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• Renshaw Agrees To Join Rabobank
  August 10th, 2011
  

  THE HAGUE, Aug 10, 2011 ) – Mark Cavendish’s key lead-out man, Mark Renshaw, has agreed a deal that will see the Australian become the top sprinter at Dutch outfit [...]

• Freire Off Tour de France As Rabobank To Focus On Gesink
  April 12th, 2011
  

  PARIS, April 12, 2011 – Top Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire will not race this year’s Tour de France as his Dutch team Rabobank focus on the yellow jersey ambitions of [...]

• Loud Boom Heard At Tour of Qatar
  February 6th, 2011
  

  Boom beats Cancellara to Qatar prologue win DOHA – Dutchman Lars Boom of the Rabobank team deprived Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara of his first victory in 2011 when he [...]

• World Champ Mathews Rides With Rabobank Down Under
  November 18th, 2010
  

  Australia’s latest cycling star and reigning Under-23 World Champion, Michael Mathews, will debut with his new team Rabobank at the 2011 Santos Tour Down Under. “Mathews’ presence will be an [...]

• Team Rabobank Signs Seven Riders Including Luis Leon Sanchez
  October 15th, 2010
  

  MILAN (Italy) – Eight new riders, including Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez will join the Rabobank team in 2011, it was reported Friday from the Dutch team that has said it [...]

• Sanchez Signs 2 Year Contract With Rabobank
  September 6th, 2010
  

  PARIS – Spanish cyclist Luis Leon Sanchez said Sunday he has agreed a two-year contract with Dutch team Rabobank. The 26-year-old time trial specialist, who is currently taking part in [...]

• Menchov Podium A Huge Boost For Rabobank
  July 26th, 2010
  

  PARIS- Dutch outfit Rabobank finished the Tour de France on a high Sunday, and with hope they may now have a home-grown future challenger for the race’s coveted yellow jersey. [...]

• Gutsy Garate Saves Rabobank On The Ventoux
  July 25th, 2009
  

  Spaniard Juan Manuel Garate dedicated his maiden victory on the Tour de France to his Rabobank team. Rabobank came to the race hoping to challenge for the yellow jersey but [...]

• More Yellow Jersey Misery For Menchov
  July 9th, 2009
  

  Russia’s Denis Menchov saw his yellow jersey hopes all but evaporate in the rain of Barcelona where he ended the sixth stage of the Tour de France nearly five minutes [...]

• Horillo Fears Injuries Could Force Retirement
  June 24th, 2009
  

  PAMPLONA, Spain, June 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Pedro Horillo said after leaving hospital here on Wednesday he is uncertain whether he will be able to return to professional cycling [...]

• Menchov To Lead Rabobank At Tour de France
  June 18th, 2009
  

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Russia’s Tour of Italy champion Denis Menchov will lead the Rabobank team in next month’s Tour de France, the Dutch based team’s [...]

• Menchov Wins The Giro d’Italia Despite Dramatic Fall
  May 31st, 2009
  

  by Jean Montois ROME, May 31, 2009 (AFP) – Russian rider Denis Menchov won the Tour of Italy here on Sunday despite suffering a dramatic fall in the last kilometer [...]

• Giro Pink Jersey Menchov’s Team Questioned In Doping Probe
  May 27th, 2009
  

  Austrian police on Wednesday made contact with Tour of Italy leader Denis Menchov’s Rabobank team as part of their wide ranging investigation into blood doping. As Menchov was defending his [...]

• Bertagnolli Triumphs At Giro Stage 15, While Menchov Maintains Pink Jersey
  May 24th, 2009
  

  FAENZA, Italy, May 24, 2009 (AFP) – Italy’s Leonardo Bertagnolli of the Diquigiovanni team broke away to win the 15th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Sunday. Russia’s [...]

• Menchov Standing Tall After Winning Giro TT, And Taking The Pink Jersey
  May 21st, 2009
  

  RIOMMAGGIORE, Italy, May 21, 2009 (AFP) – Russian Rabobank rider Denis Menchov won the 12th stage of the Tour of Italy here on Thursday, a 60.6km individual time-trial, and took [...]

• Injured Freire Puts Return On Ice
  March 20th, 2009
  

  MILAN, Italy, March 19, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s triple world champion Oscar Freire was on Thursday forced to shelve his return to action which had been penciled in for the [...]

• Rabobank to Contest Race Honors at Tour Down Under
  December 4th, 2008
  

  An Australian and Dutch line-up from the Rabobank team aims to make their mark at the 2009 Tour Down Under. Lead Rabobank rider Graeme Brown has a long history with [...]