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Cunego, Petacchi and others meet up in Italyby Conal Andrews - Thursday, December 2, 2010 
Modified team kit unveiled by Astana for 2011 season by Shane Stokes - Thursday, December 2, 2010 Vinokourov and Kreuziger to lead squad With less than a month to go until the start of 2011, the Astana team has released the design of its new jersey for next season. Using team leader Alexander Vinkourov to model it, the 2011 version is a simplified version of that worn in this year’s r... → Read More
Stybar sidelined until Christmas, knee injury means he’ll miss next rounds of cyclocross World Cup by Shane Stokes - Thursday, December 2, 2010 Still has time to be ready for worlds title defence World cyclo cross champion Zdenek Stybar has had a further setback to his season, being told that he must take a complete break from racing until Christmas.
The 24 year old has been struck by knee problems since mid-November and, despite previous... → Read More
Hopes to have greater opportunity to race in Italy in 2011by Conal Andrews - Thursday, December 2, 2010
Oss: Italy's classics rock star by Samuel Morrison - Thursday, December 2, 2010 Young Italian plans season: podium at Classics, Grand Tour stage win & Italian teamItaly's future classics star, Daniel Oss is planning big for next year. He wants to lead Liquigas to a podium place at one of the cobbled classics and win a Grand Tour stage.
"I feel suited to the Northern Classics, those on pavé," Oss told Tuttob... → Read More
Contador’s chance of escaping sanction drops by Shane Stokes - Thursday, December 2, 2010 WADA considering appealing decision to clear German table tennis playerAlberto Contador has had two potential setbacks to his hopes of escaping sanction in relation to his positive test for Clenbuterol. The first was the news that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is considering appealing the decision taken by the Ger... → Read More
Astarloa refuses to pay doping fine by Samuel Morrison - Thursday, December 2, 2010 Former World Champion reacts to two-year ban & €35,000 fine stemming from biological passportSpain's Igor Astarloa refuses to pay a €35,000 fine and maintains he is innocent despite receiving a two-year doping ban.
"It seems absurd," the former World Champion told Basque newspaper Deia yesterday. "I stopped racing after the Vuelta a Astur... → Read More
Freire to skip Giro and Tour in 2011 by Samuel Morrison - Thursday, December 2, 2010 Spaniard focuses on making history, fourth Sanremo and Worlds titleSpanish sprinter Oscar Freire will skip the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France next year. He explained at team Rabobank's presentation yesterday in The Netherlands that he will focus on the spring classics and the Worlds.
Freire won the World Champi... → Read More
Giro, Vuelta and Track Worlds for Theo Bos in 2011 by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Dutch sprinter talks of “coming home” to RabobankTheo Bos has “come home” to Rabobank after one year away with the Cervélo TestTeam, according to De Telegraaf. The Dutch sprinter, who only switched to the road in 2009 after a highly successful career on the track, rode for one year with the Raboba... → Read More
Geox-TMC gives full backing to Colli after benign tumour is found by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Italian rider hopes to return soon after operation Diagnosed with a tumour, Italian rider Daniele Colli is unable to go to the Geox-TMC training camp in Hoznayo, Cantabria, but has been reassured by the team’s management that his place on the squad is secure. The 28 year old was tested for a growth... → Read More
1.1 rated pro race to run alongside Velothon in German capitalby Ben Atkins - Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Ronde van Vlaanderen champion to lead ambitious Belgian teamby Ben Atkins - Wednesday, December 1, 2010
FDJ loses ProTeam licence chance due to late paperwork by Conal Andrews - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Embarrassment for general manager Marc MadiotTeam owner Marc Madiot is facing an embarrassing situation after it emerged that the reason his FDJ team lost out on a ProTeam licence was because the contracts of several of its riders were sent to the UCI after an important deadline. Anthony Roux... → Read More
Bauke Mollema will ride the Tour for Robert Gesink by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Dutch climber happy to work for teammate but fancies the Alpe d’Huez stageBauke Mollema (Rabobank) is set to ride his first Tour de France next July, and will happily do so in support of his more experienced teammate Robert Gesink, according to Wielerflits.nl. The climber from Groningen, in the north east of the Netherland... → Read More
Rabobank confirms team sponsorship through 2016 by Ben Atkins - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Six more years guaranteed for iconic orange and blue teamRabobank has confirmed that it will continue to sponsor its iconic orange and blue team through 2016, extending the current deal which was to expire at the end of 2012. The bank has sponsored the team since 1996, and this latest deal will see its col... → Read More
Lampre aims for return to top at the Giro d'Italia by Samuel Morrison - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Team Manager Saronni talks Petacchi, Cunego, Damiani and KashechkinItaly's team Lampre-Farnese is aiming to return to the top at the Giro d'Italia with new signee Michele Scarponi. Team boss Giuseppe Saronni outlined the team's plans at Lampre's team camp in northern Italy.
Scarponi finished the three-week Giro d... → Read More
Sugar Labs to back Garmin-Cervelo’s development team in unique arrangement by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Not for profit organisation coming on board, budget and race programme to expand considerably Evolving from this year’s Team Holowesko Partners, the Continental squad attached to the Garmin-Cervélo team looks set to have a larger budget, a bigger race programme and a more solid funding and structure in 2011. The feeder team for the Elite squa... → Read More
Professional and amateur riders arrested in doping raids carried out in France by OCLAESP by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Others also in custody and being questionedThe French Central office for the Fight against Environmental Damage and Public Health (Office Central de Lutte contre les Atteintes à l'Environnement et à la Santé Publique – OCLAESP) took several people into custody in Caen yesterday, including pro... → Read More
Fabian Cancellara: "I was afraid of finding myself without motivation." by Jered Gruber - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Four-time World Champion confirms Liege and Lombardia goals, will still race the Cobbled ClassicsYesterday, the big news from Fabian Cancellara's honoring by the International Association of Cycling Journalists (AIJC) related entirely to Cancellara's words to Sporza: "I'll race with the Schlecks."
A day later, some more of the words from the ... → Read More
Former World Champion Astarloa receives two-year doping ban by Samuel Morrison - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Spanish Federation ban and fine Astarloa based on the UCI's biological passportThe International Cycling Union (UCI) announced today that former World Champion Igor Astarloa received a suspension for doping. The Spaniard was one of the first five cyclists the UCI caught with its biological passport in June last year.
"The di... → Read More
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