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Using cross season to have a go at early classicsby Bjorn Haake - Saturday, December 25, 2010 
Former MTB rider to concentrate completely on road racingby Shane Stokes - Saturday, December 25, 2010
Ivan Basso can’t wait to get 2011 started by Ben Atkins - Friday, December 24, 2010 Liquigas-Cannondale rider won’t rule out Giro-Tour double next yearFor Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale), 2011 can’t come soon enough. The 33-year-old can’t wait to get going, he told La Republicca, “When the season begins I feel the thrill of the first day of school,” he said, “it’s a moment that I look forward to... → Read More
24-year-old Skil-Koga signing will be out of racing for six weeksby Ben Atkins - Friday, December 24, 2010
Roxane Knetemann follows her late father to Skil team by Ben Atkins - Friday, December 24, 2010 1978 World champion’s daughter to ride for one of his former sponsorsRoxane Knetemann is one of the eight riders who will make up the new Skil-Koga team in 2011; for the 23-year-old Dutchwoman it is a nice bit of symmetry as the power tools company sponsored one of the teams her late father rode for in the mid-1980s. ... → Read More
Tom Meeusen: “Losing Zdenek Stybar would be a disaster” by Ben Atkins - Friday, December 24, 2010 Kalmthout winner not ready for team leadership yetTom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea) may have already taken three victories this season, the latest and by far the biggest of which being last weekend’s World Cup in Kalmthout, Belgium, but the 22-year-old is not ready to take the responsibility of leadership... → Read More
Boom hits Boom; Tree hits Tree; father of Dutch cyclocross champion suffers deep gash to right kneeby Ben Atkins - Friday, December 24, 2010
Sanne Cant Interview: Flying the flag for Belgian women’s cyclocross by Ben Atkins - Friday, December 24, 2010 20-year-old Belgian champion asserts herself in the sport that her countrymen dominateSanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus) has only recently turned 20 years old, but can already be seen at the front of most women’s cyclocross races. She took the first of what looks likely to be many Belgian championships in January, and finally the red, yello... → Read More
Pegasus Sports denies UCI claims of financial shortfalls and missing bank guarantee by Shane Stokes - Friday, December 24, 2010 Team owner Chris White insists budget was half a million dollars in surplus The Pegasus Sports team has responded to yesterday’s UCI statement accusing it of financial shortcomings and a lack of professionalism by rebuking the governing body’s stance and pointing out areas where it feels the UCI is not correct.
Describing... → Read More
Austrian bike manufacturer comes on board as main sponsorby Shane Stokes - Friday, December 24, 2010
Wiggins to begin 2011 season in Qatar, Boasson Hagen in Oman by Shane Stokes - Friday, December 24, 2010 Team Sky outlines early schedules for 2011 seasonTeam Sky’s big name riders Bradley Wiggins and Edvald Boasson Hagen will both get their seasons underway in February, with Wiggins starting racing in the Tour of Qatar (February 6-11) and Boasson Hagen leading the squad in the Tour of Oman (February ... → Read More
Qatar and Oman selections a big boost for An Post Sean Kelly team by Shane Stokes - Friday, December 24, 2010 Irish-sponsored, Belgian-registered squad could replace Pegasus SportsAs a further sign that the team is building its reputation amongst the big race organisers, the An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly team has been given a call-up to the Tours of Qatar and Oman.
It is possible that the squad is replacing... → Read More
Matti Breschel's recovery going well, Spring Classics and World Championships are on his mind by Jered Gruber - Thursday, December 23, 2010 World Championship runner-up sees Copenhagen Worlds as his best shot at a Rainbow JerseyMatti Breschel's worst case scenario career ending surgery following his second place finish at the World Championships in Australia is fading into distant memory, and was once considered the worst case scenario, isn't even considered anymore. Now, B... → Read More
Turtur welcomes McEwen’s participation in Santos Tour Down Under by Shane Stokes - Thursday, December 23, 2010 Aussie sprinter will aim to add to his haul of stage wins in home eventWith Robbie McEwen’s participation in the Santos Tour Down Under being confirmed today by his new RadioShack team, race director Mike Turtur has expressed his satisfaction with the news. McEwen was originally due to compete in 2011 with the Pegasus... → Read More
Jakob Fuglsang looks back on biggest season so far by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 23, 2010 Danish prodigy will never forget his first Tour de FranceJakob Fuglsang (Saxo Bank) had a highly successful 2010 season; the 25-year-old Dane successfully defended his Tour of Denmark title, taking it for a third successive year, and finished on the podium of the Tour de Suisse. It was not these two result... → Read More
McEwen and Hunter complete move to Team RadioShack by Shane Stokes - Thursday, December 23, 2010 Sprinters leave Pegasus Sports team after Pro Continental licence refusalTour de France stage winners Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter have been confirmed as moving to Team RadioShack for 2011, completing a last-minute deal to switch to the US ProTeam squad. The namesakes had been due to race with the Pegasus Sports team b... → Read More
Portuguese anti-doping agency rejects proposed four-month ban for Rui and Mario Costa by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 23, 2010 Brothers positive after apparently taking contaminated supplements but WADA rules must applyThe Portuguese anti-doping agency (CNAD) has rejected the proposition of the Portuguese Cycling Federation (FPC) to reduce the bans of Rui and Mario Costa to four months and fifteen days, according to the Journal Ciclismo. The brothers both tested p... → Read More
Less climbs more cobbles for Het Nieuwsblad in 2011 by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 23, 2010 No Muur but three times around Haaghoek for Flemish openerThe 2011 edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (formerly Het Volk) will centre around three crossings of a 2km section of cobblestones, according to Het Nieuwsblad, its sponsoring newspaper. The race will also see its number of climbs reduced from tw... → Read More
French Cycling Federation negotiates lower rate increase with police by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 23, 2010 Proposed five-time increase to be capped at 15% per yearMany smaller French races will be celebrating a happier Christmas this year having received the news that the cost of policing will no longer be rising by more than five times next year, according to feltet.dk. A deposition made up of French Cycling... → Read More
Sven Nys hopes for good luck in Diegem to secure tenth Superprestige title by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 23, 2010 Race that doesn’t suit him stands between Kannibaal and landmark titleSven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) is well on course for an unprecedented tenth overall title in the Superprestige cyclocross series. The Belgian champion already passed the incredible milestone of fifty race victories in the series in November 2009, and he ... → Read More
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