Organizers today released the start list* for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California (May 16-23). 16 teams will compete in the 5th annual race. *subject to change Pro Tour Teams Garmin-Transitions (USA) Steven Cozza (USA) Thomas Danielson (USA) Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) Robbie Hunter (RSA) Thomas...

Sixteen teams made the cut to America’s biggest stage race. Bissell (USA) BMC Racing Team (USA) Cervélo TestTeam (SUI) Fly V Australia (AUS) Garmin-Transitions (USA) Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA) Liquigas-Doimo (ITA) Quick Step (BEL) Rabobank...

Philippe Gilbert will start next Sunday’s Tour of Flanders on a specially painted Canyon frame. The reason for the special paint job is to recognize the “silver anniversary” between the National Lottery and cycling. Artist Jacques Charlier painted the frame for the leader of...

Team Garmin-Transitions started the Volta a Catalunya with a short 3.8km prologue under wet conditions. Director sportif Johnny Weltz has the report: The prologue today turned out to be a tricky affair, on a really technical circuit and on top of that a wet one. The outcome was an unknown...

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will not be able to participate in Milan-Sanremo, the second ProTour event of the 2010 season. The Team RadioShack leader, suffering from acute gastroenteritis, will be replaced by teammate Fumiyuki Beppu. “It would have been good to have...

Classics winner, former world champion and now author – what can’t Tom Boonen do? This Paris-Roubaix winner has a book coming out later this month called Tom Boonen – The Ultimate Cycling Handbook. Details of what’s between the covers of his self named tome are as sketchy...

Johnny Weltz, team director of Garmin-Transitions, recounts Hunter’s stage win. After a storm the whole night we where lucky to wake to a blue sky. It was perfect conditions for racing and right from the start there was attacks. 10 km into the race we had Danny up the road with another...

Greats as Tom Boonen and Juan Antonio Flecha in the stretch saw yesterday how nicely heated coach Bobbie Traksel won Kuurne. Na een spurt met drie verkleumde Mohikanen. After a spurt of three numbed Mohicans. De katten gaven niet thuis, dus dansten de muizen. The cats did not home, so the...

First Alberto Contador’ Specialized Shiv was banned, now Fabian Cancellara’s Shiv has also been declared illegal by the UCI. Team Saxo Bank team manager Bjarne Riis was furious. “It is very annoying,” said Riis to Sporten.dk. “Fortunately we have not really had a...

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad opens the classics season for both the men and women of Cervélo TestTeam this Saturday February 27 in Belgium. It’s the opening event on the Belgian cycling calendar and is usually held on the last Saturday in February or the first in March. It is characterized by...