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Tech News: Black is the new Red for SRAM’s top groupset by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Chicago company’s top groupset now available in stealthy new colourschemeFollowing the success of the Limited Tour Edition (LTE) of its range-topping Red groupset, where the red graphics are replaced by yellow ones, SRAM is releasing a new black colour option. With more and more consumers apparently looking to focus on th... → Read More
House maintains solid lead in general classification by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 
Strong Dutch team for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurneby Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Johnny Hoogerland loses two fingernails in Ruta del Sol crash by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Tough Dutchman will start stage three but team jokes that gear changes may be difficultDisaster struck for Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) in the closing kilometres of yesterday’s second stage of the Ruta del Sol. The combative Dutchman was heading towards the finish of the tough 162km stage in the lead group when he hit a traffic... → Read More
UCI confirms Oman, Québec and Richmond, VA as 2015 Worlds candidates by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Only cities outside Europe are being considered to acknowledge interest from non-European countriesThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that the Sultanate of Oman has joined the list of candidates bidding to host the 2015 road World Championships. The announcement was made after last week’s Tour of Oman that the Middle Eastern coun... → Read More
Pendleton confirms that she’s almost certain to retire after London 2012 Olympics by Conal Andrews - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Track rider in her final two seasons of competition
On the heels of what was a slightly subdued performance at the Manchester round of the World Cup, where she took two bronze medals out of the three events she entered, multiple world and Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton has confirmed that she is i... → Read More
Jens Voigt threatens World Championship boycott if progressive radio ban continues by Jered Gruber - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 "If we get just a single fatal accident, the price is already too high for something that someone thinks will make the sport more interesting."As the saga of the progressive radio ban lumbers slowly forward, one of the bans most vocal opponents and one of the sport's most popular riders, Jens Voigt, has upped the ante in the radio fight by threatening to boycott the 2011 World Championships... → Read More
Danish rider's Algarve knee scare was just that: a scareby Jered Gruber - Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Boonen says form is good, looking forward to Classics and worlds by Conal Andrews - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Belgian will try to win Milan-SanremoHaving competed in both the Tour of Qatar and the Tour of Oman, Tom Boonen has clocked up over ten days racing thus far and feels that his form is improving well. He fought it out for the sprints in the first of those two races, winning stage one and... → Read More
Volta ao Algarve winner, Tony Martin, eyeing success at Paris-Nice next by Jered Gruber - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 HTC-Highroad rider enjoying a perfect start to his 2011 seasonTony Martin's 2011 season has begun in just about the exact opposite fashion of 2010. An injury plagued first part of last year has been replaced with overall victory and time trial triumph at the Volta ao Algarve.
Arguably the second best time tr... → Read More
HTC women's squad takes on defending champion Shelley Olds in New Zealand by Bjorn Haake - Monday, February 21, 2011 Strong American team ready to take some winsHTC-Highroad is sending a strong women's team of six riders to the Tour of New Zealand (February 23-27). TYhe team hopes for stage wins, and trying to get the team accustomed to each other - half of the team is made up of new signings for the 2011 se... → Read More
Anxious Nibali happy to kick off season at Giro di Sardegna Tuesday by Bjorn Haake - Monday, February 21, 2011 Vincenzo Nibali is kicking off his season with the Giro di Sardegna tomorrow. He hopes to repeat his successes of last year, when he won seven races, including the Vuelta a España. Nibali seems himself as a progressed rider and one race he has circle... → Read More
Previous leader Engoulvent loses over 20 minutes on tough stage in southern Spainby Bjorn Haake - Monday, February 21, 2011
Steve Bauer Interview: Aiming high with Spidertech-C10 by Ed Hood - Monday, February 21, 2011 Former top pro passing on his knowledge to Canada’s young riders On the eve of Canada’s Team Spidertech Powered By C10 making their debut in the ‘Major League’ of European cycling at the Trofeo Laigueglia - where Canadian Ryan Anderson would take 13th place on the first stage - the man behind the team, Steve Bauer... → Read More
250 metre track planned for French cityby Shane Stokes - Monday, February 21, 2011
Eddy Merckx believes Gesink can win the Tour de France by Shane Stokes - Monday, February 21, 2011 Belgian feels Rabobank rider could be a big contender this yearHaving seen Robert Gesink’s strength up close due to his role at the Tour of Oman, Eddy Merckx is in little doubt that the Dutchman has what it takes to take to win cycling’s biggest event. He’s previously taken sixth overall in both the Tour de Fran... → Read More
Riis said he’s relieved that Contador didn’t win in Algarve by Conal Andrews - Monday, February 21, 2011 Saxo Bank SunGard chief says form should come gradually Although Alberto Contador was unable to successfully defend his title in the Volta ao Algarve, Saxo Bank SunGard general manager Bjarne Riis has said that he is actually a little relieved that he didn’t top the podium.Riis’s reasoning is that he does... → Read More
Hamish Haynes Interview: Former British champion remains ambitious for Belgian success by Ed Hood - Sunday, February 20, 2011 Motivation still strong at 36 years of ageWhilst the media focuses on Sky, Cav, Brad and the Tour, there are some riders who ‘just get on with it’ in the real world of pro cycling - no agents, no four year contracts, no angst-ridden interviews, no tabloid articles, no book deals or no ‘recal... → Read More
Van Garderen an excellent second, Cummings and Contador slip backby Shane Stokes - Sunday, February 20, 2011
Second place is enough to give Belgian champion overall GvA Trofeeby Ben Atkins - Sunday, February 20, 2011
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