AUSTRALIAN youngster Alexandra Carle will compete in the USA and will ride with Philadelphia-based Verducci-Breakaway. She is looking forward to the opportunity to fast track her career. “I’ll be overseas until early October – so that’ll keep me out of the majority of the NRS,” Carle told Cyclingnews. “I guess firstly it’s going to be [...]
IT has been denied by Lance Armstrong’s racing team RadioShack that Armstrong will race the Tour de Suisse in June instead of the Dauphiné Libéré. It is understood the team has yet to make a decision. “I don’t know who sent this story into the world,” team spokesman Philippe Maertens told Cyclingnews Friday morning when [...]
A NEW roof has been placed on the veledrome that will be the home of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Newly-crowned Omnium world champion Ed Clancy visited the complex recently and told cyclingnews.com: “Becoming world champion was an amazing experience and a reminder of the excitement of racing at a major championship so it was [...]
PORT Macquarie’s Jason English, who is a world champion, and Victoria’s Jessica Douglas retained their national titles at the Australian Solo 24-hour Mountain Bike Championship in Canberra recently. English claimed his third 24-hour Mountain Bike Championship in a row. “Its fantastic to win three in a row,” said English after the race. “It’s awesome. Its [...]
CYCLING great Lance Armstrong will return home to spend time with his family after dropping another event from his racing schedule recently. Armstrong will miss the Amstel Gold Race on April 18. His team manager at RadioShack Phillipe Maertens confirmed this week. “After Sarthe he will go back home to the United States to train [...]
AUSTRALIA impressed at recent world championships which builds hope of overcoming a distastrous Beijing campaign in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympics. Australia topped the world championships table with 10 of 57 medals including six gold. But the team’s coach Shane Bannan and his team has been warned by British counterpart Dave Brailsford “Shayne’s [...]
ONE of Australia’s rising stars Sam Willoughby took out the latest round of the BMX World Cup after winning the Madrid Supercross. The defending mens world cup champion led from the start to prove he is dangerous and favourite once again. A BMX race is so short – anything can happen. I do not plan [...]
AUSTRALIA’S Shane Perkins failed to get past Frenchman Gregory Bauge in the men’s sprint at the UCI Track World Championships where Bauge claimed gold. The 25-year-old Frenchman took two confident wins over Perkins in the final, and said afterwards that he was both elated and relieved. “I’m very happy. This year, all the main riders were [...]
AUSTRALIA’S Cameron Wurf is relishing his opportunity as a member of Androni Giocattoli’s Classics program. In just four weeks of racing with the Italian Professional Continental outfit Wurf has already contested Milan-San Remo and the Tasmanian is set to impress in other events. Wurf said this week that he’ll prepare for his Paris-Roubaix debut. “I [...]
AUSTRALIA’S Robbie McEwen missed the San Remo event because his team – Katusha – decided to go without a sprinter. “It was the team’s decision. I was prepared and ready to ride, but the team’s elected to build the team around Pozzato and ride for one leader,” McEwen told Cyclingnews on Wednesday. “I would have [...]