Cycling: All good things must come to an end. Every professional cyclist will eventually ride their last Tour de France. While we already know that Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) won't be tackling the Grand Boucle again, we can only speculate about other riders. Four more professionals could be arriving on the Champs-Élysées in Paris for the last time on Sunday… read more
Cycling: The UCI Road World Championships are still six months away, but several ambitious professionals are already familiarizing themselves with the course. Among them is Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), who, after his victory at Milan-San Remo, visited Innsbruck to take a closer look at the route. The Italian had some strong words after his inspection: "I've never ridden such a tough…" Read more
Italian Franco Pellizotti, whose already signed contract with WorldTour team Astana was terminated a few days ago [Link], will continue to ride for his current team Androni Giocattoli next year. He will share the captaincy with Dutch champion Johnny Hoogerland. Team manager Gianni Savio announced this today… read more
Italian champion Franco Pellizotti will not be riding for the Kazakhstani WorldTour team Astana next season after all. This was announced by the team's general manager, reigning Olympic champion Alexander Vinokurov. The Italian had originally been presented on August 1st as one of the most prominent new riders for 2014… read more
