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Three-time Tour de France top ten finisher ready for more in 2011by Jered Gruber - Friday, January 28, 2011 
Italian makes a giant leap forward in hopes of forgetting tough 2010 seasonby Jered Gruber - Friday, January 28, 2011
Alexandre Vinokourov wants to wear yellow in his final season by Jered Gruber - Friday, January 28, 2011 Liege-Bastogne-Liege champion says that 2011 will be his lastThere were a number of interesting occurrences in the Astana team's launch on Friday. Chief among them was the complete absence of Alberto Contador in the team's video presentation recapping the 2010 season, and that was capped off by the controversi... → Read More
Tour of Qatar announces provisional start list by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 28, 2011 Battle of the sprinters continues on the desert roads of the Middle EastThe Tour of Qatar starts with an individual prologue time trial for the first time in its nine-year history, having begun with a short team time trial since 2007. Its 2km length might not be enough to have a major effect on the overall standings at ... → Read More
UCI confirms phasing out of radios at St Wendel conference by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 28, 2011 Management Committee meets at World cyclocross venue to settle season’s businessThe International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee met at the venue of the cyclocross World Championships in St-Wendel, Germany today. The purpose of the meeting was to confirm the venues of a number of World Championships and approve a numb... → Read More
Tech News Round Up: UCI lowers price of frame approval, Mavic, Rotor and Sidi by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 28, 2011 Governing body makes approved sticker cheaper; A look at and what the teams are ridingWelcome to the first ever edition of VeloNation’s tech news round up, bringing you the big news from the cycle industry and what the top teams are riding.
UCI lowers the cost of its Frame and Fork approval procedure
The International Cycling Un... → Read More
Alberto Contador maintains innocence and announces intention to appeal against any suspension by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 28, 2011 Embattled Tour de France champion speaks at specially arranged press conferenceAlberto Contador has announced that he intends to appeal against the suspension handed down to him earlier this week, and continued to maintain his innocence of any doping offence at a press conference at the Saxo Bank-SunGard team hotel on the islan... → Read More
Is Andrea Guardini the next Italian superstar? by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 28, 2011 21-year-old Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter has a near perfect record in his first full seasonIt may be a little premature to say it, less than a month into his first full season as a professional, but in Farnese Vini-Neri sprinter Andrea Guardini we could well be looking at the next Italian superstar. So far in 2011 Guardini has raced six s... → Read More
MCipollini-Giordana sending all of its champions to Qatar by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 28, 2011 New women’s superteam starting the season with all its top ridersThe new MCipollini-Giordana team will start its first ever race at the Tour of Qatar next month and will send all of its former World champions to the Gulf state. The team, led by Walter Ricci, the former long term manager of the Selle Italia-Ghezzi... → Read More
Tour de Langkawi: Nino Corredor retains yellow, Guardini nets his third sprint victory of the race by Shane Stokes - Friday, January 28, 2011 Fast, mainly flat stage leads to a new wearer of the points jerseyOne day after the big showdown on Genting Highlands and two after the first mountain stage took place, the sprinters had their say again in the Tour de Langkawi. The battleground for the race swung back towards flatter terrain and, as he had done on ... → Read More
Liquigas-Cannondale's star will decide on Tour and Vuelta after Giroby Samuel Morrison - Friday, January 28, 2011
Alberto Contador won’t retire from cycling over sanction by Shane Stokes - Friday, January 28, 2011 Rider plans to appeal whatever sanction is handed to himAlthough he originally said that he would retire from the sport if he was sanctioned for his Clenbuterol positive at the Tour de France, Alberto Contador is now thought certain to go back on that threat and to continue after the completion of his san... → Read More
Menchov to take Contador's spot at Saxo Bank? by Samuel Morrison - Friday, January 28, 2011 Russian cyclist – 3rd Tour, 1st Giro – may leave Geox for Saxo BankRussian Denis Menchov may lead Saxo Bank at the Tour de France this year if Alberto Contador receives a doping suspension.
Menchov finished third at the Tour de France last year, 2'01" behind Spaniard Contador and 1'22" behind Luxembourger Andy Sc... → Read More
OmegaPharma-Lotto riders hit the wind tunnel by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 27, 2011 Belgian riders visit Mercedes facility in England, as used by McLaren Formula 1 teamThree riders from the OmegaPharma-Lotto have visited the Drag2Zero facility at the Mercedes Benz Formula One wind tunnel, as used by the McLaren Formula 1 motor racing team in Brackley, Northamptonshire in England. Philippe Gilbert, Jürgen Roelandts... → Read More
Richie Porte sees possible Contador suspension as “a pretty big opportunity” by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 27, 2011 Rolf Sørensen sees it as a benefit to Danish cyclingThe possible ban of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador could be seen as a disaster for his new Saxo Bank-SunGard team. After the loss of Fränk and Andy Schleck to Leopard Trek, the Danish team has concentrated many of its resources towards the S... → Read More
World Cyclocross Championships circuit: Mud or Ice? by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 27, 2011 Sub-zero nights and sunny days make the weekend’s surface tough to predictThis weekend’s World Cyclocross Championships are going to be tough, everyone is agreed on that. What nobody can quite decide though, is what the surface of the course in St-Wendel, Germany will actually be like. With the current partly cloudy weat... → Read More
An Post Sean Kelly team ambitious heading into new season by Shane Stokes - Thursday, January 27, 2011 Team will face strong competition in France, Qatar and OmanThe Irish sponsored, Belgium-registered An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnnelly Sean Kelly team will get its 2011 campaign underway this Sunday in the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise in southern France. The majority of the selection is Belgian, with ... → Read More
UCI clarifies position on Alberto Contador case by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 27, 2011 One-year ban is “interim decision” and nothing yet confirmedThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has released a statement clarifying its position on the case of Alberto Contador and the widely reported news that the Spanish Cycling Federation was to penalise him with a one-year ban. The proposed sanction, l... → Read More
Tour de Langkawi: Monsalve wins second mountain stage, Nino Corredor in yellow by Shane Stokes - Thursday, January 27, 2011 Plenty of racing left over next five daysAny concerns that the general classification of the 2011 Tour de Langkawi could essentially be settled a full five days from the end of the race were put to rest today, when a hard fought mountain battle on the climb of Genting Highlands resulted in ... → Read More
Schleck says that for him, Contador remains winner of the 2010 Tour by Shane Stokes - Thursday, January 27, 2011 RFEC president says sanction length not determined yet, but Tour title almost certainly goneOne day after the news leaked that Alberto Contador would be handed a one year suspension for testing positive for Clenbuterol, the rider who looks set to be handed the Tour de France title has said that he believes his rival still won the race. Andy... → Read More
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