USA Cycling names five-man elite roster for cyclocross World Championships
National champion denies his place; top domestic riders joined by Belgium-based Page for St-Wendel race After the announcement of the women’s, and junior and under-23 men’s teams for the cyclocross World Championships last week, USA cycling has named the five […]
Rodriguez, Di Luca and rest of Katusha team building towards big season
Russian ProTeam squad could make breakthrough this year World number one Joaquim Rodriguez, Filippo Pozzato, Alexandr Kolobnev and Vladimir Karpets have been working with the rest of the Katusha team at the squad’s training camp in Calpé, Spain, clocking up […]
Cérvelo and Canyon reach settlement over patent dispute
Frame manufacturers find common ground The court battle between Cervélo and Canyon in relation to the patent for the latter’s Maximus Seat Tube has reached a resolution, with both sides coming to an amicable conclusion after what they said was […]
Zdenek Stybar reacts to criticism over sitting out Pontchâteau World Cup race
UCI co-ordinator and Sven Nys angry at World champion’s decision to save himself for title defence Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) has reacted angrily to criticism over his decision to sit out Sunday’s World Cup race in Pontchâteau, France, according to Sporza. […]
Tour of the Battenkill loses UCI status for 2011
News follows the Tour of the Gila’s same announcement from a day ago The murmurs that the Tour of the Battenkill might not end up as a UCI 1.2 event in 2011 have come to fruition. According to race organizer, […]
Sven Nys returning to health, dreaming of second Worlds win
Will start this Sunday in seventh round of World Cup The stomach flu that laid former World Cyclocross Champion Sven Nys low for the Belgian Championships last weekend has passed, and the sport’s dominating force over the past ten years, […]
Armstrong’s spokesman says 2009 Astana salary was donated to his foundation
Higgins says Texan didn’t keep the cash Following the news that Lance Armstrong was indeed paid to race in 2009, accepting a salary from the Astana team as per UCI rules despite saying he was unpaid, his spokesman has said […]
World records ratified for Sarah Hammer and US team pursuit squad
Hammer’s coach and husband talks about new records and future targets Eight months after smashing individual and team pursuit records, US riders Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Dotsie Bausch have received notice from the UCI that the new world standards […]
Greg Van Avermaet on Omega Pharma-Lotto: "We were totally bored with each other."
Belgian talent admits that relationship with Belgian team fizzled, now looking forward to new chances with BMC Belgian talent, Greg Van Avermaet, has had a hard go of it the past two seasons after two sensational years kicked off his […]
Björn Leukemans tweaks knee, hoping to win a Classic in 2011
Vacansoleil Classics specialist crashes in training camp Björn Leukemans, one of the big breakout successes of last year’s Spring Classics, is going into the 2011 season with a lot of expectations, both from himself and his team. In 2010, Leukemans stormed […]
