
McEwen gaining confidence after third place on opening stage of Santos Tour Down Under
Team RadioShack rider now thinking a good general classification finish might be possible Having previously said that a stage win was his ambition at this year’s Santos Tour Down Under, Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen’s third place finish today appear to […]

Riis wants speculation about Contador case to stop
Saxo Bank-Sungard manager not happy with Pedersen’s statements on possible ban Days after UCI management committee member Peder Pedersen said that he believed that Alberto Contador would get a two year ban, Contador’s team manager Bjarne Riis has responded and […]

Santos Tour Down Under: Goss out-gallops Greipel, grabs jersey
Sprint finish settles stage one in Angaston The Santos Tour Down Under sprint stages may have been billed as a showdown between former team-mates André Greipel and Mark Cavendish, but thus far it is another HTC-Highroad rider, Matt Goss, who […]

Floyd Landis retires from professional cycling
American rider says he believes sport ‘cannot be fixed’ Two months after finishing a respectable fourth overall in the Tour of Southland, US rider Floyd Landis has decided to call an immediate end to his racing career. The 35 year […]

Berlin Six Day to celebrate 100th anniversary, future assured until at least 2017
Jan Ullrich and Andreas Klöden to serve as Guests of Honor Starting in just over a week, the Berlin Six Day will celebrate its 100th running when the racing begins on January 27th. The triumphant anniversary will be attended by […]

Route and teams of the 2011 Challenge Ciclista a Mallorca announced
Two days for the sprinters and three days for the climbers and all-arounders await The route of the twentieth Challenge Ciclista a Mallorca has been released, and once again, it will be five independently classified 1.1 ranked races, starting on […]

Amber Halliday hospitalised after bad crash in Rendition Homes Cup
Rushed to hospital after fall The 2010 Australian time trial champion Amber Halliday is currently sedated and under observation in hospital after crashing heavily in the Rendition Homes Cup event at Victoria Park. The 31 year old is thought to […]

Hosking psyched after winning overall classification in Rendition Homes Santos Cup
Second place on final stage seals victory HTC-Highroad rider Chloe Hosking is increasingly motivated for the upcoming Tour of Qatar following her overall victory in the Rendition Homes Cup race yesterday [Monday]. The 20 year old grabbed the race lead […]

Broken rear derailleur costs Helen Wyman possible World Cup podium
First lap mechanical ruins Pontchâteau race for British champion Helen Wyman (Kona-FSA) started the World Cup race in Pontchâteau, France strongly, hitting the first corner among the first few riders. It was all to go horribly wrong though, midway through […]

AIGCP defiant in the face of radio ban, while UCI stands firm
Cycling teams association rejects the outlawing of transmitters “in the best interests of the sport”, while UCI claims the “future of the sport is at stake” The Association of Professional Cycling Teams (AIGCP) has issued a statement, defiantly rejecting the […]