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Lars Boom (Netherlands) view thumbnail gallery Reactions to change of Dutch national coach Lars Boom has said that he is unconcerned by the news that the Dutch Cycling Federation will not renew Leon Van Vliet’s contract as manager of the national team. Boom was the Netherlands’ best finisher in the men’s road race at the [...]
Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands) at the head of the peloton. view thumbnail gallery No contract extension for former pro rider The Dutch Cycling Federation has announced that Leo Van Vliet’s contract as national coach will not be extended at the end of this year. The 57-year-old had been national coach since 2009. but the federation [...]
Oscar Freire (Spain) waves to the crowd in what would be his last ever race view thumbnail gallery Spaniard reflects on retirement Oscar Freire has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to ride for Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2013 and then continue in a management role at the Basque squad. Freire retired from cycling at the [...]
Emma Pooley (Great Britain). view thumbnail gallery Pooley considering stepping back in 2013 British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton has conceded that Emma Pooley might benefit from taking some time away from cycling in 2013. In the wake of the London 2012 Olympics, Pooley revealed that she was considering a break from the sport and [...]
The Italian squadra poses for an official photo with national coach Paolo Bettini view thumbnail gallery Former world champion keen to stay in charge Paolo Bettini has his defended the performance of the Italian team at the world championships and insisted that he is ready to develop a four-year project to help Italian’s cycling improve [...]
John Degenkolb (Germany) would finish just out of the medals in fourth place. view thumbnail gallery German second year pro makes huge progress on 2011 Worlds From 111th in Copenhagen’s World Championships to fourth in Valkenburg represents major progress in anybody’s book and particularly when the two results have been garnered by a second year [...]
By VeloNews.com Published Sep. 23, 2012 Updated 9 hours ago comments Tweet Share Share Print Philippe Gilbert celebrates his world championship win after attacking on the Cauberg. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) won the men’s elite world road championship Sunday, jumping clear with a brutish attack on the Cauberg above Valkenburg, Netherlands. [...]
Race leader Jonathan Tiernan Locke Goesto signs in view thumbnail gallery Endura Racing rider one of the surprises of 2012 Twelve months ago Jonathan Tiernan-Locke was never even in consideration for the Great Britain team that piloted Mark Cavendish to victory at the world championships in Copenhagen, but one year on, the quietly-spoken Plymouth native [...]
Oscar Freire (Katusha), awarded most combative at the Grand Prix de Wallonie, was part of a late race break which was caught in the closing kilometres…. view thumbnail gallery Veteran Spaniard says Limburg course suits him Three-time World champion Oscar Freire of Spain is just hours away from what could be his last ever professional [...]
By VeloNews.com Published 54 mins ago comments Tweet Share Share Print Alexey Lutsenko sprints into the espoirs rainbows stripes in Valkenburg. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com VALKENBURG, Netherlands (AFP) — Kazakh Alexey Lutsenko won the men’s world U23 road race title on Saturday in a bunch finish that concluded the 177km contest. The 20-year-old, [...]
