Cycling News

Hushovd Will Close Career Saturday

Past world road champion Thor Hushovd will close his professional cycling career Saturday in Belgium at the Primus Classic Impanis-Van Petegem, the BMC Racing Team announced Wednesday. 2004 Tour de France win 2005 Tour Prologue 2006 Tour de France win Leaving His Legacy#Hushovd’s final race will cap 15 years in […]

Evans’s Future Includes BMC Ambassador Role

Ponferrada, Spain Cadel Evans will compete for the BMC Racing Team at the start of the 2015 season before transitioning into a brand ambassador role for the team’s title sponsor, BMC Switzerland. The news was shared Thursday during a press conference at the UCI road world championships in Spain. ‘Right […]

Czech Olympic Committee clears Roman Kreuziger

Lyngby, Denmark, 22/09/2014 Tinkoff-Saxo’s rider was found not guilty for the alleged abnormalities in his Biological Passport Profile. The team is very happy that Kreuziger has been cleared by the Judicial system of the Czech Olympic Committee and that he is is now eligible to resume racing. Tinkoff-Saxo has been […]

Contador: The next four days will be really hard

Tinkoff-Saxo and Alberto Contador got safely through today’s stage and avoided the crash that occurred as the riders passed the final kilometer mark. Alberto crossed the finish line in front of his rivals, although that did not have much significance, since the time was neutralized. “There was a crash in […]

Contador Defends the Jersey

Tinkoff-Saxo’s captain and leader of the Vuelta, Alberto Contador, defended his overall lead by finishing 4th in today’s tactical mountain battle together with Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez. Fabio Aru took the stage win 6 seconds ahead. The final 9,9 k climb of stage 11 became a tactical stop-and-go affair […]

Nairo crashes out of Vuelta

September 2, 2014 San Miguel de Aralar Second crash by Quintana at 20km into Aralar stage forces him to abandon; Colombian to undergo surgery after scapula fracture. Valverde 2nd at today’s finish, takes 7″ back on Contador. Bad luck ended Nairo Quintana’s chances in the 2014 Vuelta a España after […]