Polish under-23 World Championship silver medalist Kacper Szczepaniak has attempted suicide following the announcement late last week of a positive doping control for EPO. According to Sportwereld, Kacper's brother Pawel, who also tested positive for the substance after winning the [...]
Second overall in Paris-Nice, Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde is turning his attention toward the Volta ao Pais Vasco while also facing the second of his anti-doping hearings with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On Thursday a four-day process will [...]
Former professional cyclist Michael Boogerd has said he's willing to help his compatriot Thomas Dekker work through the two-year doping suspension that was handed down to him by the UCI last week. The Dutchmen rode together on the Rabobank team [...]
Lance Armstrong will be part of the RadioShack team to tackle Saturday’s Milano-Sanremo, according to tuttobiciweb.it. An agreement was reportedly made between the seven-time Tour de France winner and race director Angelo Zomegnan in a personal phone call last night. [...]
The director of the Amstel Gold Race, Leo van Vliet, has announced the final wild card selections that will be a part of the twenty-four teams to participate in the Dutch Spring Classic. The last four wild cards were given [...]
Quick Step rider Francesco Reda underwent an operation on his broken right collarbone at the Herentals Clinic yesterday. The 27-year-old Italian fractured the bone in a crash in stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico between San Gemini and Chieti on Saturday. He [...]
Mikhali Ignatiev (Katusha) won stage six of Tirreno-Adriatico between Montecosara and Macerata. He was the last survivor of a twelve-man breakaway, attacking alone at the beginning of the last of three finishing circuits to take a solo victory in the [...]
Luis León Sanchez may not have succeeded in his aim of defending his Paris-Nice title, but third place there earned him the nice consolation prize of the title of world number one rider. The Caisse d’Epargne competitor has surged ahead [...]
Following rumours that Andy and Frank Schleck were considering jumping ship to a new Luxembourg team, Team Saxo Bank owner Bjarne Riis has said that he has got guarantees from the duo that this is not the case. “I hope [...]
Rebecca Much took the overall title of the Tucson Bicycle Classic Sunday after starting the final stage trailing by seven seconds. “I just kept thinking that if I can win this stage I can win the overall,” she said after [...]
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling veteran Karl Menzies secured the first ever overall win for the new US team when he finished 3rd in Sunday’s final stage to win the omnium (points) at the Tour de Murietta. “The guys had another good [...]
Current Tirreno-Adriatico race leader and defending champion Michele Scarponi went to the hospital in Macerata following today's fifth stage. The Italian crashed on the descent of the Sassotetto on the way to Colmurano and injured his wrist. He was able [...]
Cadel Evans is getting great support from all his BMC teammates in the Tirreno-Adriatico race. Today the Australian showed his good early season form by pulling hard in the end to gain eight seconds against race leader Michele Scarponi. Evans [...]
Luis León Sánchez was unable to defend his Paris-Nice title, finishing third, 25 seconds behind Alberto Contador. But the Caisse d'Epargne rider has no regrets and was quite happy with his form this early in the season. Last year he [...]
Denis Flahaut (ISD) won the 46th edition of the Omloop van het Waasland on Sunday, in a bunch sprint. After 191 kilometers, Flahaut left Baptiste Planckaert behind in second and Lithuanian Egidius Juodvalkis in third. The race is situated northeast [...]
Fabian Wegmann is out for at least four weeks after his crash in stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico and will miss most of the classics season. The Milram rider complained about shoulder pain after he came down hard in the Italian [...]
Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) has won the 216 kilometer fifth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico today which took place from Chieti to Colmurano. The determined Italian was the fastest in a leading group of four on the stage's uphill drag to the finish. [...]
Frenchman Amael Moinard (Cofidis) took victory in Sunday's 119 kilometer seventh and final stage of Paris-Nice by less than a wheel over compatriot Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom). Moinard overtook the Bbox rider just before crossing the line. For the [...]
