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Major Tour Winners: 1947 – 2011

Cadel Evans celebrates his 2011 Tour de France victory during Yellow Jersey presentation. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours) See all winners of the Tour de France since 1947.

Everything You Thought You Knew About Schleck/O’Grady Is Probably Wrong!

It attracted the attention of the press both at home and abroad. A couple of late night beers in the sweltering heat of Tarragona has cost Andy Schleck and Stuart O’Grady dearly. Or has it?

Shimano & The Lexcen Connection

What do the 2010 Vuelta a España and the New York Yacht Club have in common that led cycling equipment maker Shimano to Australia’s own Ben Lexcen in the search for inspiration and performance?

Lloyd Fandis and STRIVELONG to Set Up DOPE Camp

With recent speculation around the STRIVELONG Organization’s DOPE Camp, we sit with STRIVELONG President & CEO Lloyd Fandis and get the inside scoop on the new, systematic performance enhancement program for elite cyclists.

Barredo vs Costa: UCI Competition Hots Up

We won’t see a repeat of the Tour de France Stage 6 episode when Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) and Rui Costa (Caisse d’Epargne) exchanged blows at the finish line but we are already seeing signs that, like the weather conditions in Spain, the UCI competition is heating up. Little could we have imagined that this [...]

Cancellara Propels Forward in Time Trials

Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara has dismissed as outrageous claims that he could have employed a ‘motorised’ bike to win this season’s Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix classics, after an online YouTube video cast doubt over his wins. The truth can now be revealed!!

UCI Road Cycling News

Paris-Nice
Paris-Nice celebrates 70th edition 2012. first major European stage race the year, Paris-Nice known the ‘race the sun’ because starts near capital France then heads down the warmer sunnier Mediterranean coast. This year, eight stages will cover total 1,155.5 kilometres… […]
Asian Cycling Championships: a gold medal for a WCC trainee
The Iranian Arvin Moazemi Goudarzi, was trainee the World Cycling Centre 2011, crowned Continental Asian Champion the Time Trial Under-23 category Wednesday. […]
Jean-Jacques Henry, new coach at World Cycling Centre
Former sports director the professional scene, Jean-Jacques Henry now WCC coach. February 1st, took over from Michel Thèze the head the road section, true a mission: train, educate develop talent from world over. […]