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Team Sky battles onwards through illness by Conal Andrews - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Riders will hope to come good later in the raceToday’s flatter stage to Lorca should give the weakened Team Sky riders a little respite as they continue to try to get over the illness which has destroyed the squad’s chances in the overall classification of the race. A bunch sprint is predicted at... → Read More
Haussler, Hammond, Lloyd and three other Cervélo riders to Garmin by Shane Stokes - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Classics riders follow Hushovd to US squadFollowing the recent signature of Thor Hushovd to the Garmin Transitions team for 2011, the expected-signatures of several other key Cervélo Test Team riders have been confirmed by the US ProTour team. The sextet is headed by Heinrich Haussler, who... → Read More
Tejay Van Garderen sitting pretty in 6th after 4 days at the Vuelta by Jered Gruber - Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Young American in his first Grand Tour continues to impressThrough four stages of the 2010 Vuelta a Espana, HTC-Columbia's neo-pro breakout success story, Tejay Van Garderen, couldn't be better placed following the opening salvo of tough, hot days.
Ahead of the Vuelta, the Montana native was cautiously op... → Read More
BMC Racing Team playing down talks of a contract by VeloNation Press - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 
Philippe Gilbert: “Vuelta stage finish was not as tough as Flèche Wallonne” by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Belgian wants to hold onto Vuelta lead as long as possible but not take unnecessary risksAlthough Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) has won many of the world’s biggest one-day races, this is the first time he has ever held the leader’s jersey in either of the Grand Tours. While the Belgian is under no illusions as to his chances of ta... → Read More
Sastre’s Vuelta a España victory chances drop, while Tondo shows strength by Conal Andrews - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Spanish Tour winner loses time on second day of climbingIt’s too early to say the Vuelta a España has lost an overall contender, but Carlos Sastre is certainly facing a mammoth fight back if he still has designs on winning this race. The Spaniard cracked on today’s fourth state to Valdepeñas de Jaén, be... → Read More
Hills in the closing stages could foil the sprintersby Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
HTC-Columbia über-sprinter just edges out Marianne Vosby Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Australian lead out man follows German sprinter to Belgian teamby Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
No lasting problems expected after crash on oilby Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Basque rider outjumps the rest on steep finishing climbby Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Au revoir Professeur; a tribute to Laurent Fignon by Ben Atkins - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 VeloNation looks back at the career of one of the most enigmatic riders of the 1980’s, who sadly died todayAndy Warhol famously said that one day everybody would be famous for 15 minutes; Laurent Fignon was famous for 8 seconds.
8 seconds. So many people have their lives defined by one single moment. Laurent Fignon’s misfortune was to be the man that l... → Read More
Gallopin, Jalabert, Hinault, Tchmil and Armstrong pay tribute to Fignon by Conal Andrews - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Double Tour winner remembered with affection The passing of Laurent Fignon early today has been met with surprise by many people, not least two of those who spent time with him in his least few months.
Former soigneur and directeur sportif Allan Gallopin was very close to Fignon and said th... → Read More
Double Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon dies at 50 years of age by Shane Stokes - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1983/1984 champion passes away after long battle with cancerJust one month after he worked on this year’s Tour de France as a consultant for France 2 television, the former top professional Laurent Fignon has passed away.
The 50 year old won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984, and finished just eight sec... → Read More
Italian climber grabs a few seconds on stage 3by Conal Andrews - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 
Fabian Cancellara speaking with other teams besides Saxo Bank by Ben Atkins - Monday, August 30, 2010 World time trial champion thinking about the future, maybe not with Riis’ teamFabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) is rebuilding his form in advance of his bid to take an unprecedented World time trial championship in Melbourne, Australia. While there he also hopes to win the road race, where he would become the first rider in histo... → Read More
2008 Tour winner feeling the heat in his last Grand Tour for Cervéloby Ben Atkins - Monday, August 30, 2010
Transfer News: Thor Hushovd confirms move to Garmin-Cervélo by Ben Atkins - Monday, August 30, 2010 Norwegian champion follows his bike sponsor to American ProTour teamThor Hushovd has ended speculation about his immediate future by confirming that he has signed a contract with Garmin-Transitions, which will become Garmin-Cervélo in 2011. Rumours about the Norwegian champion’s departure to the American team were w... → Read More
British team struck as two abandon and two struggle throughby Ben Atkins - Monday, August 30, 2010
Young German rises thanks to Benelux victory while the top men sit it outby Ben Atkins - Monday, August 30, 2010
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