AFLD request to perform anti-doping controls at Tour de France is denied

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 [...]

2010-06-23T00:00:00+00:00June 23rd, 2010|

Van de Walle repeats Halle-Ingooiem victory

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, [...]

2010-06-23T00:00:00+00:00June 23rd, 2010|

Riccardo Riccò heading to Quick Step for the Vuelta a España?

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 [...]

2010-06-23T00:00:00+00:00June 23rd, 2010|

Pellizotti in the wilderness; Italian still hopes to defend his polka-dots in the Tour de France

Withdrawn just before the Giro due to apparent biological passport irregularities, the curly-locked Italian still hopes to ride the TourLast July Franco Pellizotti stood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. [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

Armstrong, Leipheimer head strong RadioShack team for Tour de France

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 [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

Lance Armstrong: “None of us is the favourite”

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 [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara looks back at the Tour de Suisse

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 [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

Euskaltel-Euskadi's Sammy Sanchez aiming for stages at Tour de France

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 [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

Saxo Bank completes Tour de France lineup, Larsson will miss race

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 [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

UCI and WADA reach agreement on independent observers at 2010 Tour de France

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 [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

Katusha's Kim Kirchen emerges from coma following cardiac arrest, recognizes family

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 [...]

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00June 22nd, 2010|

Little change to World Rankings after Tour de Suisse, Evans still holds commanding lead

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 [...]

2010-06-21T00:00:00+00:00June 21st, 2010|
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