feillu after training crash
French climber comes down in bad weather; will miss first Saur-Sojasun training camp Brice Feillu (Leopard Trek) has ended an indifferent season with yet another bit of bad luck. The French climber, who will quit the Luxembourg team at the […]
Kim Andersen: “Jakob Fuglsang needs to lose some weight”
Danish prodigy must ship a few kilos to be competitive in the Giro d’Italia, says director After following Fränk and Andy Schleck from Saxo Bank-SunGard to Leopard Trek, Jakob Fuglsang had a strong season in 2011; not as strong as […]
Bike Live/Geox TMC granted time extension to try to secure sponsor
UCI said to have extended deadline for registration Following yesterday’s news that the management of the Geox TMC team had conceded that they had not sorted out sponsorship problems prior to the UCI deadline, the team has apparently been given […]
Kashechkin rejects suggestions he’ll be with RusVelo rather than Astana in 2012
Says its ‘false and stupid’ to say he’ll be part of any other team Andrey Kashechkin has responded to reports yesterday that he will be racing with the Continental Pro RusVelo team rather than the Astana setup, rejecting the story […]
Kevin Pauwels: “The less popular Sven Nys gets, the more popular I am”
Rivalry intensifies between the current top two ‘cross riders but Pauwels insists there are no hard feelings The rivalry between Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) and Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) is intensifying in the Belgian media, ahead of Sunday’s World Cup race in […]
Samuel Dumoulin: I would love to win a stage at Paris-Nice
French sprinter wants to expand on 6 wins from 2011 Approaching the beginning of the 2012 season, Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) has begun to prepare for the portion of the year that seems to suit him best – the beginning. After […]
Craven relieved to secure Sigma Sport Specialized deal after missing out on Europcar ride
Namibian to target Olympics and UCI races in 2012 After a possible contract with the Europcar team failed to materialise, Namibian rider Dan Craven has spoken of his satisfaction in securing a deal with the Sigmasport Specialized team for 2012. […]
Cali World Cup continues today after new sprint record set on day one
World best time for German trio, pursuit, omnium, sprint and keirin on today The organisers of the track World Cup in Cali, Colombia will be hoping for another eventful set of events on day two, with the races getting off […]
SpiderTech presented by C10 finalises 2012 roster
Caleb Fairly and Bjorn Selander add WorldTour experience to ambitious Canadian team Team Spidertech presented by C10 has finalised its 2012 rider roster, with thirteen of this year’s squad returning for the Canadian Professional Continental team. Svein Tuft, the team’s […]
