Brothers took silver and gold in TaborThe International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced today that Polish cyclocross riders Kacper and Pawel Szczepaniak have been suspended for four and eight years respectively by their national federation. In addition, Kacper will be [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Former Giro winner claims Ricco should have been invitedFormer Giro d’Italia winner and top professional Francesco Moser and Giro d’Italia organiser Angelo Zomegnan have clashed in the media over the selection policy for the race, with Moser claiming that an [...]
How should cycling deal with its past?Yesterday VeloNation received a copy of an email purportedly exchanged between Floyd Landis and a cycling official in which Landis admits doping and chronicles systematic doping practices over the years leading up to his [...]
Floyd Landis has admitted to a doping past and accused other high profile cyclists of systematic doping practices. VeloNation recieved an email from a reliable source yesterday that is purportedly between the rider and a high-ranking US cycling official where [...]
Stitches required for eye and elbowRadioShack's Lance Armstrong was forced to abandon the Tour of California after being involved in an early crash during today's fifth stage. According to RadioShack team manager Johan Bruyneel's Twitter page, the seven-time Tour de [...]
Feels risks are too great for GC contendersThe inclusion of cobbles in this year’s Tour de France has been criticised from very unexpected quarters, with multiple Classics winner Tom Boonen speaking out against the route chosen for stage three. While [...]
Belgian focusses on Worlds as big season goalThe sight of Philippe Gilbert in full flight is one of the most impressive images in cycling, given his swashbuckling style, but fans of the Belgian rider will have to wait until the [...]
Starts back in next week's Bayern-Rundfahrt Having been unable to race since March due to a problem with his Achilles tendon, Team Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen has now been given the green light by specialists to result racing next week. [...]
Three-time world TT champ takes overMichael Rogers arrived in the press room following today's second place finish behind Liquigas' prodigal talent, Peter Sagan, with a broad grin. His efforts during the stage to net an intermediate time bonus sprint along [...]
Day mixes it up with the ProTour squadsFly V Australia's National Race Calendar forerunner, Ben Day, spent the stage out front in the long break that wasn't reeled in until the final minutes of the tough finishing circuits around Bakersfield [...]
Cycling shows its bright futureLiquigas-Doimo's Peter Sagan easily won the sprint for victory in stage five of the Tour of California today, beating Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) and David Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) into second and third place respectively. Rogers picked up a [...]
German champion wins her 20th Aude stage as two Dutch riders make the podiumIna Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) won her twentieth career stage of the Tour de l’Aude, taking stage 6 in Castelnaudary. Once again the German über-sprinter won as part of [...]
Favourites reassert themselves on what should be a day for the sprinters Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) won the twelfth stage of the Giro d’Italia between Città Sant’Angelo and Porto Recanati. The Italian champion outsprinted a small group of riders consisting almost [...]
Garmin's Farrar sees his red jersey lead slashedThe chaos created by yesterday’s 56-man breakaway wasn’t confined to just the overall classification and the race for the pink jersey. The group that was refered to as the peloton, containing then race [...]
Liquigas-Doimo captain dismisses the chances of the other l'Aquila opportunistsOf the riders who gained time in the incredible breakaway on the road to l’Aquila, Liquigas-Doimo captain Ivan Basso sees only one as a genuine threat to the overall. Of the [...]
