Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia - High Road) repeated his explosive sprint of yesterday's stage, but this time it earned him victory in stage seven of the Giro d'Italia, a stage that took the race from Innsbruk to Chiavenna over 240km. Oddly enough, the [...]
Quick-Step manager Patrick Lefevere feels that not only strict monitoring and therapy sessions will help his Belgian star recover from his cocaine problem, but so will getting back to doing what he loves most - racing his bike. For the [...]
Yesterday reports were released from the independent commission appointed to investigate the involvement of Freiburg University doctors Lothar Heinrich and Andreas in systematic doping that occurred on Team Telkom from 1995-2004. During their investigation, the commission said there existed strong [...]
UCI Professional Continental Team LPR Brakes - Farense Vini, the home of Italian Stars Alessandro Petacchi and Danilo Di Luca, have said they are going to try to raise the team's profile by applying for a ProTour license. Currently the [...]
The Belga News Agency has reported that Jan Ullrich's long-time mentor Rudy Pevenage will not testify in the case involving his former protege. Pevenage was called to be a witness in a Hamburg court on May 22nd so he could [...]
Michele Scarponi (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) won stage six of the Giro d'Italia after detaching himself from the day's main breakaway that formed 50km into the stage, 30 seconds after he crossed the line Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia - High [...]
An independent commission working on behalf of the Freiburg University to investigate systematic doping that took place within Team Telekom has said German's Andreas Klöden and Matthias Kessler were involved in doping activities during the 2006 Tour de France. The [...]
Former Vuelta champion Denis Menchov (Rabobank) climbed to his first Giro d'Italia stage win today after launching a searing attack over top of a bid by reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam), separating the Russian and yesterday's [...]
The Italian National Olympic Committee's (CONI) decision to ban Spaniard Alejandro Valverde for two years will effectively keep the overall contender out of the Tour de France since one of the stages travels through Italy.The head of the Italian anti-doping [...]
It was nearly a year ago when Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen was prevented from riding the Tour de France because of his first publicly announced positive test for the recreational drug cocaine.Even though the positive came from an out of [...]
In a statement released by the Union Cyclist International, the governing body of the sport said, "Following the control conducted by the Flemish authorities on the Belgian rider Tom Boonen, which revealed the use of cocaine, the UCI President Pat [...]
The centennial Giro d'Italia held its first test today in Dolomites with Italian Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farense Vini) taking the stage win with a powerful surge to the line, followed by Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone ) [...]
It turns out that Belgian's number one cyclist Tom Boonen has in fact tested positive for cocaine three times in out of competition drug tests. In October of 2007, when living in Monaco, he also underwent an out of competition [...]
Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi put an exclamation point in the history books today by taking another stage win in today's 198km race from Grado to Valdobbiadene, securing the classy Italian a ride tomorrow in the Maglia Rosa. American hopeful Tyler Farrar [...]
After a meeting between Quick-Step boss Frans De Cock, team manager Patrick Lefevere, and Tom Boonen, it has been decided that the Belgian star will remain with the squad. The flooring giant has confirmed the rider's suspension, and that some [...]
Quick Step cycling team bosses said Sunday they would not beg Tour de France chiefs to allow Tom Boonen to be included in this year's race. Boonen, Belgium's top cyclist, is facing up to what could be a premature end [...]
On a day when all eyes were on the seemingly unbeatable Mark Cavendish (Columbia - High Road) wearing his prized maglia rosa, pure emotion saw Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes - Farense Vini) cross the line first earning the Ciclamino sprinters [...]
Team Columbia - High Road scorched the roads in the opening stage of the centennial Giro d'Italia in Venice Italy with a time of 21 minutes and 50 seconds, beating their fellow American team Garmin - Slipstream by 6 seconds. [...]
