African cycling is taking another step forward. This coming Wednesday, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will take on its first season highlight at the Itallian race Tirreno-Adriatico (March 6-12, UCI WorldTour). This is the first time in the history of international cycling that an African team will start in a WorldTour race, the highest ranking of the UCI. The Professional Continental team will be … [Read more...]
Team MTN-Qhubeka Is The First African Team To Start A WorldTour Race
March 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
China WorldTour Race Called Off For The Second Time
February 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
BEIJING, Feb 18, 2013 (AFP) - A Chinese cycle race added to the World Tour last year only to be postponed seven months later has been cancelled again this season, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced. The inaugural Tour of Hangzhou was included on the cycling calendar last February and was due to be held in October, but in August the UCI postponed it for a year. At a … [Read more...]
Katusha Wins Appeal With CAS Over World Tour Exclusion
February 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Feb 15, 2013 - Russian cycling team Katusha has won its appeal to the the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to be reinstated in this year's UCI World Tour races. World cycling's governing body, UCI, had excluded Katusha from the circuit in December, leaving them at the mercy of of the organizers of the major Tours as to whether they are invited to compete or not. The CAS … [Read more...]
Shunned Katusha Mull World Tour Legal Action
December 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Dec 11, 2012 (AFP) - Katusha, denied a license to compete in cycling's elite tours next year by the sport's governing body the UCI, is threatening to challenge the ruling in the courts. The Russian outfit, who enjoyed a successful season largely thanks to veteran Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez, spoke out Tuesday 24 hours after being refused one of the 18 permits to compete on the 2013 … [Read more...]
WorldTour Teams For 2013, Saxo Bank In, Katusha Out
December 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
PARIS, Dec 10, 2012 (AFP) - Alberto Contador's Saxo Bank team was awarded a sought-after WorldTour license on Monday, confirming the Danish outfit's place in cycling's elite division for the 2013 season. Saxo, along with French outfits AG2R La Mondiale and FDJ and Belgian team Lotto, retained their place in the 18-strong top division, providing them automatic entrance to the sport's … [Read more...]
Contador’s Saxo Bank Sweats Over WorldTour Status For 2013
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Oct 29, 2012 (AFP) - Alberto Contador's Saxo Bank team must wait to find out if they are to be included in the International Cycling Union's (UCI) WorldTour division for 2013 after their omission from the UCI's provisional list of 15 teams released Monday. Saxo Bank failed to make the initial cut based on sporting merit, which took into account each team's top 12 riders under … [Read more...]
Team Saxo Bank maintains World Tour license
April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Team Saxo Bank tonight received the news that UCI's License Commission has decided to let the team maintain it's World Tour license for 2012. The License Commission based it's decision on the extraordinaire and unprecedented situation that created there evaluation procedure of Team Saxo Bank's WorldTour license and found that due to these circumstances, a withdrawal of the license could not be … [Read more...]
China Awarded New WorldTour Race Tour of Hangzhou
February 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Feb 10, 2012 (AFP) - China will host a new round of cycling's WorldTour series, the Tour of Hangzhou, at the end of the season, world governing body UCI announced on Friday. The five-stage race will take place from Oct 17-21 in the city of 8.7 million people, which is close to Shanghai, and will follow the Tour of Beijing which has already been penciled in for Oct 10-14. The … [Read more...]
GreenEdge Unlikey Fairytale Debut At WorldTour Down Under
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23, 2012 (AFP) - Peloton new boys GreenEdge put criticism of their early displays on the Tour Down Under to bed by winning the WorldTour opener through Simon Gerrans on Sunday. As the first ever Australian team in cycling's top tier GreenEdge were expected to make an immediate impact on their 'home' race. However the team … [Read more...]
All-Rounders Tipped To Reign Down Under
January 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
by Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 15, 2012 (AFP) - All-rounders are tipped to prevail over the sprint specialists when the Tour Down Under clicks into gear Tuesday, with course changes set to help riders who can both climb and finish fast. The six-stage event is the first of 28 races on the International Cycling Union (UCI) elite WorldTour series, and with rankings … [Read more...]