Tour de France winner addresses press conference, proclaims innocence and expects to be clearedJust hours after his positive control for banned substance clenbuterol was announced, Tour de France winner Alberto Contador spoke to a hastily arranged press conference. It took [...]
British rider's emotions could not be more different to previous silver in 2001Great Britain’s David Millar took his second silver medal in the World Time Trial Championship in Melbourne, Australia today, nine years after taking his first. That day in [...]
Italian ProTour team's future looking bright as they head into 2011 with high hopes and future securedWith victories in two out of the three Grand Tours in 2010, a smashing debut season from Peter Sagan, and no apparent doping investigations [...]
Reserve judgment, but Millar vouches for Tour winner The new world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, runner-up David Millar and fourth-placed Richie Porte have commented on Alberto Contador’s positive test for Clenbuterol, saying that the news should not have been [...]
Unable to end his contract a year early and change teamsAustralian rider Richie Porte will once again compete in a Team Saxo Bank jersey next season. The talented 25 year old was trying to get out of the remaining year [...]
Swiss rider beats Millar and Martin to take another rainbow jerseyPedalling smoothly and gaining time as the kilometres passed, Fabian Cancellara made history today, blasting to a record fourth gold medal in the Elite men’s time trial at the world [...]
"Cobra" now officially linked to Enrico Rossi scandalOn a day already rich with doping stories, there has been a further development in the investigation into an Italian doping ring with the raiding of the home of Riccardo Riccò. According to [...]
Young British rider takes first professional win as Tom Boonen makes a safe return Adam Blythe (OmegaPharma-Lotto) won the first stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge between Templeuve, France and Mouscron, Belgium in a bunch sprint. The 20-year-old Briton beat Gerald [...]
Dutch team left in an unfortunate position after Galician rider tests positive at VueltaOn September 21st, Dutch professional continental team, Vacansoleil, announced the signing of the Vuelta 2nd place overall finisher, Ezequiel Mosquera. It seemed a perfect match - Mosquera's [...]
Vacansoleil rider calls Pegasus, "much more professionally designed than what [he] is used to"The 28 year old Bobbie Traksel scored the biggest win of his career with the victory in a horrific edition of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne this spring. The native of [...]
Danish hardman ready to start a career in something else other than cycling37 year old Dane, Frank Hoj, has decided to bring his lengthy 16 year career to an end following the conclusion of this season. Speaking with Danish television's [...]
Norwegian champion ready to fight for the Rainbow Jersey on SundayThor Hushovd, never one to mince words, especially when it comes to Mark Cavendish, admitted in a telephone chat with the Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet, that "Mark Cavendish is absolutely right. [...]
Dutch leaders feel that Gilbert's favorite status will keep him from winningThe Dutch Worlds team has seen the efforts both in person and on television of Philippe Gilbert recently and, at least between two of its top riders Lars Boom [...]
Further blow to cycling, may seal fate of Xacobeo teamRight on the heels of the news that Alberto Contador has been provisional suspended following the detection of minute traces of Clenbuterol in a urine sample from the Tour de France, [...]
2006 World champion hopes to go one better than her three consecutive silversMarianne Vos of the Netherlands has dominated the women’s peloton almost since the day she moved up from the junior ranks. The 23-year-old has won virtually every major [...]
Anti-doping experts divided over Tour de France winner’s positive; colleagues supportiveWith the sport of cycling still reeling from the news that Tour de France winner Alberto Contador returned a positive test for banned substance Clenbuterol, a number of the World’s [...]
Alleges traces of a plasticizer in blood bags were found in rider’s blood sampleHans Joachim Seppelt, a journalist with the German TV station ARD, has cast doubts on Alberto Contador’s explanation for his Clenbuterol positive, making the explosive claim that [...]
David Howman won't comment specifically on Tour winner’s situation Alberto Contador may have tested positive for a miniscule amount of Clenbuterol, but WADA’s director general David Howman didn’t rule out a sanction when contacted for his reaction. “The issue is [...]
