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Nov. 21, 2009Kazakhs back renewed Astana effort
Alberto Contador won’t lose sleep next season thinking that his paycheck is going to bounce. After a season of turmoil that nearly saw the Astana team fold under financial uncertainty, it appears that Kazakh officials have stepped up and are guaranteeing $22 million in ...
Nov. 21, 2009Vuelta to return to Covadonga
Details of the 2010 version of the Vuelta a España are slowly leaking out through the Spanish media. The official route won’t be revealed until December 16 in Sevilla, but a newspaper in northern Spain has reported that the Vuelta will return to the mountainous region of ...
Nov. 21, 20092010 Race for Tara date announced
Press Release The mountain bike park at Northstar-at-Tahoe resort will host the Race for Tara 4 on Oct. 2-3, 2010. Tara Llanes and Andy Buckley, Northstar’s director of resort experience, made the announcement on Nov. 20, about a month after the 2009 Race for ...
Nov. 21, 2009Pfannberger banned for life
Cyclist Christian Pfannberger has received a lifetime ban from sport for repeated doping offenses, the Austrian national anti-doping agency announced on Saturday. Pfannberger, 30, tested positive in March for the banned blood booster EPO as he prepared to start in the ...
Nov. 21, 2009Aussies tops at Melbourne World Cup
Anna Meares claimed a golden double as Australia finished the top nation at the UCI Melbourne track cycling World Cup leg on Saturday. Meares captured the keirin and 500-meter time trial gold medals as Australia completed the three-day event winning eight of the 17 events at ...
Nov. 20, 2009NACT concludes in Southampton
The 2009 North American Cyclocross Trophy series comes to a close this weekend in the posh Hamptons area of Long Island, New York. Southampton Youth Services Park, a large swath of green built atop a former landfill, hosts the Whitmore Landscaping Super Cross Cup on Saturday and ...
Nov. 20, 2009Joaquim Rodriguez hopes for Tour ride with move to Katusha
Joaquim Rodríguez might never get a ticket to the Tour de France riding for a Spanish team. Now the all-rounder is hoping to finally get to race in France next July after his move from Caisse d’Epargne to Katusha. Rodríguez is firming up his racing schedule with the ...
Nov. 20, 2009Quick Step to ride Merckx bikes for three years
In choosing its bikes for the next three years, Quick Step team will be going back to its Belgian roots, signing a new sponsorship deal with Merckx cycles. By inking a deal with Merckx, the team marks an end to its three-year relationship with California-based ...
Nov. 20, 2009Aussies mine more World Cup gold in Melbourne
An untried Australian team pursuit combination beat arch-rival Great Britain in the Melbourne World Cup round on Friday. Cameron Meyer, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn and Luke Durbridge clocked 3:59.599 seconds to win the gold medal ride-off. The British, who broke ...
Nov. 20, 2009Tech Feature: Clinchers for 'cross - three good choices
You might have noticed that the VeloNews crew often preaches the use of tubulars for cyclocross, particularly if you’re serious about the discipline. Tubulars do offer tangible advantages clinchers, largely because of the ability to use less air pressure. That single ...
Nov. 19, 2009Chocolate, Waffles and Cross - Mud!
Cyclocross and mud. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. Although, PB & J sandwiches taste a heck of a lot better and don’t hurt as much. The combination of a midweek snowstorm and temperatures hovering around freezing was the magic recipe for thick wet mud here ...
Nov. 19, 2009Two more for Sky; Péraud to Lotto
Team Sky continues to bolster its lineup, announcing two new additions for the squad set to debut next season. Dario Cioni (ISD) and Davide Viganò( Fuji-Servetto) are both set to join the upstart British-backed squad. With these two new riders, the team now has 24 confirmed ...