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Cycling: Brailsford likes team's timing

Great Britain won seven medals from 10 Olympic events - four gold, one silver and two bronze - plus Joanna Rowsell's gold in the non-Olympic individual pursuit at the weekend's Track World Cup in a competition which doubled as the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Britain's Cavendish supports return of teammate aft...

British cyclist Mark Cavendish believes David Millar should be free to compete in next year's Olympics, insisting Friday that his compatriot has "redeemed himself" after serving a two-year ban for doping. Millar, who te [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

GreenEDGE enters two teams for debut appearance

New Australian professional cycling outfit GreenEDGE will field two competitive teams for their racing debut. A GreenEDGE team will be joined by a second team under the Mitchelton Wineries banner for the Bay Classic starting in Geelong on [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: BikeNZ team pursuit into World Cup finals

New Zealand are through to the gold medal rides in both the men's and women's team pursuit at the UCI World Cup in Cali, Colombia. The women's team were the fastest in the heats of the 3000m team's pursuit, with the men se [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Powerful NZ track team for cycling World Cup

New Zealand will send a powerful 13-strong squad for next week's UCI World Cup in Colombia. It is led by the record-setting riders who performed impressively at the Oceania Championships that finished in Invercargill last night. The r [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Roulston signs with top class cycle team

New Zealand road cycling champion and two-time Olympic Games medallist Hayden Roulston yesterday ended months of speculation about his future, confirming a contract with the newly merged RadioShack Nissan pro cycling team, containing some [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Mark Cavendish signs for Team Sky

The 26-year-old Manxman, described by Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford as “the greatest sprinter of his generation and well on his way to becoming the greatest of all time”, ended months of speculation by confirming his swit [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Dean signs up with new Australian cycling team

Julian Dean, New Zealand's leading road cyclist, has signed a one-year contract with new Australian Pro Tour team GreenEDGE. Speculation had been rife that Dean was leaving Garmin-Cervelo, who he has been with for the past four years, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Renshaw left out of Australia's Worlds team

"Surprise surprise," Renshaw posted on his Twitter account. "No world champs for me. Would like to say I understand but I don't. Guess I need to prove myself?"Renshaw led Cavendish to win the first stage of the Tou [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Goss to lead worlds cycling team

Sprinter Matt Goss will be the main Australian hope in the men's elite road race at the world road cycling championships. Cycling Australia confirmed the men's and women's elite teams for the September 19-25 worlds in Copenhag [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Aussie young guns sign with GreenEDGE team

New Australian cycling team GreenEDGE have confirmed young stars Cameron and Travis Meyer and Jack Bobridge as their first signings. After weeks of speculation, the team started negotiating formally with riders on August 1 and their firs [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling: Cavendish coy about his decision on switching teams

Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish, a target for Team Sky, has decided which team he will ride for next year but is being coy about the destination. Cavendish has been linked with a move away from HTC-Highroad to Team Sk [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Cycling teams Quick Step and Omega Pharma to merge

The Belgian cycling teams Quick Step and Omega Pharma-Lotto announced on Monday that they will be merging into a Belgian 'superteam' next season. The new team, which will be launched on January 1, 2012, will be known as Team Omega [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Tour de France 2011: Katusha rider Alexandr Kolobnev may fac...

Kolobnev, the reigning Olympic bronze medallist and twice a runner-up in the World Championships, tested positive on the fifth stage of the Tour de France last week and is anxiously awaiting the result of his B sample later this week. [...]