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Europcar interested in signing Thor Hushovd for 2012 by Shane Stokes - Thursday, June 23, 2011 Team wants world champion to boost its chances of a ProTeam licenceDetermined to push for UCI ProTeam status for the Europcar team, manager Jean-René Bernaudeau is currently studying the list of available riders for the 2012 season and appears set to aim big. According to Ouest France, Bernaudeau wants to boost the ... → Read More
Omega Pharma Lotto finalises team for Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Thursday, June 23, 2011 Gilbert, Van den Broeck and Greipel to lead Belgian squadThe Belgian Omega Pharma Lotto team has announced its lineup for the 2011 Tour de France and, as expected, Philippe Gilbert, Jurgen Van den Broeck and André Greipel will be the cornerstones of the squad. All three riders have different abilities, wit... → Read More
Longo wins French TT title, nets 58th national championship by Shane Stokes - Thursday, June 23, 2011 Frenchwoman still racing strongly at 52Showing she can still race extremely quickly at 52 years of age, Jeannie Longo today took the French time trial champs, marking her 58th national title in all.
Longo proved best on a 19 kilometre course held at Boulogne sur Mer, beating Christel ... → Read More
Tom Boonen: “The question is, have I ever liked sprinting?” by Xylon van Eyck - Thursday, June 23, 2011 Belgian wants national champion’s jersey, then good TourAs the days count down to the Belgian championships on Sunday, past winner Tom Boonen has described taking the tricolour jersey again as one of his top targets. The Quick Step rider won the race in 2009 and will give his all again this weekend,“I wou... → Read More
Ben Swift realising a dream as he’s selected for Tour de France debut by Ben Atkins - Thursday, June 23, 2011 Young British sprinter can’t wait to take on the World’s bestIncluded in Team Sky’s nine-man Tour de France line-up, announced this morning, is young British sprinter Ben Swift. Although he rode the 2009 Giro d’Italia for previous team Katusha, and started last year’s Vuelta, this will be the 23-year-old’s deb... → Read More
Team Sky to put youth and experience behind Wiggins at the Tour de France by Ben Atkins - Thursday, June 23, 2011 Race debut for Ben Swift as the team goes green againThe Sky Procycling Team has announced its nine-man roster for the upcoming Tour de France, which starts on July 2nd on the Passage du Gois on the country’s Vendée Coast. Once again the team will be built around the overall ambitions of multiple Olymp... → Read More
Mark Cavendish relishes perfect lead up to the Tour de France by Xylon van Eyck - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Manxman once again targets green jerseyCritics doubted Mark Cavendish’s form last year leading up to Tour de France. Before the race started, the HTC-Highroad sprinter had only four victories to his name, a far cry from the fifteen he had leading up to the 2009 Tour. He then dispelled the... → Read More
Three hundred cyclists participate in remembrance ride for Weylandt, Nolf, De Fauw by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Friends and family gather to set up memorialThree hundred cyclists rode in support of a memorial set up for Wouter Weylandt, Frederiek Nolf and Dimitri De Fauw in Belgium today, reports hln.be. The route went from the Sint-Pietersplein in Gent to Zwijnaarde on the Schelde river. The cyclists... → Read More
Skil-Shimano's Roy Curvers takes solo win at Halle-Ingooigem by Bjorn Haake - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 First professional victoryfor Dutch rider on typical Belgian courseRoy Curvers took a solo win at the Belgium Halle-Ingooigem race, crossing the line after 201 kilometers five seconds ahead of Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen) and seven seconds clear of a sextet. Those six riders included Greg van Avermaet (BMC),... → Read More
Kai Reus Interview: Top talent returns to the sport in national time trial championship by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Reversing decision to retire, Dutchman speaks about getting his hunger back for cyclingThe comeback has officially begun. Almost a year after his last race, nine and a half months after announcing that he was giving up the bike, Kai Reus pinned on a number, accelerated out of the start gate and once again pummelled the pedals in a comp... → Read More
Stef Clement wins his fourth Dutch National time trial Championships by Bjorn Haake - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Rabobank rider scores ahead of Vacansoleil trioRabobank rider Stef Clement won the Dutch National time trial Championships in Veendam over the distance of 46.4 kilometers. Clement rode home in 56'56 and was over half a minute clear to a Vacansoleil trio. Jens Mouris took silver (31 seconds back) ... → Read More
Boonen signs for another two seasons with Quick Step by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Belgian is 'fascinated' by ideas for team’s future Having weighed up offers from various teams, 2005 world road race champion Tom Boonen and the Quick Step squad have confirmed that he will remain part of the Belgian outfit for the next two years.
The 30 year old Classic specialist has signed unti... → Read More
CAS dismisses doping ban appeal by De Bonis over biological passport by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Two year sentence upheld by international tribunalTwo years and four days after the starting date of a sentence imposed by the Italian anti-doping tribunal TNA on the basis of suspicious biological passport readings, Italian cyclist Francesco De Bonis has lost his appeal against the sanction.The for... → Read More
Lance Armstrong investigation: Former federal prosecutor speaks about possible witness tampering charges by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 States videos may not be not necessary to bring chargesA former federal investigator has commented on the recent encounter between Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton, saying that if it is shown that if the Tour de France winner did threaten the latter, as has been claimed, that he could face serious cons... → Read More
Team Movistar holds off on final Tour de France selection by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Narrows list of riders down to eleven, national championships will be deciderAlthough many of the teams starting the Tour de France on July 2nd have finalised their selections, or will do so in the next couple of days, the Spanish Movistar team has opted to prolong the process until after next weekend.
The ProTour squad h... → Read More
Michael Rogers confirms he will miss Tour de France by Xylon van Eyck - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Glandular fever affected the Australian’s ability to train for the raceSky Procycling’s Michael Rogers will miss this years Tour de France due to glandular fever that has hampered his preparation for the race. The Australian signed for the British team this season off the back of his most successful season of his career... → Read More
Bauke Mollema to support Gesink 100% at the Tour de France by Xylon van Eyck - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 “I have no ambitions for the General Classification”Despite a strong showing in the Tour de Suisse, Bauke Mollema has made it clear that he will be riding the Tour de France in support of Robert Gesink. The Dutchman finished the Swiss race in fifth place and might well have placed higher had an untime... → Read More
Contador’s Saxo Bank-SunGard team selection named for Tour de France by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Considerable overlap with Giro d’Italia squadThe riders who will back Alberto Contador’s bid to win his fourth Tour de France have today been announced by the Saxo Bank SunGard team, with many expected names present.
His compatriots Jesus Hernandez, Dani Navarro and Benjamin Noval will cont... → Read More
Pedro Horrillo: “Cycling is much cleaner than it was 10 or 15 years ago” by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Spanish former-rider talks of his life after cycling and his impressions of the sport todayPedro Horrillo was forced to retire at the end of 2009, at the age of 35, after a near-fatal crash in that year’s Giro d’Italia. He lost control of his bike on the descent of the Culmine di San Pietro, leaving the road, and fell almost 60 metres; wh... → Read More
Team RadioShack names its nine riders for the Tour de France by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Experienced domestiques chosen to look after the team’s four veteran team leadersThe RadioShack team has announced its nine-rider line up for next month’s Tour de France; the team’s four leaders for the race were announced yesterday, and now the five riders that will support them have also been named. While a number of the riders... → Read More
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