There has been a great deal of controversy in the cycling world following the decision by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union (‘KNWU’) to enter into a sponsorship agreement with the online betting company Unibet. CMS law offer a downloadable pdf which discusses the matter in detail. They conclude that the deal “crossed an imaginary red ….  Read More

The World Tour stage race, Paris-Nice opened today with a 9.4 kilometer hilly single start between Dampierre-en-Yvelines and Saint-Rémy-lès- Chevreuse, where Gustav Larsson (Vacansoleil) beat all competitors in the time 11 minutes and 19 seconds. Team Saxo Bank’s Nick Nuyens was among the best on today’s climb, but on the downhill, the strong Belgian crashed: ….  Read More

After a study at a nearby hospital, Team Saxo Bank’s Nick Nuyens was delighted to have suffered only superficial scratches during the downpour on today’s single start in Paris-Nice: “Fortunately, there were no broken bones. But I am very sore and especially the hip took a hard hit in the fall. My preparations for the ….  Read More

The Dutch stage race, Ster ZLM Tour, ended today with a 163 kilometer long and flat stage from Schijndel to Boxtel, where an outbreak dominated the stage in the first place. But a mass sprint was in the air and shortly before the finish, the front team was caught and the sprinters run in position ….  Read More

Team Saxo Bank’s Danish Mads Christensen has shown increasing form up to the Giro and has, for example, won the mountain jersey in the Basque Country Round. Therefore, the talented Danish rider looked forward to showing his good form on Danish soil during the Giro d’Italia, but was unlucky in the first 90 degree turn ….  Read More

Five riders initially dominated the 169-kilometer first stage of Four Days at Dunkirk, but in the last 30 kilometers Damien Gaudin (Europcar) opted to leave the group and start a wild solo ride towards goal while the speed in the field was dictated by Francaise de Jeux. But 15 kilometers later, the field was divided…

Team Saxo Bank’s just 25-year-old Manuele Boaro made an excellent single start on today’s seventh, last and just 9, 3 kilometer stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in San Benedetto del Tronto, where the advance favorite , Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Nissan) took an expected stage victory time 10 minutes and 36 seconds. Team Saxo Bank’s young Italian drove just ….  Read More

Today, the 205.4 kilometer long second stage of the French weekend race, Tour du Haut Var, was run on a hilly stretch between Fréjus and Fayence, where the terrain called for attack . Although a larger group of riders got the hollow field, however, the front was split up on the many small climbs along ….  Read More

Tonight, Danish time, Team Saxo Bank embarked on the first official assignment of the year by virtue of the 149 kilometer long first stage of the Tour Down Under, and just after the launch shot had sounded, Rohan Dennis (Team UniSA-Australia), Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team), Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) and Eduard Vorganov ….  Read More