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Spanish climber's time trialing prowess bodes well for season aheadby Jered Gruber - Thursday, January 20, 2011 
Skil-Shimano not surprised to miss out on selection to the Tour de France by Jered Gruber - Thursday, January 20, 2011 Dutch ProContinental team hoping for Wild Card invites to Vuelta and Walloon ClassicsLost amid the slight surprise of Geox-TMC being overlooked for a Wild Card entry into this year's Tour de France was yet another overlooking for Skil-Shimano. The team took part in the 2009 Tour de France, but wasn't invited back last year, and will ... → Read More
UCI delays frame and fork approval process after industry objects to high cost by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 20, 2011 Fee of thousands of Euros for “UCI Approved” label would have been too much for small manufacturersThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to postpone its approval process for new equipment, according to bikebiz.com. The scheme, which would have required all frames and forks to carry a “UCI Approved” label in order to be used in UCI sanc... → Read More
Road work on finishing straight will shorten the Avenue de Grammont from 3000 meters to 800by Jered Gruber - Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tirreno-Adriatico announces twenty team invitations by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 20, 2011 Local teams get wild cards once more as Geox-TMC misses out on another raceRCS Sport, the organiser of the Tirreno-Adriatico, has announced the list of twenty teams that will be invited to this year’s race. As a World Tour race the team’s list is similar to that of the Tour de France, which were announced earlier today. ... → Read More
Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah gets UCI 2.1 status for 2011 by Jered Gruber - Thursday, January 20, 2011 Along with the Quiznos Challenge, August will be a hot month of racing in America With the recent unfortunate news that both the Tour of the Battenkill and the Tour of the Gila would not be UCI races in 2011, there was a small cloud of gloom hanging over the American racing calendar, but today, the clouds cleared a bit with the an... → Read More
"Cycling will go on without Lance Armstrong," says Pat McQuaid by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 20, 2011 UCI president angry with Alberto Contador but says that cycling is the cleanest sport and is bigger than American seven-time Tour winnerPat McQuaid, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has claimed once again that cycling is now cleaner than ever before, and is actually the cleanest of all sports. In an interview with Le Parisien, the Irishman declared that he was... → Read More
Tour de France organiser announces 22 team invitations by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 20, 2011 Few surprises as French teams given all four wildcards; almost identical squads invited to Paris NiceTour de France organiser ASO has announced the list of 22 teams that have been invited to the 98th edition cycling’s biggest race this July; it also released the list of teams invited to Paris-Nice. Both lists are made up of the 18 ProTeam... → Read More
Cyclocross World Championship course will be good for Belgium, says team coach by Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 20, 2011 Rudy De Bie thinks that muddy track in St-Wendel makes his riders the favouritesBelgian national cyclocross coach has had a look at the World Championships course in St-Wendel, Germany and he has proclaimed it a good one for the Belgians; providing it stays muddy and does not freeze, that is. Weather in the area is currently fl... → Read More
More demand than ever for invitations to week-long race that comes just before the World Championshipsby Ben Atkins - Thursday, January 20, 2011
World under 23 champion Matthews triumphs on stage three of Santos Tour Down Under by Shane Stokes - Thursday, January 20, 2011 Australian talent outsprints Greipel and new race leader GossHis first UCI WorldTour win, just three days into his first UCI WorldTour race; Michael Matthews is certainly not hanging around when it comes to showing what he can do. Three and a half months after he won the world under 23 championship and a fortn... → Read More
Santos Tour Down Under: Sutton stops, Cavendish continues by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Riders affected in different ways by stage two crash Team Sky rider CJ Sutton and HTC-Highroad sprinter Mark Cavendish both came down approximately four kilometres from the end of stage two of the Santos Tour Down Under, being part of a cluster of riders who hit the deck just after a tight left hand be... → Read More
Ruling in Contador case could come as early as next week by Bjorn Haake - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Spanish expect UCI results soon, then will decide on Tour winner's fateThere is confusion over when the verdict for the Alberto Contador Clenbuterol doping case could come, with two different timeframes being reported today. AP indicates the decision could be announced as soon as next week, according to the president of... → Read More
Two new events planned in Cologne and Hannoverby Bjorn Haake - Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Only seven ProTeams and 112 riders in total will take the start in Tuscanyby Jered Gruber - Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Farrar's most-liked race of the year: The Tour of Flanders by Bjorn Haake - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 American looking forward to cobbled hills in AprilTyler Farrar is known to everybody as one of the fastest men in the sprinting peloton, but the American really dreams of a victory in the Tour of Flanders. Farrar lives in Gent, Belgium, and often gets to train in the hilly region of Vlaanderen, as t... → Read More
Goss determined to fight on, Brown happy with form in Santos Tour Down Under by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Both Australian riders motivated to shine in WorldTour raceLosing his orange race leader’s jersey due to being hampered by a crash with approximately four kilometres to go, HTC-Highroad rider Matt Goss has promised to fight on and to do what he can to return to the top of the general classification in the Sa... → Read More
HTC-Highroad's Carla Swart tragically killed during training ride by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Talented young rider will be greatly missed Set for a strong debut season with the HTC-Highroad women’s team, Carla Swart has tragically been killed in an accident with a truck today. The 23 year old rider was training in the Free State province in South Africa this morning. Details are scarce... → Read More
Armstrong says he doesn’t have anything to worry about in relation to investigations by VeloNation Press - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Team RadioShack rider doesn’t want to discuss Sports Illustrated pieceDetermined not to comment on the allegations printed by Sports Illustrated, seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said today that he wasn’t worried about the feature which appears in today’s magazine. “I don’t have anything to worry about ... → Read More
Catlin says he can’t respond to Sports Illustrated allegations about Lance Armstrong by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Anti-doping scientist says he no longer has the data and thus can’t answer issues raisedIn the wake of a Sports Illustrated article released yesterday which raises questions about his career as one of America’s foremost anti-doping experts, Don Catlin has said that he cannot comment on the issues addressed in the piece, but that he stoo... → Read More
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