Frenchman one of a dozen arrested in doping raids in FranceSpeaking from police custody after his arrest this week, former junior Paris-Roubaix winner Fabien Taillefer has confessed to have used doping products. The 21 year old Frenchman said that he [...]
Two-time winner misses his friend who tragically died in the 2003 raceAlexandre Vinokourov (Astana) is set to start the final Paris-Nice of his career this coming Sunday. As a two-time winner of the race, as well as a five-time stage [...]
Young American ruled out as consequence of last week’s crashThe BMC Racing Team has confirmed that Taylor Phinney will miss the start of Paris-Nice on Sunday, with the first year pro being passed over due to a crash he suffered [...]
Progressive ban on communications will continue but UCI promises to listen to safety concernsInternational Cycling Union (UCI) President Pat McQuaid met with a delegation from the International Association of Professional Cycling Teams (AIGCP), made up of Harold Knebel (Rabobank), Patrick [...]
Season debut for former Tour de France champion The 2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre will finally get his season underway in the Vuelta a Murcia tomorrow, where he will join up with Geox-TMC co-leader Denis Menchov in the [...]
Gert Steegmans also hoping to recapture previous form in the Race to the SunSylvain Chavanel will lead Quick Step to Paris-Nice, which starts with a 154.5km stage in the town of Houdan, to the west of the French capital on [...]
Danish rider ready to seize opportunities in 2011 In any sport there comes a time when the order changes. The old stars fade away and the new ones begin to shine brighter. But Dane Marc Hester is no super nova, [...]
Team fires masseur and Riccò's friend, MongiardoDutch team Vacansoleil risks starting its first Giro d'Italia this May due to its connection with Riccardo Riccò and Ezequiel Mosquera. The two are involved in separate doping investigations in their home countries of [...]
'I would like to race Tirreno'Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti may race the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race starting Wednesday if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rules in his favour. It is expected to rule on his biological passport anti-doping case [...]
'The Basso-Contador battle in Catalonia, I'll be there too.'Former World Champion Cadel Evans starts his season today at the Giro del Friuli one-day race in Italy. A win is not an option, but the Australian aims to do so before [...]
Early break goes the distance, but Evans will get another chance in a few days in TuscanyCadel Evans's debut into the 2011 season wasn't one of the Spanish, Australian, French, or Middle Eastern sun baths most of the riders have [...]
Vacansoleil rider will miss Race to the Sun, hopes he could possibly be ready for Tirreno-AdriaticoHeading into the Race to the Sun, which starts Sunday with a 155 kilometer opening stage to Houdan, Dutch ProTeam, Vacansoleil, will be without one [...]
Most of the peloton abandons as Colombian outsprints Pavel BruttJose Serpa (Androni Giocattoli) won the 33rd edition of the Giro del Friuli between Pordenone and Gorizia, in the north western Italian province, close to the border with Slovenia. The Colombian [...]
Legal situation serious for Ricardo NeisBrazilian police have detained the driver who deliberately drove into a group of cyclists last Friday during a Critical Mass demonstration in Porto Alegre. Following orders from a judge, the 47 year old banker Ricardo [...]
German Rabobank rider publishes open letter about radio affairGrischa Niermann, who rides for the Rabobank team, this week published an open letter to Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union UCI. Niermann, like many of his colleagues, is not [...]
Dutchman wants to take up team manager on offer to spend more years with Belgian teamVacansoleil's team manager Daan Luijkx would like to extend the contracts of Johnny Hoogerland and Lieuwe Westra. Hoogerland is ready to do so, as he [...]
Team Katusha rider has been working hard since Tour of OmanAlthough the Montelupone climb where he has twice won a stage will be absent from this month’s Tirreno-Adriatico, 2010 world number one Joaquin Rodriguez is aiming high again for the [...]
Riccardo Ricco ensures that no former suspended riders need apply to Dutch teamIt was always going to be a controversial signing - Riccardo Ricco, that is. Someone was certain to sign him, the only question was who. First, it was [...]
