Philippe Gilbert has a little fun at training camp: hits 119 km/h on his bike
Belgian says he can do much more, teammate Adam Blythe unimpressed It’s not all intense training and dreaming about the future in Mallorca right now for the Omega Pharma-Lotto team. Philippe Gilbert had a little bit of fun on a […]
Alexandr Kolobnev still waiting on his Olympic Games bronze medal
Katusha’s Russian national champion perplexed about delay Russia’s top one day specialist, Alexandr Kolobnev, is still waiting on the medal that has been rightfully his for many months now following the disqualification of Davide Rebellin from the Olympic road race […]
Bianchi to relaunch the Chiorda brand
Frames raced to victory in top races by Felice Gimondi and Marino Basso The former racing brand of riders such as Felice Gimondi and Marino Basso, the Chiorda, will shortly be relaunched by the Bianchi company after a long absence. […]
Team Europcar presented with ambitions for 2011
Former Bbox Bouygues Telecom team seeks Tour de France invite and ProTeam qualification next year The Europcar team, formerly known as Bbox Bouygues Telecom was presented to the press today, with riders switching their turquoise and white livery for a […]
Dutch cycling legend Peter Post dies aged 77
Six-Day star who won the fastest ever Paris-Roubaix loses battle with illness Peter Post, a legend of Dutch cycling, has died after a long illness. The 77-year-old was best known as the most successful Six-Days rider of his generation but […]
Paris-Roubaix organisers remove three sectors of cobblestones, add five new ones
Changes made to layout of Hell of the North Classic Rejigging the race route in order to preserve the distance to be covered on the cobblestones, Paris-Roubaix organisers ASO have announced the net addition of two additional sectors of pavé […]
Tour de France wildcards to be decided at the end of January?
Early selection would curtail traditional push for results Normally teams vying for a place in the Tour de France have several months to show they deserve selection, using ASO-organised events such as the Tour of Qatar, Tour of Oman, Paris-Nice, […]
Jørgensen signing completes lineup of Christina Watches team
Rasmussen and thirteen others will race in 2011 The Christina Watches team has announced the signing of Danish rider Rene Jørgensen, who has previously raced with the CSC, Fakta, Barloworld and Team Designa Køkken squads. Bringing the 35 year old […]
Cavendish says HTC-Highroad has a trio of leaders for Santos Tour Down Under
Says team is ready to stamp its authority on race In the height of the summer he’s clearly the fastest rider on the HTC-Highroad team, but Mark Cavendish appears set to share the leadership during the Santos Tour Down Under. […]
US Postal Service sponsors outlined opposition to cheating with anti-doping clause
The US Postal Service cycling team is currently being scrutinised by federal investigators, with their conclusions expected to come at some time this season. Before then, ESPN has done some digging of its own, and it has uncovered both the […]
