Memorial Marco Pantani: Fabio Taborre wins sprint from large breakaway group
27 men sprints it out on the Cesenatico seafront to remember the late Giro and Tour hero Fabio Taborre (Acqua & Sapone) took his second victory of the season, having won the GP Citta di Camaiore in August, by taking […]
Flanders winner Nick Nuyens to head Saxo Bank team in Tour of Beijing
Strong squad aiming big in new WorldTour race As the riders make the trip to China prior to Wednesday’s start of the Tour of Beijing, Tour of Flanders winner Nick Nuyens has been confirmed as the leader of the Saxo […]
Niels Albert: “I want to win the World Cup again”
Belgian champion on form for Kalmthout tomorrow but wary of peaking too early Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) heads into this winter’s cyclocross season with the clear objective of retaining the World Cup title that he won last year, according to Sporza. […]
Contador reveals 2012 plans, aims to ride Tirreno-Adriatico instead of Paris-Nice
Will skip Giro to focus on the Tour de France Alberto Contador (SaxoBank-Sungard) yesterday took part in an online chat with readers of Spanish newspaper El Mundo, where he revealed his racing program for next year. The stage race specialist […]
Cobo part of strong line up for today's Memorial Marco Pantani
Vuelta winner returns to racing in Italy The Memorial Marco Pantani will have a strong line up today as Italians honour the memory of former Giro d’Italia and Tour de France winner Marco Pantani. Amongst those expected to take part […]
Gabriel Rasch rumoured to be moving to SaxoBank-Sungard
Admits he has been in talks with Bjarne Riis Experienced classics rider Gabriel Rasch could be leaving Garmin-Cervélo at the end of the season and heading to Team SaxoBank-Sungard, according to reports. The Norwegian spent the last four years on […]
New team secured, Craig Lewis speaks about his time at HTC Highroad and his long search
All of HTC-Highroad’s men said to have found places for next year HTC-Highroad’s Craig Lewis has finally signed a deal for next year, bringing to an end a nerve-wracking search for a new team. VeloNation reached Lewis soon after he […]
Pierre Rolland: “2012 is objective Tour”
Hero of Alpe d’Huez going all out for the yellow jersey next year Pierre Rolland (Europcar) is in the vanguard of the wave of newfound confidence in French cycling. The 24-year-old the big revelation of the Tour de France in […]
World champion Mark Cavendish to debut in rainbow jersey in Paris-Bourges
British rider adds event to Paris-Tours Originally expected to make his racing debut in the rainbow jersey on October 9th in Paris-Tours, Mark Cavendish will now don the fabled tunic three days earlier in Paris-Bourges. The news was reported today […]
Leigh's role ends, Cycling Ireland unlikely to fill High Performance Director slot in near future
Irish federation to concentrate on development and London Olympic qualification Having previously pinpointed the appointment of a High Performance director as being an important part of building the future of the sport in Ireland, Cycling Ireland announced yesterday that the […]
