Skil-Shimano hopes that it will be considered for place in Tour and Vuelta
Team wants to fill Vacansoleil’s Tour slot if team is dropped Emphasising its tactic of carefully developing riders rather than simply buying up big names to secure UCI ProTeam status, the Dutch Skil-Shimano team has said that it hopes to […]
AFLD will hand over Armstrong’s 1999 samples, but process just starting
French anti-doping agency wants to be part of 2011 Tour de France Last September, former AFLD head Pierre Bordry said that the French anti-doping agency AFLD would co-operate fully with the US federal investigation into the US Postal Service team. […]
Torsantucci solos to stage victory in Tour of South Africa; House remains in yellow
Aggressive stage brings fine racing Clipping away with five kilometres to go, Italian rider Davide Torosantucci sped to victory on today’s fourth stage of the Cell C Tour of South Africa. The d’Angelo & Antenucci – Nippo competitor hit the […]
Damiano Cunego climbs to take Giro di Sardegna stage two
Stage win and race lead for Lampre-ISD’s hilly classics specialist Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) won the second stage of the Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) between Porto Rotondo and Nuoro, Monte Ortobene. The three-time Giro di Lombardia winner escaped a […]
Oscar Freire takes first win of the year in Ruta del Sol stage 4
Bunch sprint sees Markel Irizar hold his overall lead Oscar Freire (Rabobank) opened his 2011 account with victory in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia/Ruta Del Sol between La Guardia de Caen and Cordoba. After mistiming his sprint […]
Samuel Sanchez's hometown of Oviedo erects a statue in his honor
Olympic Champion gets the unique chance to ride by a statue of himself through his hometown Euskaltel-Euskadi captain, Samuel Sanchez, is quietly going about his preparations for his year’s major goal, the Tour de France, at the Ruta del Sol […]
Daphny van den Brand signs for AA Drink-Leontien.nl
One more season at the top for multiple Dutch cyclocross champion European cyclocross champion Daphny van den Brand has signed with the AA Drink-Leontien.nl team on a one-year contract. The 32-year-old from Zeeland in the Netherlands had considered retirement at […]
Judith Arndt wins Tour of New Zealand opening stage
HTC-Highroad seizes the initiative early on Judith Arndt (HTC-Highroad) has begun her 2011 season in characteristic winning fashion by taking the first stage of the Women’s Tour of New Zealand between Martinborough and Masterton. The German veteran outsprinted a group […]
Tech News: Black is the new Red for SRAM’s top groupset
Chicago company’s top groupset now available in stealthy new colourscheme Following the success of the Limited Tour Edition (LTE) of its range-topping Red groupset, where the red graphics are replaced by yellow ones, SRAM is releasing a new black colour […]
Johnny Hoogerland loses two fingernails in Ruta del Sol crash
Tough Dutchman will start stage three but team jokes that gear changes may be difficult Disaster struck for Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) in the closing kilometres of yesterday’s second stage of the Ruta del Sol. The combative Dutchman was heading towards […]
