Humanplasma, the Vienna laboratory linked to the massive Austrian blood doping ring hit back at claims that it was at the centre of the network, according to AFP. Instead, for the first time, it has named several well-known Austrian coaches.The [...]
Lance Armstrong will do his first race in Europe in Spain today. The Texan lines up at the 30th edition of the Vuelta Ciclista Murcia, which runs from March 3 to March 7. Armstrong wasn't quite pleased to leave his [...]
There has been much speculation in recent days about whether or not Washington DC will host the start of the 2012 Giro d'Italia with no conclusive answer to date. While purists in the sport cringe at the thought of bringing [...]
HTC-Columbia sprinter Mark Cavendish has started off his 2010 season a bit behind schedule. The Manxman is used to having his way in the run up to the line, but his recent performances have brought up questions about whether he'll [...]
The German Milram team will be setting their sites on the Tour of Murcia this week with Luke Roberts and Thomas Rohregger set to lead their Spanish campaign. Both riders had a successful Tour Down Under in January, with Rohregger [...]
Saxo Bank rider Jakob Fuglsang is having problems finding form this year after coming off a strong 2009 season. Last year the young Dane won the Tour of Slovenia and Denmark, found himself on the podium in three stages of [...]
Stijn Devolder is relieved that he performed well in Sunday's Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and that his off-day in Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was just a fluke. He was much more relaxed on Sunday evening than 24 hours prior. While he didn't finish [...]
A cyclist who was fined several hundred dollars for riding without clothes has had the penalty quashed by a judge, who ruled that his nudity had not met the test of offensive behaviour. Nick Lowe was stopped by police on [...]
President of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Pat McQuaid has called on Tour of Murcia organizer Paco Guzmán to apologize for not allowing Italian teams to participate in his event as a response to Alejandro Valverde's ban on racing in [...]
The three Senegalese suspected of stealing from Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke were acquitted Tuesday in a court in Thies, 70 kilometres east of Dakar. Vandenbroucke died last October in Senegal of a pulmonary embolism. The three, which include a woman, [...]
One day after taking his first pro win, Michael Matthews (Team Jayco-Skins) had the disappointment of losing his race leader’s yellow jersey on today’s longest stage of the Tour de Langkawi. The Australian and his team tried to control the [...]
Former Tour of Egypt winner Jay Thomson clocked up his biggest success to date today when he galloped to victory on stage two of the Tour de Langkawi. The 23 year old South African outsprinted Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling [...]
Rabobank’s classics captain Nick Nuyen’s had an unlucky day at the races in Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, then abandoned along with most of the peloton in Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. His abandon on Sunday was not entirely weather though, as he was [...]
Despite wearing dossard number 1 as the defending champion, Quick Step’s Tom Boonen had no qualms whatsoever about abandoning yesterday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne race. The Belgian champion had gone into the race with the intention of repeating his two previous victories (2009 [...]
Even with negative press swirling around him, Riccardo Ricco still believes that his fans will remain loyal. Ricco's ban for CERA ends March 17th. However his ex-girlfriend and mother of his son, Vania Rossi, came up positive after placing second at [...]
This Wednesday Andy Schleck of Saxo Bank will make his 2010 racing debut in Italy at the Giro del Friuli. The 2009 Tour de France runner up was scheduled to start his race season at the Challenge Mallorca. However, due [...]
This year’s Giro d’Italia Femminile – the Giro Donne – was presented at the Diadora Museum of Sport in Caerano San Marco, in Treviso province on Saturday. This year’s corsa rosa for women will cover a total of 921.9km over [...]
Multiple Irish road race and time trial champion David McCann is taking part in the Tour de Langkawi and is the second-oldest rider in the race. A solid climber and time trialist, he’d normally be a reliable bet for a [...]
