Ciolek, Knees and Roels are team's big hopes for successVictorious for the past two years with Christian Knees and Linus Gerdemann, Team Milram will aim to boost its sponsor search by targeting a third consecutive win in the Bayern Rundfahrt [...]
It took today’s Giro d’Italia stage sixteen winner Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) 2 minutes and 33 seconds to ride up the final 600 meters of the Plan de Corones. The brutal mountain served up a some wind on the [...]
Dutch time trialist taking time out to fix foot and back problemsDutch time trial champion Stef Clement (Rabobank) will be taking an extended period away from top-level competition to concentrate on fixing long-term foot and back injuries. Clement will be [...]
Governing body denies being paid off for 2001 EPO positiveOne of the specific claims made by Floyd Landis in the emails leaked last week was that the International Cycling Union (UCI) had conspired to cover up a positive EPO test. [...]
Team denies the allegations, says Landis has no credibilityBMC Racing's president Jim Ochowicz said the team will stand behind their sports director John Lelangue with respect to the investigation the UCI has launched to look into Floyd Landis' claims that [...]
Italian veteran takes mountain time trial as favourites close in on the leaderStefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) won the mountain time trial from San Vigilio di Marebbe to the top of the Plan de Corones, to take stage 16 of [...]
Armstrong was not being investigated for doping at the timeInternational Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid has confirmed a $100,000 donation from seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, and insists there was no conflict of interest as a result of [...]
Cyclocross specialist can't believe podium spot in mountain time trialJohn Gadret (AG2R-La Mondiale) took third place in the mountain time trial from San Vigilio di Marebbe to the Plan de Corones, surprising even himself. The former French cyclocross champion finished [...]
Needs others to contend in ClassicsBelgian national champion Tom Boonen has called on his Quick Step team to strengthen its ranks next season, making it clear that he thinks that it needs to sign new riders in order to ensure [...]
Pink jersey feels he can do well on unsurfaced mountain stagePink jersey David Arroyo (Caisse d’Epargne) is in confident mood heading into tomorrow’s mountain time trial on the Plan de Corones after paying it a visit on the rest day. [...]
Sprinter still out after Giro gastroenteritisThe Belgian Quick Step team will take on its home tour this week’s without the service of sprinter Wouter Weylandt. The 25-year-old has still not fully recovered from the gastroenteritis that saw him withdraw from [...]
Nibali is the Italian for the futureIvan Basso’s storming victory yesterday on Monte Zoncolan, one of the toughest mountains in cycling, delighted his fans but also led to the inevitable raising of eyebrows by some. He served a doping suspension [...]
World champion finds that help from the Italian fans is not available to allWorld champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) finished second on yesterday’s stage to the top of Monte Zoncolan. At 10.1km long with and average gradient of 11.9%, with [...]
Looking to keep the pink jersey as long as possibleSaxo Bank's young talent, Richie Porte, continued his breakout Giro d'Italia with an excellent ride on the Monte Zoncolan in Sunday's fifteenth stage. The young Aussie finished a credible 18th on [...]
Beijing silver medalist in the MadisonSpanish newspaper El País has reported that Toni Tauler tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO in an out of competition doping control this past March just before the track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. [...]
Youth found with doping productsTwo Kazakh riders, en route to the Tour de Franche-Comte on Friday, were arrested for possession of doping products illegal in France. The two riders were stopped in the Jura region of France by police, who [...]
Spaniard awaits CAS rulingCaisse d'Epargne's embattled leader, Alejandro Valverde, continues to train hard in preparation for a full on go at the rapidly approaching Tour de France even as a final ruling on his potential worldwide ban looms. The 2009 [...]
Insight on key Giro d'Italia stage by Bbox Bouygues Telecom's coachThe Giro d’Italia organizers have decided to put two of the toughest climbs in cycling in back-to-back stages this year. On Sunday Ivan Basso won at the top of Monte [...]
