Evans shows form in Dauphiné opener

Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans scorched the opening 12.10 km prologue of the Dauphiné Libéré today in Nancy, France besting fellow Tour de France contender Alberto Contador in the process.  Defending race winner Alejandro Valverde followed just behind in third place carrying [...]

2009-06-07T00:00:00+00:00June 7th, 2009|

Astana to ride Dauphiné incognito

Continuing financial issues for the Astana team mean that they will also ride the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, which starts tomorrow, with the names of their sponsors removed.While the required bank guarantee by the UCI has been replenished, all of [...]

2009-06-06T00:00:00+00:00June 6th, 2009|

Baldwin gets his first win for OUCH

The newest member of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis took exactly three stages to get his first win for his new team. Chris Baldwin powered through gusty, 30 mph winds in the Hood River Gorge to win [...]

2009-06-05T00:00:00+00:00June 5th, 2009|

Armstrong 'just another team-mate' – Contador

Spain's Alberto Contador on Friday said that he considers Astana team-mate and Tour de France rival Lance Armstrong as "just another member of the team". Armstrong, 37, has returned to the sport after a three-and-a-half-year absence in a bid to [...]

2009-06-05T00:00:00+00:00June 5th, 2009|

Astana cash not yet forthcoming – team manager

Astana, the team of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and Spanish star Alberto Contador, have yet to pay a bank guarantee on which their racing future depends, manager Johan Bruyneel said Friday. "The problem has not yet been [...]

2009-06-05T00:00:00+00:00June 5th, 2009|

Horrillo back at home

It took more than two weeks before Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank) was healthy enough to return home to Spain, but the simple fact that the 34-year-old has made it this far is nothing short of a miracle. On the 8th stage [...]

2009-06-05T00:00:00+00:00June 5th, 2009|

Ricco might connect with Mercatone Uno

Less than a year after admitting to using CERA in the Tour de France, it appears as if Italian Riccardo Ricco might have a road back into professional cycling through former cycling sponsor Mercatone Uno. Ricco's connection to the supermarket [...]

2009-06-05T00:00:00+00:00June 5th, 2009|

Armstrong's girlfriend gives birth to son

Cycling star Lance Armstrong, a testicular cancer survivor and Tour de France champ, announced he is the father of a newborn son on Friday. Armstrong announced via Twitter that Max -- weighing seven pounds and five ounces -- was born [...]

2009-06-05T00:00:00+00:00June 5th, 2009|

Tour de France for convicts

Scores of prisoners and their guards set off Thursday on a unique Tour de France cycling race for convicts, aimed at preparing them for life on the outside. The prisoner cyclists have to stay in a pack and no "breakaways" [...]

2009-06-04T00:00:00+00:00June 4th, 2009|

Milram to race Black Forest and Switzerland

Led by Tour of Bavaria winner Linus Gerdemann, Team Milram will compete at the GP Triberg-Schwarzwald (UCI category 1.1) on Saturday, June 6. On the following day, the German ProTour team will be at the start at the GP Kanton [...]

2009-06-04T00:00:00+00:00June 4th, 2009|

Team Type 1's Milne wins Air Force Cycling Classic

In a race that Shawn Milne said he simply hoped to finish, the fifth-year pro from Beverly, Mass., delivered much more in Sunday’s Air Force Cycling Classic. Milne pulled off one of the most high profile victories in the two-year [...]

2009-06-01T00:00:00+00:00June 1st, 2009|
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