CYCLING legend Lance Armstrong may look to add the four-day Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire to his pre-Tour de France race calendar after another poor performance during his comeback to the sport.
He recently finished seventh at the Vuelta a Murcia.
The 38-year-old also finished around mid way of the Tour Down Under showing that he [...]
TEAM SKY’S Greg Henderson wrote on his Twitter, just after finishing runner up in the Tour Down Under: “ouch. just been informed if I won 2day I would have been 2nd overall at TDU. Takes a little of the gloss off to be honest.”
You’d say that after twice finishing second and finishing behind Australian Chris [...]
TASMANIAN officials identified Aussie cyclist William Alexander Robinson, 21, the winner of the prestigious Burnie Wheelrace in January, as the man killed when he crossed the center line on a steep descent in North-West Tasmania and collided with the front of a motor coach traveling in the opposite direction.
Two other riders also hit the bus, but were treated at [...]
AUSTRALIA’S Kristy Broun of the Australian Institute of Sport finished second in the Women’s Tour of New Zealand.
Broun finished the event which was last week behind USA National Team’s Shelley Evans who claimed the Women’s Tour of New Zealand overall victory on debut in an International Cycling Union (UCI) ranked stage race.
Evans sealed the overall title [...]
CYCLING Australia have confirmed the re-schedule date of the Herald Sun Tour.
It will move to February 2011 with the 58th race to be held from February 8-13.
Cycling Australia CEO Graham Fredericks told cyclingnews.com that there were three main elements to be considered when reaching the decision.
“In arriving at this decision the Board addressed three key [...]
LANCE Armstrong is back this week when he takes onthe Vuelta Ciclista a la Regiona de Murcia; the race through southeastern Spain runs Wednesday, March 3 through Sunday, March 7.
Armstrong, now riding for Team RadioShack, has not raced since the Tour Down Under in January where he finished midway.
Since then he has been training in [...]
ANNA Meares describes mixed emotions heading into this month’s International Cycling Union Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Meares has shown great form after taking Revolution 6 in Melbourne on Saturday.
“I’m confident, excited and a little nervous,” Meares told cyclingnews.com
“I know the form is going to be good but you just want it to go perfectly. All [...]
AUSTRALIA’S Camero Meyer finished third in the Tour of Oman and is set to attack the Track Worlds with plenty of venom this season.
Meyer will begin preparing for the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark at the end of March.
The 22-year-old is the current Australian national time trial champion and it [...]
AUSTRALIAN born Heinrich Haussler is in a much better condition and position than his breakout performance last year according to team sport director Jean-Paul Van Poppel.
Van-Poppel believes Haussler is also better prepared mentally.
“He wants to show in all the Classics, but he is focused on the Ronde van Vlaanderen,” Van Poppel told Sporza.be.
“Haussler is more prepared than last year, [...]
AUSTRALIA’S Mark Renshaw will be one of the nation’s last professional riders to leave his homeland as he heads for European cycling season this week.
Renshaw battled the unique Epstein Barr virus which delayed the start to his season which should have commenced at the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in early January.
“I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been to get out there [...]