Vacansoleil hires Kris Boeckmans
Topsport Vlaanderen rider moves career up a notch Vacansoleil announced the hiring of former U23 European champion Kris Boeckmans. Sprinter Boeckmanns will play a role in trying for victories in the bunch sprints. The Belgian was a stagiaire with Lotto […]
CAS finishes hearing USOC appeal against Olympic participation ban
Appeal against IOC rule could pave way for Millar and others to race in London 2012 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has undertaken to issue a ruling on or before September 30th in relation to an IOC rule […]
BMC Racing Team aiming at sprint win for Kristoff in Vattenfall Cyclassics
Norwegian sprinter confident after good result in Olympic Test race The BMC Racing Team will be lining up at the start of this coming Sunday’s Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, with the aim of setting up a sprint victory for […]
Tony Martin tipped to be joining Omega Pharma-Quick Step, could Gilbert follow?
Belgian Classic star’s agent confirms talks continue Following speculation yesterday that a deal was close with the Skil-Shimano team, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf is claiming that Tony Martin will in fact head to the Omega Pharma – Quick Step team […]
UnitedHealthcare to race Tour of Britain after spot opens up
Team hoping Förster will increase win tally for the season Tour of Britain Race Director Mick Bennett today announced that UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team would take part in the race for the first time, after Colnago CSF Inox team withdrew […]
Marcel Kittel Interview: German fastman’s fast track to the top
Four stage wins in Tour of Poland precede Vuelta a España debut In the space of 12 months, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano & Germany) has gone from being an U23 time trial specialist to one of the sprinter’s Oscar Freire cites […]
Redant back to directeur sportif role with UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
Former Omega Pharma-Lotto director finds team after long search The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team officially announced the signing of Hendrik Redant to their management team. Redant has been appointed as European Team Director and will immediately join the team for […]
Cavendish and Degenkolb chase Vuelta sprint glory for HTC Highroad
Velits, Martin and Sivtsov represent GC hopes Confirming a very strong team for what will be the team’s final-ever Grand Tour, the HTC Highroad team has put forward an impressive list of names for the upcoming Vuelta a España. All […]
GreenEdge and Simon Gerrans confirm contract
Australian leaves Sky Procycling after two seasons Joining the riders already announced for the aspiring UCI ProTeam, recent Tour of Denmark winner Simon Gerrans is the latest to be confirmed for the new squad. The 31 year old rider is […]
Worlds: Hushovd to have three team-mates, Farrar to have eight, Cavendish seven
UCI announces qualification criteria for all events in road race and time trial British rider Mark Cavendish and American rival Tyler Farrar, who as sprinters are the most likely leaders of their teams in the upcoming world road race championships, […]
