Pat McQuaid meets with AIGCP over radios issue
Progressive ban on communications will continue but UCI promises to listen to safety concerns International Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid met with a delegation from the International Association of Professional Cycling Teams (AIGCP), made up of Harold Knebel (Rabobank), […]
Sastre and Menchov team up in Vuelta a Murcia
Season debut for former Tour de France champion The 2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre will finally get his season underway in the Vuelta a Murcia tomorrow, where he will join up with Geox-TMC co-leader Denis Menchov in the […]
Sylvain Chavanel to lead Quick Step in Paris-Nice
Gert Steegmans also hoping to recapture previous form in the Race to the Sun Sylvain Chavanel will lead Quick Step to Paris-Nice, which starts with a 154.5km stage in the town of Houdan, to the west of the French capital […]
Marc Hester Interview: Riding well on track, joining Christina Watches team
Danish rider ready to seize opportunities in 2011 In any sport there comes a time when the order changes. The old stars fade away and the new ones begin to shine brighter. But Dane Marc Hester is no super nova, […]
Vacansoleil risks Giro start as Riccò ring widens
Team fires masseur and Riccò’s friend, Mongiardo Dutch team Vacansoleil risks starting its first Giro d’Italia this May due to its connection with Riccardo Riccò and Ezequiel Mosquera. The two are involved in separate doping investigations in their home countries […]
Pellizotti biological passport decision expected Tuesday
‘I would like to race Tirreno’ Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti may race the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race starting Wednesday if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rules in his favour. It is expected to rule on his biological passport anti-doping […]
Evans starts season, eyes early win
‘The Basso-Contador battle in Catalonia, I’ll be there too.’ Former World Champion Cadel Evans starts his season today at the Giro del Friuli one-day race in Italy. A win is not an option, but the Australian aims to do so […]
Cadel Evans's season debut at the Giro del Friuli does not go quite as planned
Early break goes the distance, but Evans will get another chance in a few days in Tuscany Cadel Evans’s debut into the 2011 season wasn’t one of the Spanish, Australian, French, or Middle Eastern sun baths most of the riders […]
Flu stricken Johnny Hoogerland out of Paris-Nice
Vacansoleil rider will miss Race to the Sun, hopes he could possibly be ready for Tirreno-Adriatico Heading into the Race to the Sun, which starts Sunday with a 155 kilometer opening stage to Houdan, Dutch ProTeam, Vacansoleil, will be without […]
Jose Serpa wins freezing Giro del Friuli
Most of the peloton abandons as Colombian outsprints Pavel Brutt Jose Serpa (Androni Giocattoli) won the 33rd edition of the Giro del Friuli between Pordenone and Gorizia, in the north western Italian province, close to the border with Slovenia. The […]
