Portuguese rider João Cabreira is facing a two year ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS ruled that he had committed a doping violation. Cabreira’s case has wide-reaching implications as he has been found guilty of manipulating a [...]
Team Milram has announced the nine riders that it will line up for the Giro d'Italia on May 8th in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Team captain Linus Gerdemann will take his first ever start in the Italian Grand Tour in what [...]
Now just twelve points off the Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez in the UCI world ranking, Philippe Gilbert will also target the Tour de Romandie in order to boost his chances of taking over as world number one. “I’ve spoken with [...]
Albert Contador managed to arrive in Belgium for the Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, after a long overground journey. Contador, fresh from winning the Vuelta Castilla y León, is not considering himself a favorite, but will try to take valuable lessons [...]
Organizers of the Tour of Britain have revealed the route for this year's event. For 2010, the Tour will once again take place over eight days, beginning in Rochdale on Saturday September 11th and finishing at the heart of London [...]
The Caisse d'Epargne pair of Alejandro Valverde and Luis León Sánchez is getting ready for tomorrow's Flèche Wallonne. The whole team did a reconnaissance ride on Tuesday and hopes to at least get a chance to be competitive. There were [...]
Alexandre Vinokourov took the opening 12.5km time trial in the Giro del Trentino, run from Riva del Garda to Torbole sul Garda. Along the scenic Lake Garda, the Kazakh beat Stefano Garzelli and Matteo Montaguti. Vinokourov quickly denied any ambitions [...]
Tomorrow will see Team Katusha's Kim Kirchen back in action after having to sit out the Brabantse Pijl and the Amstel Gold Race. The Luxemburger has had issues with a saddle sore since the E3 Prijs which was then followed [...]
As arguably the best climber on Team Milram, former Tour de France yellow jersey Linus Gerdemann was set to lead the team’s charge in tomorrow’s Flèche Wallonne. However he has been forced to pull out of the race, delaying his [...]
The Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has completed its investigation into the HumanPlasma blood bank in Vienna, acknowledging that the first cases against suspected dopers will begin soon. The case involves a doping ring revolving around Austrian Bernard Kohl’s manager [...]
Team Saxo Bank and BMC Racing had both started yesterday’s Amstel Gold Race hoping for success, but both were left thinking of what might have been afterwards. In the case of Saxo Bank, the riders were amongst the strongest in [...]
The Amaury Sports Organization (ASO), organizers of the two remaining Ardennes Classics Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Flèche Wallonne, have said that they will not attempt to prevent Alejandro Valverde from taking the start in their events this week. “A process is underway [...]
Quick Step rider Dries Devenyns has declared himself fit to ride Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, despite being taken to hospital after a crash in the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday. "I'm still a little stiff in the muscles of my neck, [...]
Rabobank's Pieter Weening has left it too late to make the trip north and compete in this Wednesday's Flèche Wallonne. Like so many others, Weening has been affected by the restrictions on air travel as a result of volcanic ash [...]
After winning the Amstel Gold Race, the only counting race this week, Philippe Gilbert (OmegaPharma-Lotto) has jumped from sixth to third in the UCI’s “World Rankings”. Ranking leader Luis Leon Sanchez and World Number 1 Alejandro Valverde (both Caisse d’Epargne) [...]
With the Icelandic volcano disrupting many riders’ travel arrangements, preventing them from getting to races, one man will be missing the second of the three Ardennes classics voluntarily. Despite finishing Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race as the best rider in his [...]
Philippe Gilbert and the Omega Pharma Lotto team have agreed terms for the Amstel Gold winner to stay an additional season with the team, meaning that the Belgian will compete in its colours at least until the end of 2012. [...]
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is clearly in strong form, having taken his third stage race victory of the season yesterday when he triumphed in the Vuelta a Castilla y León. The Astana rider is next scheduled to compete [...]
