Manxman motivated after bad luck in earlier events He’s crashed in both the Santos Tour Down Under and the Tour of Qatar and been required to ride for team-mates as a result of time lost, but Mark Cavendish is hoping [...]
L’Equipe suggests rider may have fought suspension on a technicality With El Pais and other sectors of the Spanish media confirming this morning that Alberto Contador will be officially cleared today by the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC), the reasons for [...]
Italian rider officially under investigation for doping More than a week after being hospitalised with kidney failure, Italian rider Riccardo Riccò is still suffering the after effects of the botched blood transfusion he reportedly gave himself earlier this month. The [...]
Agency has almost two months to decide whether it will pursue a caseFollowing a statement by the UCI saying that it will carefully study the full text of the Spanish cycling federation’s dossier on the Alberto Contador case, then decide [...]
Belgian team behind Sylvain Chavanel’s bid to go better than his two second placesWith Tom Boonen leading a strong Quick Step team in the Tour of Oman, the Belgian outfit is sending what it considers to be another one to [...]
Former track World champion gets first win on his return to RabobankTheo Bos (Rabobank) won the first stage of this year’s Tour of Oman between Al Sawadi and Al Seeb in a bunch sprint. The former track World champion beat [...]
Dutchman took Tour and Vuelta stages during pro careerLess than a month after the death of Peter Post, Dutch cycling has lost another of its ‘Greats’ with the news that Fedor Den Hertog succumbed on Saturday 12th February, after a [...]
20-year-old American part of strong classics-style team for Middle Eastern raceTaylor Phinney will make his professional debut for the BMC Racing Team at this week’s Tour of Oman. The 20-year-old American was scheduled to start at last week’s Tour of [...]
Cycling’s biggest legend seeks to inspire the next generation ahead of Middle Eastern raceCycling legend Eddy Merckx has been spreading the message of cycling in the Middle East, meeting up for a ride with 25 local school children in Muscat, [...]
Race organiser ASO confirms invitations for the mini Tour de FranceRace organiser ASO has announced the list of sixteen teams that have been invited to this year’s Critérium International. The eightieth edition of the two-day, three stage, race will take [...]
January illness could have ruined RadioShack rider’s spring campaignSébastien Rosseler (RadioShack) is counting the cost of having fallen ill in early January, according to Sporza. The Belgian rider missed the Santos Tour Down Under and is finding his form a [...]
Danish track star hopes to be a stage race contenderHis third consecutive win at the Copenhagen Six Days, with log time track partner and former Saxo Bank teammate Alex Rasmussen, closed a successful winter on the track for Michael Mørkøv [...]
Push underway for more traditional design The Federation of the Sport of Cycling in Luxembourg (FSCL) is reportedly concerned about the design of Team Leopard’s national championship jersey of Frank Schleck, and could be looking into requiring the rider to [...]
Rider could return to racing immediately, but CAS appeal thought likelyAlthough the official decision is thought likely to be announced tomorrow, various Spanish media sources are reporting as a near-certainty that Alberto Contador won’t be sanctioned over his positive test [...]
Russian says new result would be valueless if Contador is disqualified With the decision of the RFEC Competition Committee coming today or tomorrow, the cycling world will very soon learn what sanction will be handed down to Alberto Contador. Regardless [...]
Dutch climber considering contesting both Tour and Vuelta in 2011Robert Gesink will be Rabobank’s big leader at the Tour de France this season, with Denis Menchov having moved to Team Geox at the end of 2010. The Dutchman is still [...]
Astana team leader says he isn’t at race to be a ‘tourist’Team Astana captain Alexandre Vinokourov is in the final months of his professional career, and will get that last campaign off to a start in the Tour of Oman.The [...]
Continental squad competing well with bigger teamsFollowing an aggressive showing in the Tour of Qatar, where riders such as Niko Eeckhout and Gediminas Bagdonas were in long distance breakaways and the Continental squad generally punched above its weight, the An [...]
