The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has handed Italian cyclist Matteo Priamo a four-year ban for supplying Cera to his former CSF teammate Emmanuelle Sella, an official source has said. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) took the case to [...]
Back racing for several months now, Michael Rasmussen is still dreaming of a return to the Tour de France, an event he nearly won in 2007. The Danish climber was just four days from victory in Paris when he was [...]
As is the case with other sports, the transfer season is one rife with rumours and speculation. Riders such as Alberto Contador and Bradley Wiggins have been talked about almost daily, with a near-obsession building up as to where they [...]
Getting a ticket to this year's Tour de France is going to be tougher than ever for teams looking for a wildcard invitation. With the emergence of the American RadioShack team of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, the [...]
The Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) hopes to make the 2013 Tour de France, the 100th edition of the event, a race that won’t soon be forgotten. In order to up the ante, the French press are speculating that this symbolic [...]
Although the planned first edition will now not take place in 2010, riders from cycling’s top teams could spend more time away from Europe in cycling’s early season following the news that a new Tour of Oman will take place after [...]
A new study showing that gene therapy can increase both muscle bulk and power in monkeys has increased fears that such treatments could be abused in sport. According to a report in Science Translational Medicine, gene therapy was used to [...]
Belgian champion Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) beat World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) in a rare sprint finish in the Jaarmarktcross in Niel, Belgium. Nys took the initiative early on but was joined by Albert and Sdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Albert’s teammate [...]
The Danish Cycling Federation (DCU) will hold a press on Saturday to address the “Rasmussen case.” Chairman Tom Lund and director Jesper Worre will provide the press with further details into the former Tour de France King of the Mountains’ [...]
The Astana team has hired Russian Dimitri Sedun as another Director Sportif to work alongside Italian’s Giuseppe Martinelli and Guido Bontempi. The 38-year-old was a rider for the Roslotto, Mat and DeNardi teams in the 1990’s and early 2000’s before [...]
In an interview with Kazakh newspaper ProSport Alexandre Vinokourov has claimed that International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid advised the Astana team against hiring Andrey Kashechkin. “He said we already have one rider who has suffered a suspension, me,” [...]
Alberto Contador appears to be moving closer to remaining with the Astana team but, if he does, it will only be for one more season. His brother and agent Fran Contador clarified the situation in the Spanish media today, saying [...]
Aside from having the sharpest acceleration in world cycling, ten-time Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish also benefits from what is almost certainly the quickest and best-drilled leadout train in the business. Big rival Alessandro Petacchi is determined to [...]
According to Cycling Australia Stuart O'Grady has been cleared to leave the hospital on Wednesday following a seizure that was caused by a 'hot lap' of the Valencia MotoGP circuit on Sunday. The former Paris-Roubaix winner collapsed soon after the [...]
An already star-studded Revolution series starts this weekend with yet more names from the ProTor peloton added. The new recruits are named as Saxo Bank’s Matt Goss, Katusha’s Ben Swift and recent OmegaPharma-Lotto signing Adam Blythe."I'm really looking forward to [...]
After dominating its home leg in Manchester earlier in the month, the Great Britain team has announced a much-reduced line-up for the next round in Melbourne Australia next week. Most of the riders named were present in the Manchester round, [...]
Nicolas Vogondy, French champion in 2002 and 2008 will join Jean-René Bernadeau’s Bbox Bouyges Telecom team on a one-year contract next season. The 32-year-old has spent the past three years with the Professional-Continental Agritubel team, which is folding at the [...]
Stuart O’Grady underwent a MRI scan this morning and is awaiting results of tests carried out on him, but he has confirmed that he is feeling much better after his collapse on Sunday. “I’m OK,” he told former professional and [...]
