Vuelta a España: Dani Moreno climbs to victory on Sierra Nevada
Attrition in the peloton sees a number of favourites dropped; Chavanel takes the race lead Daniel Moreno (Katusha) won the first mountain finish of the Vuelta a España at the top of Sierra Nevada to take stage four. The Spanish […]
Twelve riders confirmed for Androni Giocattoli in 2012
South American-Italian connection continues as Gianni Savio keeps his “winning team” together Based on the principle that “you don’t break up a winning team,” Gianni Savio, team manager of Italian Professional Continental team Androni Giocattoli has announced the initial twelve […]
Cavendish withdraws from Vuelta, worlds preparation disrupted
Past ten world champions used Spanish Tour to prepare Mark Cavendish’s chance of taking the world road race title received a setback today when the HTC Highroad rider withdrew from the Vuelta a España. The British sprinter was in trouble […]
NetApp, Vacansoleil-DCM and Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator announce Tour of Britain line ups
All three teams sending young rosters to week-long stage race Tour of Britain organiser SweetSpot has announced the three more teams’ provisional line ups for the race, which starts in Dumfries and Gallloway, in the Scottish Borders on September 11th. […]
UCI awaiting confirmation from Astana team in relation to Vinokourov and Kireyev
Team size issue continues, governing body told domestique is no longer part of lineup The UCI has confirmed that it is currently awaiting clarification from the Astana squad in relation to its 2011 roster and the fact that it may […]
Lance Armstrong Investigation: Prosecutors respond to claims of illegal leaks
No disclosure as to nature of their reply Responding to complaints lodged in July by Lance Armstrong’s attorneys, prosecutors investigating doping allegations against the rider and his former US Postal Service team have responded to claims of leaks. According to […]
GreenEdge adds Simon Clarke to list of confirmed riders for 2012
Strong recent form is followed by news of new contract Current Astana rider Simon Clarke has confirmed that he will be part of the GreenEdge team next season, the former world junior track champion inking a deal to ride for […]
Ruslan Pidgornyy: “Chavanel denied me the mountains jersey, why should I help him?”
Ukrainian takes fourth in Vuelta stage three after refusing to work in the chase of Pablo Lastras Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) took the biggest result so far of his first season with the Dutch ProTeam with fourth place in the third […]
Patrick Gretsch opens USA Pro Cycling Challenge with prologue victory
Early starting German holds off the overall favourites to take the race’s first ever yellow jersey Patrick Gretsch (HTC-Highroad) won the opening prologue of the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge to take the first yellow jersey of the race. The […]
Sylvain Chavanel: “In order to win, you have to risk losing”
French champion misses out on Vuelta stage victory and red jersey after solo chase of Pablo Lastras Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) was the strongest rider in the five-man move that escaped early in the third stage of the Vuelta a […]








