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Tour Down Under: Swift powers to stage six victory: Cameron Meyer holds on for overall victory by Bjorn Haake - Sunday, January 23, 2011 'Scrawny' rider takes his first UCI stage race - by two secondsBen Swift (Sky) took his second win in this year's Tour Down Under, sprinting faster than teammate Greg Henderson and HTC-Highroad's Matthew Goss. Swift's time bonus moved him up to third place overall but Cameron Meyer walked away with his most impo... → Read More
Garmin-Cervelo fires Matt White due to referral of Trent Lowe to suspect doctor by Shane Stokes - Sunday, January 23, 2011 Says that Australian broke team’s strict code of ethicsThe Garmin-Cervélo team has announced the dismissal of long-running directeur sportif Matt White, on the grounds that it said that he broke team policy by referring a rider to a doctor from outside the team. The incident took place in April 2009, whe... → Read More
Xavier Tondo loses Tour de San Luis in spectacular fashion by Jered Gruber - Saturday, January 22, 2011 Catalonian bonks and crashes with 15 downhill kilometers remaining: "I was completely empty."Things couldn't have been going much better for Movistar's Xavier Tondo in Saturday's penultimate stage of the Tour de San Luis. The race leader had dropped his nearest opponent and was at the head of the general classification contenders group, whic... → Read More
Peeters beats Stybar and Nys in Zonnebeke cross by Bjorn Haake - Saturday, January 22, 2011 Fifth-placed Jonathan Page shows good form ahead of World ChampionshipsRob Peeters was surprised himself that he beat power houses Zdenek Stybar and Sven Nys in the Kasteelcross in Zonnebeke on Saturday. Klaas Vantornout was fourth, followed by American Jonathan Page. Page was 39 seconds behind and showed good form one ... → Read More
Dekker says he was living outside reality when taking doping products by Bjorn Haake - Saturday, January 22, 2011 Dutchman wants to start from scratch in sport of cyclingThomas Dekker is currently serving a two-year suspension for doping, eligible to race again in July of 2011. He fell foul to retroactive testing and was subsequently fired from his Silence-Lotto team. The Dutchman has come to terms with the whole thi... → Read More
Belgian team manager wants Stybar at all costsby Bjorn Haake - Saturday, January 22, 2011 
Ventoso wins Willunga stage, Meyer inches closer to Santos Tour Down Under victory by Shane Stokes - Saturday, January 22, 2011 Goss takes four seconds out of Meyer’s lead with finishing time bonusDigging deep on the climbs of Willunga Hill and then unleashing a strong sprint at the end of the stage, Spanish rider Fran Ventoso raced to victory on today’s fifth leg of the Santos Tour Down Under. The Team Movistar rider pipped world under 23 roa... → Read More
Young French hope Jerome Coppel ready for his first Tour de France by Jered Gruber - Saturday, January 22, 2011 24 year old showing signs that he could be a Grand Tour overall contender for the future24 year old Jerome Coppel is one of France's biggest young talents heading into the second decade of the 21st century. The young rider, born in Annemasse in France's Haute-Savoie region, enjoyed a breakout season in 2010 and firmly etched his name fo... → Read More
Tondo and Movistar on track for their first overall victory of 2011by Jered Gruber - Friday, January 21, 2011
Former Hour Record home and finish line of Giro di Lombardia will possibly see bikes againby Jered Gruber - Friday, January 21, 2011
Geox-TMC's Denis Menchov targeting Giro and Vuelta for 2011 by Jered Gruber - Friday, January 21, 2011 Three-time Grand Tour winner planning his season around hopefully forthcoming invitationsGeox-TMC was passed over for a Wild Card at this year's Tour de France, but the team isn't panicking just yet. There are still two other Grand Tours on offer, and they have a former winner of both of them, who has now made it clear that he'll target ... → Read More
It’s there for the taking for French sprinter Jimmy Casper by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 21, 2011 Saur-Sojasun comfortable at smaller team and could be making his return to the Tour de FranceJimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) is looking at the prospect of his first Tour de France since 2008. Despite spending the last two years at the French Professional Continental team (which was Continental in 2009) the sprinter from Picardie has proved that... → Read More
Tom Boonen and Sylvain Chavanel targeting the spring classics by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 21, 2011 Same objectives as usual for Quick Step’s biggest starsAs one of Belgium’s two biggest teams Quick Step naturally aims its biggest guns at the spring classics; in 2010 though, those guns missed. Tom Boonen’s third places at Milano-Sanremo, the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and the Ronde van Vlaanderen were slim p... → Read More
Peiper says HTC-Highroad will give everything to take Santos Tour Down Under by Conal Andrews - Friday, January 21, 2011 Two days left, team will take fight to Meyer and other GC contendersAlthough the HTC-Highroad team lost the leader’s ochre jersey on stage four of the Santos Tour Down Under and has a fight on its hands to get it back from Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervélo), directeur sportif Alan Peiper believes that things are by no me... → Read More
Quick Step aiming to return to the top in 2011 by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 21, 2011 Belgian team presented with ambition to improve on an ordinary 2010 seasonThe Quick Step team was presented in the Kortrijk Expo in Kortrijk, Belgium today, looking to improve on a disappointing 2010. The roster is made up of 26 riders, 14 of whom are new to the team this year, and represent six countries. Despite the ex... → Read More
Klaas Vantornout can’t forget being chased down by Sven Nys in last year’s World Championships by Ben Atkins - Friday, January 21, 2011 Cooperation between Belgian stars getting more and more unlikely in St-WendelWith the World Cyclocross Championships in St-Wendel, Germany a little more than a week away, the Belgian team is already beginning to take shots at one another. Just like the Italian road team in the days before they were pulled into line by the la... → Read More
Relief for Geox TMC as team listed amongst wildcards for Milan-Sanremo by Shane Stokes - Friday, January 21, 2011 Total of seven invites handed out for 2011 season Days after learning that it would not be given an invite to the Tour de France, the Geox TMC team of Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre has been confirmed as being granted a place in Milan-Sanremo.
The Italian-sponsored, Spanish-run team was passed ... → Read More
Kazakhstan Cycling Federation threatens to take legal action against former Astana manager Yvon Sanquer by Shane Stokes - Friday, January 21, 2011 Tensions heat up after Frenchman claimed he was unfairly dismissed by team Responding to claims of unfair dismissal by Yvon Sanquer, the former general manager of the Astana team, the Kazakhstan Cycling Federation has said that it is considering taking legal action against the Frenchman over the issue.In a strongly-worded d... → Read More
Frank Schleck expects quick return to training after shoulder surgery by Shane Stokes - Friday, January 21, 2011 Having gone under the knife yesterday to remove a plate from the collarbone he smashed during the Tour de France, Frank Schleck reports that he is recovering fine and expects to return to training in two day’s time.
The Leopard Trek rider left th... → Read More
Meyer shows class in Santos Tour Down Under, netting stage and race lead by Shane Stokes - Friday, January 21, 2011 Good day for Garmin-Cervélo wrests ochre jersey from Goss
He’s shown his class on the track with multiple rainbow jerseys, and now Cameron Meyer has propelled himself into a different tunic signifying number one by taking over at the top in the Santos Tour Down Under. With a superb display of power and form... → Read More
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