Felt Bicycles and Skil-Shimano professional cycling team have signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement , forming a partnership that is dedicated to competing at the highest levels of pro cycling . The sponsorship, announced today at Interbike, forms a powerful alliance that combines Felt’s advanced bicycle designs with Skil-Shimano’s world-class cycling program. As the official frame sponsor of Skil-Shimano, Felt Bicycles’ will supply all necessary road and TT framesets beginning in 2012 and...Read Full Story

Mitch Docker , who confirmed his credentials as a contender for success in cycling ’s biggest one-day races with an impressive sixth at this year’s Gent-Wevelgem , is the latest addition to join GreenEDGE Cycling . The Melbournian has spent the past three seasons with the Dutch team Skil- Shimano , where he picked up two victories last year with a stage win at the Route du Sud and one at the DELTA Tour Zeeland. It has been steady progress for the 25-year-old who says he’s looking forward to...Read Full Story

More moves and extensions, rampup to ‘cross season, Iljo Keisse races in Denmark and more in the cycling news, notes and quotes for August 15, 2011 Transfers: Jurgen Van den Broeck is said to have made a decision about his team for 2012. The Belgian rider seems to be heading for the new Lotto team. He says that he’ll announce his destination just before the start of the Vuelta. 22 year old neo-professional John Degenkolb will move from the defunct HTC-Highroad squad to Skil-Shimano in 2012...Read Full Story

In the cycling news shorts for August 3, 2011, more signings and transfers, Ridley supports Lotto and more…. More signings and transfers: Young German time trial specialist Patrick Gretsch will leave HTC-Highroad at the end of this season to join Skil-Shimano for two seasons. Gretsch, 24, is a two-time medalist at the U23 time trial world championships , and this year won the prologue at the Ster ZLM Toer . Italian Maurizio Gorato and Spaniard Albert Torres join Germany’s Tino Thömel as...Read Full Story

After spending the day dominating the intermediate sprints, Marcel Kittel of the Skil- Shimano team wrapped up the stage, besting Giacomo Nizzolo (Leopard) and Denis Galimzianov (Katusha) at the finish line. At age 22, the German takes the pink jersey of the leader and grabs his best win in the pros, a few days after finishing second in the Tour of Cologne. Kittel embodied the work of his team who helped him during much of the day. Despite the climbs of the Mont des Cats and Black Mount, the...Read Full Story