Compton heads into short off-season after silver in cross Worlds
Active American has skiing on the program this week Katie Compton was all smiles during the press conference after she had won the silver medal in the cyclocross World Championships in Sankt Wendel, Germany. Afterwards she was consoled by a […]
Four Caja Rural riders injured in Mallorca training crash
Fractured elbow for Igor Romero and injured knee for Javier Moreno as team warms up for Mallorca Challenge Four riders from the Caja Rural team have been injured in a crash while warming up for the Mallorca Challenge series of […]
Haute Levée makes its return to Liège-Bastogne-Liège course
Tough climb brought back into race after improvement works by local council The tough Côte de la Haute-Levée climb is to be reintroduced to the parcours of Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a one-year absence, race organiser ASO has announced. The decision to […]
Italian coach Bettini plans for World Championships road race
Eyes young riders, Petacchi and Bennati Italian coach Paolo Bettini is planning for the World Championships in Copenhagen this September. He is observing his candidates, and is impressed by Daniel Oss and hopeful for Daniele Bennati and Alessandro Petacchi. “They’ve […]
Schumacher escapes criminal prosecution
German Team Miche rider performing solidly thus far in 2011 Over two years after being named as using EPO-Cera in the 2008 Tour de France, German rider Stefan Schumacher has learned that he will not face criminal prosecution for his […]
Farnese Vini and BMC Racing Team aiming for success in Qatar and Oman
Taylor Phinney will miss Qatar due to knee problems Morale rising after Andrea Guardini took a stunning five stage wins out of ten in the Tour de Langkawi, the Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli team is gunning for big performances […]
Petacchi to miss Tour of Qatar, but Boonen is raring to go
Three time winner heading back aiming for more success Sprint rivals Alessandro Petacchi and Tom Boonen both intended getting their seasons underway in the Tour of Qatar, but the Italian rider has had a setback and must now miss the […]
USADA takes over Tour of California testing
Lance Armstrong’s participation possible thanks to USADA’s rules regarding investigations The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) will handle anti-doping testing for its country’s top race, the Tour of California in May. The decision is meant to strengthen controls of cyclists […]
Boardman congratulates Bobridge on world record pursuit ride
‘He has absolutely smashed the conventional world record’ Former British pro Chris Boardman has congratulated Jack Bobridge on breaking his 15-year-old individual pursuit record. Bobridge beat Boardman’s time by nearly one second yesterday at the Australian track national championships, stunning […]
Leopard Trek's Daniele Bennati hoping to return to his fast finishing ways
“My goal is to get back to my old form as quickly as possible.” When the Tour of Qatar kicks off this weekend, Leopard Trek will debut in the Northern Hemisphere with a powerful team headlined by last year’s Flanders/Roubaix […]
