Bike World News

In today’s cycling news, Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador to face off at Criterium International, Cadel Evans moves to third in world rankings, news from MSR and more:

All 2009 sponsors return to support “America’s Toughest Stage Race”

Saturday will see the official presentation of the 67th edition of the Tour De Pologne (Tour of Poland) that will take place on August 1 – 7, 2010.

America has a long and storied history of bicycle racing. Let’s drop the “de” and come up with some creative names for our races.

In today’s cycling news, Lance Armstrong may put more on his calendar to prep for Tour, Sinkewitz settles with former sponsor, long term study shows steroids pose significant risk, and more…

In today’s cycling news: retirement not slowing down Eddy Merckx; Robert Gesink happy with early season form; bad fall for Sven Vanthourenhout and more…

Italy’s Francesco Chicchi claimed stage 4 of the Tour of Qatar on the Al Khor Corniche. In a bunch sprint, the Liquigas-Domo fastman outclassed his rivals to claim his first ever success in Qatar.

Team Sky recorded a time of nine minutes and 41 seconds on the 8.2km circuit around West Bay Lagoon to finish well ahead of their rivals.

After taking second in yesterday’s stage, Italian Georgia Bronzini has won the second stage of the Tour of Qatar for women and taken over the overall lead of the race.

The five-day Etoile de Besseges (Star of Besseges) takes place around the Gard region of southern France and here we take a look at what the riders can expect to encounter along the way.