Rabobank News

Team Sky signed up two new riders on Monday a ' Mathew Hayman, Australia's Commonwealth Games road race champion, and Frenchman Nicolas Portal.

TDU veteran and a stage winner at last year's event - heads up a strong Dutch team.

Organisationa TMs sports director chose to break confidentiality obligation when he gave information to Michael Rasmussena TMs team Disagreements over the fate of cyclist Michael Rasmussen when he was pulled from certain victory at the 2007 Tour de France have forced the Danish Cycling Union to defend its breach of confidentiality in the case.

Gilberto Simoni will not continue with Gianni Savio's Androni team in 2010, signalling the possible conclusion to his career.

This post is an annual favorite -- not only because I get to use "hegemony" and a Rembrandt painting [Podium Cafe: cycling's classiest fanblog], but because I get to exercise my inner optimist and predict something that would make cycling even better: a wave of killer Dutch talent washing over the sport.

I am instituting a new column, the Mea Culpa Friday Report, where I apologize for any major screwups during the past week of blogging.

CYCLING star Jonny Bellis is continuing to make good progress as he recovers from a motor scooter accident in which he suffered serious head injuries.

Michael Rasmussen expects to announce his new professional squad by week's end, signaling his return to the professional peloton in Europe.

2009 mountains classification winner Stefano Garzelli , sprinters Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Petacchi , former Giro Champion Damiano Cunego and former World Champion Alessandro Ballan joined Menchov as Race Director Angelo Zomegnan delivered details of the 21 stages and two rest days that comprise next year's race.

The 93rd edition of the Tour of Italy in 2010 will start in the Netherlands on May 8 before embarking on a 3,416.5km journey around the Italian peninsula and ending in Verona on May 30.

Giro d'Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan presented the official 2010 race route today in Milan, Italy.

The 2010 Amgen Tour of California, May 16 to 23, was announced Thursday with the race consisting of eight stages across America's sunshine state.

The 2009 Tour de France promised so much for Rabobank but a string of events left them clasping at straws and at the 2010 presentation in Paris today, director sportif Eric Breukink laid out the team's modest aims.

Robert Gesink made up for some of his Vuelta a Espana disappointment by winning the 100th edition of Italy's Giro dell'Emilia on Saturday.

Just In Battle of the Young Guns for bragging rights in Bologna Robert Gesink won the sprint of three for the victory at the top of San Luca.

The Rabobank cycling team management has been given an overhaul, the organisation announced today.

Dennis van Winden will move up from Rabobank's Continental team to the ProTour team.

Thomas Dekker, who has been fired by his Silence-Lotto team this week after the counter-analysis of his December 2007 doping control also came back positive, intends to sit out his punishment and then return to racing.

Jack Bobridge will miss the Jayco Herald Sun Tour this month to focus on the upcoming International Cycling Union Track World Cup in Melbourne next month.

Photo: Zack Vestal Rabobank rider Bram de Groot is a good sport. The Belgian came to Las Vegas to race CrossVegas, though he hasn't raced cyclocross in years.