Landis apologizes to LeMond for phone threat during doping trial

LeMond views the positive of the situationFollowing his confession of doping earlier this week, Floyd Landis has apologized to three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond for events that transpired during his trial in 2007.  LeMond was set to testify [...]

2010-05-22T00:00:00+00:00May 22nd, 2010|

Rogers defends lead in Tour of California time trial; Martin wins the stage

Australian heads with nine-second lead over Zabriskie to final stageMichael Rogers only had to succumb to his HTC Columbia teammate Tony Martin in the 33.6km time trial in the Tour of California. Martin was more than a minute faster than [...]

2010-05-22T00:00:00+00:00May 22nd, 2010|

Tour de l’Aude: Vos outsprints Teutenberg as break almost makes it

Dutch champion beats German champion in the race's penultimate stageMarianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) took her first stage victory in this year’s Tour de l’Aude between Aunat and Limoux. The Dutch champion outsprinted German champion Ina Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia), already a double [...]

2010-05-22T00:00:00+00:00May 22nd, 2010|

Pierre Rolland takes first season win in Circuit de Lorraine

Bbox rider escapes the peloton for solo winBbox Bouygues Telecom rider Pierre Rolland took his first win of the season in the fourth stage of the Circuit de Lorraine, France. The Frenchman held off the peloton by 18 seconds in [...]

2010-05-22T00:00:00+00:00May 22nd, 2010|

Giro d’Italia: Nibali descends to victory as Arroyo climbs into pink

Sicilian escapes on descent for the stage win as Spaniard takes the race leadVincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) won the fourteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Ferrrara and Asolo after escaping from his breakaway companions on the long, fast descent of [...]

2010-05-22T00:00:00+00:00May 22nd, 2010|

Sutherland finishes second in hardest ever Tour of California stage

Huge result for US-based squadWith more than 12,000 feet of climbing, stage six of the Tour of California was the hardest in the race's five-year history. United Healthcare rider Rory Sutherland took advantage of his sprinting skills to finish second [...]

2010-05-22T00:00:00+00:00May 22nd, 2010|

Lance Armstrong could face criminal investigation, Landis's credibility in question

Landis must bring forward concrete evidenceThe Wall Street Journal has reported that the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) may not be the only agency looking into the Floyd Landis accusations leveled at seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.  The [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Haussler leaves California following crashes, knee injury aggravated

Forced to abandon first race back from injuryCervélo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler was forced to abandon the Tour of California with knee problems yesterday after being involved in a crash just after the stage five start.  The incident happened as the [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Tour of California: Sagan wins and wins, Rogers retains lead

The Slovakian steamrolls to another big winTwenty year old prodigy Peter Sagan took his second consecutive victory in stage six of the Tour of California today, sprinting out of a select group and crossing the line with a healthy gap [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Giro d'Italia: Marco Pantani remembered with mountains on the horizon

Local rider surprises the breakWith a weekend of mountains on tap that culminates with a finish at the top of the Monte Zoncolan, today’s thirteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia set the stage for a breakaway to succeed.  Seventeen riders [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Tour de l’Aude: Pooley shows mountain class with stage 7 win

Cervélo rider shows why she is leading the Tour de l'AudeEmma Pooley (Cervélo TestTeam) confirmed her dominance of this year’s Tour de l’Aude with victory on stage 7. After attacking on the long, hors category, Col de Dent with 35km [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

RadioShack releases statement on systematic doping allegations by Landis

The RadioShack team of Lance Armstrong and Johan Bruyneel have released a statement today concerning the recent allegations by Floyd Landis that state that they, along with others involved in cycling, were involved with systematic doping.  Landis raced on the [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Karpets: “I felt good so I thought I’d try something”

Katusha leader surprises the other favourites with solo attackAfter a quiet first half to the Giro d’Italia, without losing too much time on most of the overall favourites, Team Katusha’s captain Vladimir Karpets finally has shown himself. He broke away [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Coló and Larpe provisionally suspended for doping positives

The Internation Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that Frenchman Mickael Larpe from the Roubaix-Lille Metropole team and Italian Alessandro Coló of ISD-Neri have been provisionally suspended following positive doping controls. Larpe tested positive for recombinant EPO in a blood sample [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Giro d'Italia: Belletti wins at home as breakaway makes it

Local rider wins his first Giro stage on a much calmer day for the favouritesManuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the thirteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Porto Recanati and Cesenatico. The 24-year-old Italian, who was born and raised in [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|

Giro d’Italia: Sastre “looking forward to the mountains”

Former Tour winner now looks to his favourite terrainAs part of the 56-man breakaway on stage 11, Cervélo TestTeam captain Carlos Sastre wrested his way back into overall contention after a disastrous first week. The Spaniard now looks forward to [...]

2010-05-21T00:00:00+00:00May 21st, 2010|
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