Bianchi is ready to celebrate Felice Gimondi’s special birthday. The former rider is just turning seventy this Saturday, September 29th. “Il Lombardia” organizers chose Bergamo as the 106th edition departure, falling on Gimondi’s birthday. World Tour Team Vacansoleil-DCM riders will be in the action at the Italian classic wearing a […]
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Interbike 2012 Sets Record Attendance
Interbike, the largest bicycle industry trade show in North America, announced final numbers from the 2012 event last week. The 2012 show marked a significant increase over 2011. Total attendance was 25,536, compared to 23,270 in 2011 resulting in an increase of 2,266 or approximately 10%. Total number of physical […]
BMC Gilbert Wins Worlds Road Race
Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert won the UCI world championship road race Sunday with an attack up the Cauberg climb in The Netherlands to become the fourth world road champion on the BMC Racing Team. Enough Time To Celebrate Gilbert followed the attacked of Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) in the early part […]
BMC ReNews Four Riders for 2013
Martin Kohler, Steve Morabito, Michael Schär and Danilo Wyss will continue to ride for the BMC Racing Team in 2013. President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced contract extensions Thursday for those Swiss riders. Valuable Contributors Kohler – the reigning Swiss national road champion – and Wyss have been a part of […]
Vacansoleil-DCM’s New Celeste Jersey to be Unveiled at Officina Edoardo Bianchi in Bergamo
Bianchi and Team Vacansoleil-DCM will unveil a special “celeste” jersey dedicated to Fausto Coppi at Officina Edoardo Bianchi, Italian company’s exclusive store opened last April in Bergamo (Largo Belotti, 4), on Thursday, September 27th (6 pm). Dutch team’s rider Bjorn Leukemans and probably Felice Gimondi will take part in the presentation. Vacansoleil-DCM riders will wear the new celeste jersey on the occasion of “Il […]
Tony Longo Re-Signs with Bianchi
Tony Longo, 28, will go on riding on a Bianchi bike for two further seasons. Italian rider and TX Active- Bianchi extended their agreement until the end of 2014. “We were more than happy to prolongue the contract. Longo is one of the few competitive bikers both in the […]
Colombia Coldeportes Grit and Determination Wrap Up Season in Style
Still two weeks to go for Colombia Coldeportes calendar, and Claudio Corti’s guys are still looking to be protagonists in the final events of this debut season on routes that could suit the Escarabajos’ qualities. “It’s good to see our riders are still so motivated – Sports Director Valerio Tebaldi said – the riders who went to the […]
Radio Shack Upcoming Races and Gallopin Sidelined
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK’s Tony Gallopin suffers from a hand fracture (4th metacarpal) after a crash in yesterday’s Road World Championships in Valkenburg. Gallopin was involved in the massive crash, with some 30 riders, four laps from the end of the race. Gallopin will be unable to start in the Tour […]
Jungles Moves to Radio Shack
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Bob Jungels. The 20-year old Luxembourgish rider has signed to ride with the team for 2 years. “This is amazing,” said the former junior Time Trial World Champion, on site in the Netherlands where he starts […]
2013 Tour de France Early News
The 2013 Tour de France route has not yet been announced but leaks about the route have been rumbling around. The race is starting in Corsica where there will be three stages. It then will come back to the mainland with a team time trial in Nice. It’s rumored that […]