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Iljo Keisse to stay with Quick Step through 2011 by Ben Atkins - Friday, December 10, 2010 Track specialist given a “second chance” by Belgian ProTeamIljo Keisse has signed a one year extension to his existing contract with Quick Step, which will see the track specialist continue to ride with the Belgian ProTeam in 2011. The 27-year-old from Gent, Belgium has been intermittently serving a suspensi... → Read More
UCI releases list of Professional Continental teams by Ben Atkins - Friday, December 10, 2010 ProTeam applicants Pegasus Sports missing from list but has been given more timeThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has released the list of teams at will race in 2011 with Professional Continental (ProConti) licenses, and form the sports second division. The “wildcard” status has been abolished for this year, with all teams r... → Read More
Thor Hushovd fears Fabian Cancellara but not the Luxembourg Team by Ben Atkins - Friday, December 10, 2010 Swiss specialist is still a threat in the classics but his team will not be powerful thereThor Hushovd has now spent some time getting to know his new teammates at the Garmin-Cervélo team as it got together in the Cayman Islands. The big Norwegian World champion’s main targets, for the spring at least, will be the Classics; he spoke to Pr... → Read More
Eufemiano Fuentes had been monitored by police since last April by Shane Stokes - Friday, December 10, 2010 Delgado’s former coach released after questioningAs Spanish sport continues to brace itself for further revelations relating to the anti-doping raids carried out yesterday, it has emerged that police there have been monitoring Eufemiano Fuentes, his sister Yolanda and former mountain bike rider Alb... → Read More
Contador feels Saxo Bank team believes his doping defence by Samuel Morrison - Friday, December 10, 2010 'It's not fun to start in a whole new team this way'Spain's Alberto Contador feels trusted by his Saxo Bank team-mates despite a doping suspension hanging over his head.
"I have never felt any doubts or questions about my explanation," he told Denmark's BT newspaper. "Rather, it has been the opposi... → Read More
More trouble for Fuentes as Operación Puerto charges loom by Shane Stokes - Friday, December 10, 2010 Spanish doctor already in custody after yesterday’s doping raidsEufemiano Fuentes found himself back in hot water yesterday when he was one of 14 people arrested in raids linked to the Operación Galgo (Operation Greyhound) investigation into doping. The Spanish doctor had previously been detained in relation to t... → Read More
Contract for Difference provider also backs Team Sky
by Conal Andrews - Friday, December 10, 2010 
Cavendish wants to win, win, win by Samuel Morrison - Friday, December 10, 2010 'I want to leave a mark in my sport'British sprinter Mark Cavendish outlined his season plans yesterday in California. His goals are concrete – including the Tour de France's green jersey – but the overall theme is to win.
"I don't race bicycles to make the cover of a magazine, and ... → Read More
25 year old ended two year deal with Skil-Shimano early in hopes of moving up in 2011by Jered Gruber - Friday, December 10, 2010
33 year old is a vital addition to a much improved Classics outfit built around Filippo Pozzatoby Jered Gruber - Friday, December 10, 2010
Mauricio Soler: fully healed and ready to get even in 2011 by Jered Gruber - Friday, December 10, 2010 Colombian climber will begin racing early in hopes of regaining lost timeFollowing a brilliant 2007 campaign with Barloworld, Colombian super climber, Mauricio Soler, has done a whole lot of nothing. The rider has been beset by bad luck on a near constant basis since his King of the Mountains winning ride in 2007, but the... → Read More
Leo Van Vliet wonders about Theo Bos's chances at next year's World Championships by Jered Gruber - Friday, December 10, 2010 Dutch national team coach confident in a sprint finish next year in CopenhagenThe work of a national team coach is never over. Dutch National coach, Leo Van Vliet, recently visited Denmark to look for accommodation for his team next fall for the World Championships in Copenhagen. While on site, he of course took a hard look at... → Read More
New OmegaPharma-Lotto signing recognises he may have less freedom than at Liquigasby Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 9, 2010
Hillier course expected for second edition of the raceby Shane Stokes - Thursday, December 9, 2010
High hopes for ambitious new German raceby Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 9, 2010
Pooley’s strong season marked at British Sports Awards by Conal Andrews - Thursday, December 9, 2010 British champion honoured after her best season to dateFollowing a superb year where she marked herself out as one of the very top women in international cycling, Emma Pooley’s achievements have been marked by a win at the annual British Sports Awards in London. The 28 year old Cervélo Test Team rider wa... → Read More
Bjarne Riis is saddened by criticism from former riders by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 9, 2010 Chris Anker Sørensen more irritated by Matti Breschel and Fabian Cancellara’s commentsTeam Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis has come under fire in recent days from Matti Breschel and Fabian Cancellara, who are both leaving his team this year for Rabobank and the Luxembourg Cycling Project respectively. Both riders have spent many years at... → Read More
Team Sky riders aim to take back series lead in Saturday’s Revolution by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 9, 2010 Russell Downing, Pete Kennaugh and Ross Edgar hoping to take back pointsCurrently sitting in second place, two points behind Maxgear, in the Revolution Championship standings, the riders from Team Sky are hoping to make up some points in this Saturday’s races. Revolution 31 will see Russell Downing, Pete Kennaugh and Ro... → Read More
Italian minister for health warns of “alarming surge” in doping in amateur cycling by Ben Atkins - Thursday, December 9, 2010 Raft of positives in first half of 2010Italian amateur cycling is experiecing what Italian Minister of Health Ferruccio Fazio describes as an “alarming surge” in doping, according to Tuttobiciweb.it. “Of 500 controls in the first half of 2010, 15.9% of men were found to be positive,” sai... → Read More
CONI aiming to ban Bernucci and his family from the sport by Shane Stokes - Thursday, December 9, 2010 Family members allegedly involved in trafficking or administering banned substancesThe Italian Olympic Committee CONI today announced that it is seeking lengthy bans for Lampre rider Lorenzo Bernucci and several members of his family. CONI prosecutor Ettore Torri is seeking a six year ban for Bernucci, who previously tested positiv... → Read More
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