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'Alpe d’Huez-like' summit finish for Presidential Tour of Turkey by VeloNation Press - Friday, March 30, 2012 Race becomes more difficult in 2012In a bid to make the race tougher, more dramatic and more in line with its aspirations to become a UCI WorldTour event in two years’ time, the organisers of the Presidential Tour of Turkey have today revealed that they will include a climb ‘not unlik... → Read More
Tour of Hangzhou moves a step closer to WorldTour licence by VeloNation Press - Friday, March 30, 2012 Agreement signed in China, UCI’s licence commission to make final decisionAlthough the UCI insists that the final decision has yet to be made by the Licence Commission, what seems like an almost inevitable addition of the new Tour of Hangzhou to the top calendar took a step forward this week.The governing body has announce... → Read More
Lotto-Belisol banking on youth over experience in the Ronde van Vlaanderen by Ben Atkins - Friday, March 30, 2012 Belgian ProTeam without a big favourite for the first time in years; expects young riders to mix it upLotto-Belisol will start Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen with its youngest, and most inexperienced team for many years. The big Belgian ProTeam last won the race in 2003, through Peter Van Petegem - who also went on to take Paris-Roubaix a week later ... → Read More
Project 1t4i relaunched as Team Argos Shimano by VeloNation Press - Friday, March 30, 2012 Multi-billion Euro energy company to power team for next three yearsAs anticipated beforehand, the merged Argos Oil and North Sea Group company is the new backer of the 1t4i team, which was officially launched today in Rotterdam and will be known henceforth as Team Argos-Shimano.
The squad, which narrowly missed ... → Read More
Nuyens returns to training, could race in a month’s time by VeloNation Press - Friday, March 30, 2012 Belgian fighting back from fractured hipHe won’t be able to line out in the Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday to defend his title, but Nick Nuyens is celebrating a small triumph this weekend as he is able to return to training and, therefore, is a step closer to getting back to racing.
Th... → Read More
Final countdown to unveiling of new sponsor of 1t4i team by Shane Stokes - Friday, March 30, 2012 Are merging oil companies the mystery backer?Editor's note: go here for the latest on this story
After several months of waiting, the new title sponsor of the 1t4i team will finally be unveiled this morning
The new identity of the team will be broadcast on the team’s website, www.1t4i.com... → Read More
Teams and contenders line up for 110th Paris-Roubaix by Ben Atkins - Thursday, March 29, 2012 The big names will be the favourites as usual but a new generation awaitsWith Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen still to come, race organiser ASO is already preparing for the second of cycling’s cobbled Monuments, Paris-Roubaix, the following Sunday, April 8th. With both races suiting the big, hard men, the favourites will b... → Read More
Mantova Case: BMC Racing Team to support Ballan and Santambrogio by Shane Stokes - Thursday, March 29, 2012 Ochowicz: ‘No action…unless official request to do so’Although the names of two of its riders cropped up again yesterday in relation to the Mantova doping investigation, the BMC Racing Team has said that it will not prevent either from competing unless there are firm indications that the riders should b... → Read More
Sylvain Chavanel time trials to victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde by Ben Atkins - Thursday, March 29, 2012 La Machine blitzes flat seaside course to become the first ever French winner of the Three DaysSylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has won the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, after a supreme display in the final stage 3b time trial around the towns of De Panne and Koksijde. The French road champion blasted around the flat, 14.7km course i... → Read More
Russian world track championship rider in hit and run by Shane Stokes - Thursday, March 29, 2012 RusVelo’s Kovalev unsure about participation The Russian RusVelo team faces the possibility that it will lose the services of one of its riders, Ivan Kovalev, as the result of a hit and run accident in Australia.
The 25 year old is in Sydney as part of the buildup for next week’s world trac... → Read More
Valverde to miss GP Miguel Indurain, unsure about Pais Vasco by Shane Stokes - Thursday, March 29, 2012 Recovery from injury and Classics preparation highest prioritiesStill recovering from injuries sustained in his crash during the Volta a Catalunya, Alejandro Valverde will miss Saturday’s GP Miguel Indurain.
His Movistar team has confirmed that the Spaniard will sit out the 1.1-ranked event, with last year’s ... → Read More
UCI confirms derogation given to Katusha to re-sign Kolobnev by Shane Stokes - Thursday, March 29, 2012 Normal contract rules don’t apply due to complexities of caseThe UCI has this morning confirmed that it has given an ‘exceptional authorisation’ to the Katusha team to re-sign Alexandr Kolobnev, despite the usual rules limiting team size.
The Russian squad yesterday announced that it had given the rider a ... → Read More
Race leader Alexander Kristoff gets his stage in Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde 3a by Ben Atkins - Thursday, March 29, 2012 Norwegian champion takes bumpy cobbled sprint and his first international pro victoryAfter fourth place on stage one, and second place on stage two, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) has finally taken his first international victory in the professional ranks, in stage 3a of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde. The Norwegian champion was led ... → Read More
Tosatto hoping to bounce back from Gent-Wevelgem crash by VeloNation Press - Thursday, March 29, 2012 Italian aiming to perform well in Sunday’s Ronde van VlaanderenInvolved in a collision with Spanish champion Jose Joaquin Rojas in the finale of Gent-Wevelgem and prevented from taking what was a possible top ten placing in the prestigious Classic, Matteo Tosatto continues to get over his injuries. However, whil... → Read More
Omega Pharma-Quick Step checks out Ronde van Vlaanderen course by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Tom Boonen seeks to join the immortals with third victory in Vlaanderens MooisteWhile many of his teammates were riding the second stage of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde today, Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Classics captain Tom Boonen was leading a reconnaissance ride around the course of Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. The team ... → Read More
Landis appeal against French court ruling to be held in November by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Former rider seeking to overturn suspended sentenceAppeals lodged by both Floyd Landis and the EdF company against the sentences handed down on November 10th against them will be heard in Versailles next November.
French newspaper L’Equipe reports today that the appeals will take place between No... → Read More
Specialized launches Turbo electric motorized bike by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Top speed of 45 km/h makes bike currently illegal in the USTaking some pride in the fact that it’s currently too fast to be sold in the United States, Specialized today launched the Turbo, a new electric bike that will begin selling in Europe in May.
Termed a ‘performance urban bike,’ the Turbo features ... → Read More
Alexander Kristoff “surprised” to take Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde lead by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Norwegian champion leads both overall and points classifications but would have preferred a stage victoryAfter his fourth place on stage one, and second place on stage two, Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finds himself in the leader’s jersey of the Driedaagse De Panne after stage one winner Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) sat up in the final kilometres. ... → Read More
Marcel Kittel sprints to victory in Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde stage two by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Second place for Alexander Kristoff gives Norwegian champion the lead after Peter Sagan droppedGerman wunderkind sprinter Marcel Kittel (Project 1t4i) returned to winning ways, after his second place in the Handzame Classic two weeks before, with an emphatic victory in the second stage of the Driedaagsse De Panne-Koksijde, between Zottegem and... → Read More
Kolobnev to resume professional career with Katusha team by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Rider had been fired after testing positive in Tour de France, then cleared by CASPreviously released by the team after testing positive during the 2011 Tour de France, former world championship runner-up Alexandr Kolobnev is returning to Katusha this season.
The Russian squad denied a signing was possible last week, telling V... → Read More
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