Team Sky rewards recent winners Mathew Hayman and Chris Sutton with new contracts
Australians extend after first two years with British team Two off Sky Procycling’s most recent winners have been handed new deals with the team, with both riders inking extended contracts for 2012. Australian’s Mathew Hayman and Chris Sutton have been […]
Helicopter and motorbike combination puts Yannick Eijssen out of Tour of Beijing
Bad luck for Belgian BMC Racing Team rider A bizarre accident has forced the BMC Racing Team rider Yannick Eijssen to retire from the Tour of Beijing, with the 22 year old climber being knocked from his bike due to […]
Roche and Deignan take Irish one-two on queen stage of Tour of Beijing
Tony Martin remains in red leader’s jersey despite big attack by Chris Froome Ag2r La Mondiale leader Nicolas Roche has turned around what has been a largely frustrating season for him by grabbing the first-ever WorldTour win of his career […]
USADA cycling hands down two year ban to masters rider Roger Hernandez
Rider had refused to provide sample at track nationals After refusing to take an in- competition doping control on July 29th of this year at the Masters Track Nationals in Trexlertown, Pa, 45 year old Roger Hernandez has been handed […]
Pro teams add further class to Revolution Championships
Manchester track competition set to begin its ninth series The presence of even more professional teams will add class to the Revolution Championship, which will begin its ninth season at the Manchester Vélodrome on October 29th. A number of Team […]
Enrico Battaglin outsprints Davide Rebellin to take Coppa Sabatini
Italian stagiere makes immediate impact on professional peloton Enrico Battaglin (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the Coppa Sabatini to take his first ever professional victory at the end of the 200km 1.1-ranked race. The 21-year-old, who is related to 1981 Vuelta-Giro double […]
CAS decision changes nothing for Italian team, says FCI chief
Renato Di Rocco stands behind decision to exclude former dopers from Squadra Azzura The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) decision to declare the “Osaka Rule”, which banned any athlete convicted of doping from competing in the Olympic Games that […]
Mathew Hayman tops an all-Australasian Paris-Bourges podium as he denies the sprinters
Team Sky rider holds on to breakaway lead to deny the sprinters on Mathew Hayman (Team Sky) fought out his first victory since the 2006 Commonwealth Games as he held off the charging peloton into the catherdral city. The popular […]
Feature: Millar pleased at CAS Olympic ban ruling, British Olympic Association says it doesn’t apply
Differening reactions to LeMerritt/USOC’s successful appeal Scottish professional David Millar has welcomed today’s ruling against the International Olympic Committee’s Rule 45, which blocks athletes found guilty of doping from competing in the next Olympic Games after their ban ends, and […]
GranPiemonte route presented as a battle between Gilbert and Cavendish
Italian autumn Semi-Classic could come down to a fight between the World’s number one one-day rider and the World champion number one sprinter The 2012 GranPiemonte route was presented by race organiser RCS Sport in the Piedmont capital Turin today. […]
