Italian investigators suspect six or seven riders who competed in the 2008 Giro d’Italia of having used the third generation form of EPO, CERA, in the race, and are awaiting further confirmation. According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, the Padua [...]
The women’s cyclocross scene has continued this season, almost as it left off last and most of the sport’s big stars are heading for this weekend’s European Championships in Hoogstraten, Belgium with their usual good form.Current World number one Katie [...]
The average age at Spanish ProTour team Footon-Servetto has got lower still as it announced the signing more riders, mostly from the under-23 ranks. The new riders have been named as: Spaniards Pedro Merino (from the team’s development squad, Trasmiera-Fuji) [...]
Team Columbia-HTC has already announced their lineup for the 2010 Tour Down Under. Former overall winners Andre Greipel and Michael Rogers have been confirmed by race officials said. Australia's biggest race will be held in in Adelaide from January 17-24, [...]
Double Tour de France champion Alberto Contador admitted today that he might stay with the Astana team in 2010, fulfilling the final year of a contract he has with the team. “Evidently [racing with] Astana is another option and you [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which suggested the Union had favoured the Astana team in the Tour de France.The French earlier this [...]
The Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Championships will return to Greenville, S.C. for a fifth consecutive year in 2010, with new dates set for September 18-19, 2010. The Championship weekend features the USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship on [...]
Far from being dissuaded by his below-par 30th place in this year’s event, Cadel Evans has restated his desire to finally top the podium of the Tour de France. The double runner-up has taken additional motivation from his recent victory [...]
Lance Armstrong is auctioning seven of his Trek bikes at Sotheby's on Sunday, one for each of his Tour de France wins, with six of the bikes having been turned into works of art by famous artists like Damien Hirst. [...]
PlussBank-Cervélo, the new continental team founded by 2009 Tour de France green jersey winner Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam), is beginning to take shape. The team announced today that a total of nine riders, all Norwegian, have been confirmed for next [...]
Marcos Maynar, professor or exercise physiology at the University of Extremadura in Cáceres, western Spain was banned by the Portuguese Cycling Federation last week from working with its riders for ten years. He was found guilty after being accused of [...]
There has as yet been no confirmation from the rider or his representations, but the deputy president of the Kazakh Cycling Federation has claimed that Alberto Contador will race with the Astana team in 2010. "We have absolutely no problems [...]
The organization behind the Tour Down Under has released next year’s route. The Australian tour is set to kick off the Pro-Tour calendar starting on January 19th in Clare and finishing six days later in Adelaide City. The traditional criterium [...]
2008 champion Carlos Sastre has contradicted reports in the Spanish media that he said he will forgo next year’s Tour de France in favour of chasing victories in the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España. “I’m very surprised because at [...]
Despite not knowing exactly which team he will be riding for in 2010, Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is already planning which races he rides in the build up to his title defence. Already having confirmed that he will [...]
A court in Valencia has awarded Eufemiano Fuentes, the notorious doctor at the centre of the Spanish doping ring uncovered in Operación Puerto, damages amounting to 600,000 Euro. Fuentes was employed as team doctor for the Comunidad Valenciana team between [...]
Born out of the frustration caused by the positive tests and scandals of recent years, the Bike Pure organisation was set up approximately a year ago in order to enable riders and fans to promote the anti-doping message. The Irish-based [...]
Russia’s Team Katusha has finalized its roster for 2010 with 29 riders, one shy of the UCI team limit. The strongest additions include the Luxembourger Kim Kirchen from Team Columbia-HTC and the Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez from Caisse d'Epargne. Both riders [...]
