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Morton pleased with recovery rate during the Tour de Langkawi by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Young Australian able to keep racing aggressively towards end of ten day eventAs much as his sixth overall impressed, Lachlan Morton’s ability to cope with the volume of racing at the Tour de Langkawi was equally notable. Having just turned 19 last month, the Chipotle Development Team rider was the youngest in the race, yet ha... → Read More
After Langkawi success, Savio hoping that Androni Giocattoli can ride Tour de Mumbai races by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Visa issues will determine if team can take part in Indian 1.1-ranked eventsFresh from overall victory in the Tour de Langkawi, the Androni Giocattoli team is waiting to hear if it will be a participant in the upcoming Tour de Mumbai.
“We will find out this week if we are able to get visas in time for the races,” said ge... → Read More
Jack Bobridge beats Chris Boardman’s “unbeatable” pursuit record by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Australian does what no one thought possible under new regulationsJack Bobridge has done what everyone considered impossible and beaten Chris Boardman’s 15-year-old record in the individual pursuit. The South Australian posted a time of 4:10.534, knocking more than half a second off Boardman’s time, set at the 199... → Read More
Danish talent opts for proximity to his friend over sunny Italyby Jered Gruber - Wednesday, February 2, 2011 
Xavier Tondo admits fear: "If it happens to me like it has with [Contador], what do I do?" by Jered Gruber - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Catalonian climber admits that he's scared about possible beef contaminationAt the team presentation of the new Movistar team in Madrid, there was talk about the team's prospects for 2011, the team's hopes, the normal team presentation talk - but a smaller theme emerged from the presentation that isn't quite as common at nor... → Read More
Cycling Australia sticks by Matt White, will proceed with High Performance appointment by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Former Garmin-Cervélo official to act as professional men’s road coordinator Following the news last week that it would look into Matt White’s dismissal by the Garmin-Cervélo team, Cycling Australia has said that it finds no grounds not to continue with his appointment to the federation’s High Performance Programme. White was... → Read More
Nys not disappointed with another missed opportunity to win cyclocross World Championships by Bjorn Haake - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Says he was the second strongest rider Sven Nys has been dominating many of the season-long events, such as the World Cup or the Superprestige, for years. But when it comes to the World Championships, he usually misses out on the top spot. His only cyclocross World Championships title cam... → Read More
Michael Boogerd responds to Floyd Landis’ accusations by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 “Bruises were due to anti-doping tests,” says retired Dutch championRetired Dutch rider Michael Boogerd has responded to accusations made by Floyd Landis that the former Dutch champion engaged in blood-doping during the Tour, according to wielerflits.nl. In an interview with Sunday Times journalist Paul Kimmage, the... → Read More
Movistar presented in Madrid with no definite leader by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Team presents a new sponsor and aims to reinvent itselfThe Movistar team was presented to the press in the Spanish capital Madrid today with an intention to reinvent the team, as well as an entirely new jersey. The team, which has been sponsored by French bank Caisse d’Epargne since 2005 but dates back ... → Read More
Bart Wellens bemoans the lack of Belgian under-23 talent by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Former World champion sees little quality in the next generation of his country’s ridersFollowing Belgium’s second successive rainbow-free World Championships in St Wendel, Germany this weekend, two-time World champion Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea) has spoken out about what he sees as a lack of talent coming through, according to Sporza.... → Read More
Monsalve secures overall victory in Tour de Langkawi, Guardini takes record-equalling fifth stage by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Sprint finish on final day of Malaysian race Blazing home a couple of lengths clear of his competitors and even having time to interrupt his sprint and look back at the gap, Italian sprinter Andrea Guardini took his fifth stage win of this year’s Tour de Langkawi today. Landing the victory gave... → Read More
Paris-Nice route presented with something for everyone by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Race to the Sun course breaks with the past: no prologue and longest time trial in many yearsRace organiser ASO has announced the route for this year’s Paris-Nice, the first major European stage race of the year and the first European event in the International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour. This year’s “Race to the Sun” will be of a slightl... → Read More
Landis: Pereiro's criticism hurt, because he also doped in 2006 Tour by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, February 1, 2011 American implicates the rider who won 2006 race after his disqualificationFour and a half years after the 2006 Tour de France which he won but was subsequently disqualified from, Floyd Landis has spoken at length about the experience and of the repercussions he has faced as a result of his positive test.
In the course o... → Read More
Robert Förster flying high in Tour de Langkawi by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 31, 2011 German sprinter finds success again at UnitedHealthcare as teamwork pays offWith his victory on stage 8, second place on stage 7, and third on stage 9, Robert Förster’s Tour de Langkawi has almost surpassed his entire 2010 season. The German sprinter, in his first season with US Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcar... → Read More
Movistar door not closed to Franco Pellizotti by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 31, 2011 Spanish team willing to sign in-limbo Italian should he be cleared to raceFranco Pellizotti has been out of racing action since a few days before last year’s Giro d’Italia, when he was withdrawn from competition due to apparent abnormal values on his biological passport. He was initially banned for two years but had the s... → Read More
HTC-Highroad women prepared for a windy Tour of Qatar by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 31, 2011 US-registered team ready to apply Dutch know-how to season openerHTC-Highroad has announced its six rider roster for the Ladies Tour of Qatar, which begins in the Gulf peninsular this coming Wednesday. The US-registered team is hoping to apply the experience of its Dutch riders on the flat, windswept desert roads... → Read More
Will Walsleben be the next German cyclocross world champion? by Bjorn Haake - Monday, January 31, 2011 Young talent has outstanding ride in 2011 WorldsPhilipp Walsleben is the biggest cyclocross talent that Germany has had in years. Rolf Wolfshohl, Klaus Peter Thaler and Mike Kluge were the most successful ones, but Kluge's Worlds title dates back to 1992. Walsleben has the talent and willpower to ... → Read More
Stybar is happy to leave Fidea with another World Championships title by Bjorn Haake - Monday, January 31, 2011 Czech rider was U23 winner in 2005 and elite champion in 2011 on same courseZdenek Stybar won the cyclocross World Championships this weekend in Sankt Wendel, Germany, in dominating fashion. He dropped his last rival, Belgian Sven Nys, midway though the race and never looked back. In March, he is changing to the Quick Step t... → Read More
Belgium shut out of World Cyclocross Championships for second straight year by Ben Atkins - Monday, January 31, 2011 No rainbows again for Cyclocross’ biggest nationFor the second successive year Belgium, the most dominant nation in cyclocross has gone home without a single rainbow jersey from the World Championships. Just like last year, the Belgians occupied the bottom two steps of the elite men’s podium, wit... → Read More
Schleck considers Basso Tour rival number one by Samuel Morrison - Monday, January 31, 2011 'He has class, experience, works like no other and is improving'Luxembourger Andy Schleck marked Ivan Basso as Tour de France rival number one for July. His former nemesis, Alberto Contador will likely miss the race due doping suspension.
"He has class, experience, works like no other and is improving at the T... → Read More
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