WADA blocks French agency’s application to carry out additional testingFollowing yesterday’s announcement of an agreement between WADA and the UCI in relation to anti-doping controls at this year’s Tour de France, it appears that the French anti-doping agency AFLD has [...]
Ongoing knee problems are a big worry for Quick Step rider Belgian champion Tom Boonen has had a disappointing relationship with the Tour de France in recent years, missing the race in 2008 due to the fallout from a positive [...]
Belgian gets help from Devolder to beat Van AvermaetQuick Step's Jurgen Van de Walle repeated his 2009 victory in the Belgian Halle-Ingooiem race. Van de Walle escaped in the final kilometers from a larger break and held off the chasers, [...]
After a successful Giro the Italian will ride the Vuelta a EspañaVincenzo Nibali of the Italian Liquigas team will skip this year's Tour de France, despite the fact that he initially marked it as his season highlight. Nibali was a [...]
The rumor mill is churning, but La Gazzetta dello Sport normally has the inside lineAccording to website WielerFlits.nl, Italian news paper la Gazzetta dello Sport has linked Riccardo Riccò (Ceramica Flaminia) to the Quick Step team for a ride in [...]
Admits that the decision is driving him crazyWhile Jakob Fuglsang and the rest of the Saxo Bank team wonder about their future with Bjarne Riis's squad, the former Tour de France winner has an extra woe to go along with [...]
Looking for three King of the Mountains titles in a rowCofidis's David Moncoutie has had more than enough of the Tour de France. The rider, who is enjoying great form at the moment following victory at last week's Route du [...]
Withdrawn just before the Giro due to apparent biological passport irregularities, the curly-locked Italian still hopes to ride the TourLast July Franco Pellizotti stood on the podium on the Champs-Elysées in Paris with the polka-dot mountains jersey on his shoulders. [...]
Horner, Brajkovic also named today in team selection announcementSeven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and team manager Johan Bruyneel have finalised the selection for the RadioShack team for this year’s Tour, with Jani Brajkovic and Chris Horner being [...]
Tour de Suisse performance doesn't necessarily mean a RadioShack rider will win the Tour, says ArmstrongAfter a spring disrupted by illness, followed by a crash that forced him to abandon the Tour of California, Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) bounced back last [...]
Says second place in final time trial was a better performance than first day victoryFabian Cancellara took a look back at the recently completed tour of his home country of Switzerland on his website on Sunday. The World Time Trial [...]
Stage glory could result in overall successEuskaltel-Euskadi's reigning Olympic road race champion, Sammy Sanchez, feels, like Alberto Contador, that July's Tour de France will be decided in the final week when the race passes through the Pyrenees. Sanchez believes that [...]
Team expects to be seen at the front of the raceTeam Saxo Bank has made the difficult decision of leaving world time trial championship runner-up Gustav Larsson off their Tour de France team. The Danish squad revealed its Tour lineup [...]
Decision on AFLD request to conduct tests due tomorrowWith less than two weeks to go until the start of the Tour de France, the UCI and WADA jointly announced today that they had signed an agreement in relation to the [...]
Brain shows positive signs after removing artificial respiratorTeam Katusha's Kim Kirchen has emerged from a medically induced coma today, on what what would have been the fourth day doctors had stabilized him following cardic arrest late Friday evening. The Wort [...]
Most recent Dutch stage victory to miss this year's race2005 Tour de France stage winner Pieter Weening has shown solid form this season with 24th in the Giro d’Italia and fifth in the Ster Electrotoer Tour but he’s set to [...]
Last year's Tour de France second place feels he's ready to go one better this timeSecond place in last year’s Tour de France, Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) believes he has done all that he can to go one better in [...]
World champion still tops the pile as main rivals sit out the Tour de SuisseWorld champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) still holds the lead in the UCI’s World Ranking, with none of the other riders in the top ten scoring [...]
