The Tour de Pologne has decided to observe a memorial to Franco Ballerini, the Italian national cycling team manager who died tragically last February 7th after an accident during a rally race, his greatest passion after cycling. Czeslaw Lang remembered his friend and ex-team mate as the Tour de Pologne memorialised a great man and serious professional who gave so much and left so much to the >>

The Santos Tour Down Under continued to grow in 2010, attracting record crowds, visitor numbers and income for the South Australian economy. Preliminary economic impact and research figures released today show the event, held in South Australia on 17-24 January, attracted: 770,500 spectators compared to 760,500 in 2009 43,700 visitors to the State who attended the event compared to >>

After coming close several times in the first four stages, today Tom Boonen made his mark in the 5th stage of the Tour of Oman, from Wattayat to Sultan Qaboos Stadium (148 km), beating Juan Josè Haedo (Team Saxo Bank) and Michael Van Staeyen (Team Top Sport Vlaanderen) in the sprint. This is the third season victory for the Belgian champion, and the first of his career at Oman. "It wasn't an >>

There's only one month to go until the 6th Motatapu event and entries for all events are now closed with record fields. With a total ofjust over 3,650 competitors it's going to be another great event for all involved!Speight Summit Mountain Bike - 2,400 competitorsIcebreaker Off-Road Marathon - 790 competitorsMiners Trail 15km Mountain Run/Walk - 380 competitorsR&R Sport Adventure Run - 42 >>

From humble beginnings in 1974, Specialized has continued to grow worldwide without losing our focus on riders, building innovative cycling products that provide a true performance advantage. Over the coming months, we are taking big and exciting growth steps in Australia and New Zealand. Our goal is simple: to serve riders by working with the very best independent bike shops down under. We've >>

Researchers say New Zealand could save $200 million per year in health costs if more people left the car at home and cycled instead. The Centre for Sustainable Cities says it would take only 5% of car trips being replaced by bike rides to make the savings. Manager Jan Logie says the extra exercise would also save the lives of more than a hundred people each year. She says a 5% change >>

NZ MTB Cup Round Six Preview, Rotorua Feb 20-21Rotorua hosts the sixth and final round of the RaboPlus 2010 NZ MTB Cup this weekend in the Whakarewarewa Forest. The six event national series in MTB Cross Country and Downhill disciplines has been all over the country throughout January and February - with the series culminating in the RaboPlus MTB National Championships at the end of the month in >>

Kiwi profesional Greg Henderson gets his first major hit out on european roads this weekend as part of the Team SKY formation for the Vuelta a Andalucia, beginning on February 21. Henderson along with Kjell Carlstrom, Steve Cummings, Simon Gerrans, Thomas Lofkvist, Serge Pauwels and Bradley Wiggins put in testing efforts on the teams Pinarello time trial bikes in Valencia this week as >>

Big Southland sprinter Eddie Dawkins has signalled his intentions after claiming his third title on the final night of the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill. The 20 year old added the men's sprint title to the kierin and kilo time trial victories earlier in the championship. Earlier in the day he ripped around the flying one lap in 10.249s to take 25/100ths of a >>

The 2010 Trust House Cycle Classic on TV – make sure you watch this great event or get someone to record for you! Saturday 13 Feb Sky Sport 1 6.00pm Sunday 14 Feb Sky Sport 2 2.00pm Monday 15 Feb Sky Sport 2 9.00pm Friday 26 Feb Sky Sport 1 6.00am Friday 26 Feb Sky Sport 1 10.05pm  >>